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Cindy's other businesses:

Aragon Gray - Productivity consultants to the public sector. Productivity. Reliability. Relationship -

Cindy Tonkin.com - Practical Solutions to People problems - Coaching, Facilitation and Training

Ludic Creative - improvising business. Using comedic/theatrical improvisation exercises to improve the basic business skills of listening, building on ideas, and innovating. Check out our most recent course.

Consultants
 
*Dr Lynn Gribble Talking Trends - a full service consultancy for dealing with the people side of your business. Whether you want to improve your management style, start achieving your goals, or get some advice on your employee obligations Talking Trends can help you.
*Michael Palmer at Palmer Legal - My lawyer. Based in Bowral and Sydney.
*Peter Quinn at Quinn Consultants - my accountants and financial planners!
Martin Gilliard's guide to innovation and creativity. Learn about the innovation process and improve your creative skills
*Tim Owens and Jeremy Martin at Travel Together - Corporate travel specialists
 
Paul McCord and Associates - real world lead generation and personal marketing training that will change your business and your career.
*Anne Maree Wilshire from Vibrant Voices. Also an amazing singer, songwriter and performer.
*Jill Chivers at the Corporate Compass Learning and training provider servicing large professional organisations. Based in Queensland.
*Bronwyn Cross at BC Learning Solutions - Project Management, Change Management, Learning and Development, HR Management. Tasmanian based.
*Philippa Bond and *Lisa Every at Inform Training NLP and Influence - corporate and public programs
*Martha Follent of Creative Future Dynamics
*Ross Judd at Team Focus International Teambuilding
*Paul Mitchell and his team at Human Enterprise Leadership coaching and training
Winston Churchill Leadership principles looks at the great man and the new science of leadership
Les Allan at Business Performance Pty Ltd provides a range of
training management/administration and HR software resources on change management, career planning, communication and more.
*Ann Rolfe at Synergetic People Development - mentoring specialist
*Jeff Stibbard at Discover Performance Sales Training
*Fiona Knobel of Knobel Executive Coaching - WA based
*Breda Barry at Direct Focus Oz Change Management in the Community Services Sector
 
*Alan Cartwright at Incorporate Organisational Strategists
*Mark Goodwin at Phoenix Group integrating growth strategy and corporate development
*Claire Golding at Optimum Comprehensive HR Services
 
*Jacqui Bundy at Highway101 Financial marketing and advertising for the financial services sector.

*Helen Bakewell and her team at Directional Insights - consumer and economic research consultancy specialising in shopping centres, leisure and recreational complexes

*Vivienne Cable at Image by Design Corporate and professional image
 
*Denise Hall and Deirdre Gruiters at aCE talentnet Melbourne Based recruitment of Consultants, Contractors and Freelancers, placing consultants and Contractors across Australia. Consider joining their affiliate referral program, and make money for jobs you don't want to do!
*Michelle Rogers at the MOS network recruitment and placement for Consultants, Contractors and Freelancers, particularly in productivity improvement
 
*Scared Scriptless Theatresports® - weekly improvised comedy at the Clarence Hotel in Petersham Sydney Australia (n.b. I play here some nights!) - Every Friday in 2005 in a smoke free bar!
*Belinda Stinson at Creatively Belle - beautiful jewellery
Arts Connect - artists of all types and styles showing their works

*Ludic Creative - Richard Bennett and Cindy Tonkin - improvising skills for business and knowledge management through story telling

*Lyn Pierse of Improcorp Australia - Improvisation and Theatresports® training

 
*Jennifer Moalem at Inspirall Personal evolution through Holographic Repatterning
*Anna Field at The Paddington Beauty Room Pampering and beauty - true beauty consulting!
Col's Parties holds parties in Direct Sales - Join Colleen's team of consultants earning free merchandise and 25% commission!
*Quentin Strauli at Glebe Healing Centre NLP, healing, Bowen Massage - anything you need to feel good.

Come see my photos (occasionally updated)

Check out my most recent works in collage and mixed media
Scared Scriptless Theatresports® - weekly improvised comedy at the Roxbury Hotel in Glebe, Sydney Australia - Every Friday
My blog from an Improvising Intensive in Chicago 2008
What's on Sydney - They support Theatresports® Scared Scriptless by listing our improvised show - Go use it to find out what's on in entertainment in Sydney (Australia).

Simply artists simplifies the artists and arts advocate connection. They encourage artists to create, explore, network educate and learn. SAI is an On-line service for artists and arts advocates. SAI's searches out and provide opportunities for artists.




Site that explains the different tools of influence and how they're used. Based on R Cialdini's 7 Principles of influence.
Defines key terms in NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming), a collection of psychological influence and therapeutic techniques.
NLP Training in Scotland UK. Neuro-Linguistic Programming information for personal development, business and coaching
Simple, text-based multiple choice questions. Good reminder. Followed up with another quiz
General resource for social psychology, lots of links and information. Rather academic, but a good starting point if you're doing serious internet research.
One-page introduction to influence and cognitive dissonance. Several useful links.
Contains descriptions of 50 theories relevant to human learning and instruction.
Easy to read notes for an undergraduate course. A little nerdy and looks amateurish, but a good introduction.
List of links to course material on persuasion. Draws a lot on Steve's Primer, but some good links under propaganda, cults and advertising.


Consulting Links
Informal group focusing on productivity and Management Operating System consulting.
News, articles, newsletters developed by Kennedy Information
List of links to articles and reports about consulting.
A certifying body for consultants in USA. Seems rather inward-focused.

World peak body for management consulting institutes. Focused on certification.

Society for Sole Practitioners

For internal consultants. Not much information on the page, but you may be interested in finding out what they offer.

What a quality related training course should cover. Information about ISO 9001 Auditing, and other ISO 9000 related topics, as well as six sigma, Kaizen and problem-solving methods.

3C Associates specialises in creative training programme design and development. They deliver management development training, customer service training, telephone sales training using the telephone, forum theatre & case studies

Consultants writing for consultants. Useful articles and links

Management magazines
Published by Arthur D. Little.
From Booz Allen Hamilton.
From Mercer Management Consulting.
Association of management academics. Articles, conference calls, general information.

Large Management consultancies

Other useful links

Cindy Tonkin can help you improve your business. Coaching by phone, email or in person. Corporate training for your consulting team.

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