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 Elaine Froese farms in southwestern Manitoba with her husband running a certified seed business. Elaine started encouraging farm families over 20 years ago as a Professional Home Economist. She has spent many hours at farm kitchen tables with families. Seeds of Encouragement is the name of Elaine's business and her monthly column in Grainews, a farm paper that reaches 50,000 readers. As a columnist and speaker to many rural audiences, Elaine s practical and from the heart style has inspired many families to revitalize their relationships and farm businesses.
Growing up on a mixed farm, driving the combine and communicating for a growing enterprise gives Elaine heavy doses of common sense.
Keynote Themes:
Any of these presentations can be customized to be keynotes, current interactive sessions, half day or full day seminars or Renewal Retreats
Products:
Elaine has a CD of her testimony and a CD of her depression story interview featured on Connecting Points. She has Balanced Living tapes (74 min.)
Please refer to the Products page for more information.
What can YOU expect ?
Elaine delivers a visually stimulating presentation with fun props, humour and practical applications.
She cultivates mindfulness and appreciation for strong skill building for healthy relationships. Her story-telling style, with open honesty about her own life s learnings are highly motivating to her audiences. She interacts with her audience before, during and after her presentation with warmth, grace and humour.
Elaine's media experience with radio, television and the print media are assets she brings to hosting, speaking, or acting as a master of ceremonies.
Expect:
- Real life examples and success stories.
- Audience participation through interaction, questions.
- Time to share ideas and best practices.
- Practical handout sheets with tips and tools for reference.
- Laughter, motivation to take care of self and family matters.
Notables
Thank you for some practical guidelines in identifying the elements we need to balance. Thank you for emphasizing that the soul needs to be cared for too, that faith is an important part of life.
- Isabel Acheson
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- Member of Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
- Canadian Association of Farm Advisors member
- Certified Hudson Institute Coach 2003 ICF accredited.
- Certifcate in Conflict Resolution from Mediation Services
- Certified Family Business Advisor from Family Business Centre
- Grainews columnist Seeds of Encouragement since l995.
- Professional Home Economist, member of MAHE.
- Palliative Care Volunteer & certified
- Keystone Ag. Producers member
- Former Manitoba Mediation Board Panelist
Ag. Based Clients:
- South Dakota Corn Growers Association
- National Women in Agriculture Educators Conference
- AgStar Financial
- Michigan Farm Bureau
- Washington State University Extension Women in Agriculture
- B.C. Fruit Growers
- B.C. Cattlemen’s Association
- Lower Mainland Horticulture Improvement Association
- Pacific Ag Show
- Farm Credit Corporation AgraSuccess Workshops
- Tobacco Transitions Project, Southern Ontario
- St. Jean Ag Days
- Alberta Agriculture and Food Council
- International Succession Conference, CFMBC
- Manitoba Dairy Farm Management Group
- Manitoba Chicken Producers
- Eastern Ontario Crop Conference
- Rural Living Foundation, Ontario
- Heartland Expo Regina Farm Progress Show
- Canadian Western Equipment Dealers Association
- Manitoba Agriculture and Food
- Direct Farm Marketing Conference
- Family Farm Business Advisor Seminar
- Manitoba Farm Women's Conference
- Ontario Soils and Crops Improvement Association: Niagara, Thunder Bay, Dryden, Rainy River
- Women and Rural Economic Development (WRED Stratford, Ontario)
- Redfern Farm Services
- Central Manitoba Holstein Club
- Somerset, Carman, Virden Wellness Seminars
- Mather, Stress on the Farm Day
- NDSU Extension Crop Advisors
- Brunkild "Winning Attitudes..Balancing Farm and Family"
Community Group Clients:
- Don Forbes and Associates
- Berber Securities Inc.
- Manitoba Agriculture Hall of Fame
- AgCareers.Com
- Reston “Just for Me” Conference
- Pipestone “Life is not Highway *3” Community Group
- Newton Community Church Women Retreat
- Grunthal Church Women Retreat
- Altona Bergthaler Women Evening
- Dauphin Anglican Diocese Annual Meeting Planning for Change Workshop
- Killarney Baptist Women’s Retreat
- Manitoba Recreation Conference…Make Your Message Count
- Kenora Women Business Conference…Networking
- Heart and Stroke Foundation..Brandon
- Brandon Health Workers..The Power of One.
- City of Brandon Employees…Communication Workshop
- Brandon School Division Secretarial Staff Balance Workshop
- First Nations groups..Make meetings work. Southwest Manitoba Branch.
- Women’s Business Owners of Brandon
| Just like a farmer wakes up early on that spring morning to plant the seed, that with the proper nurture and care, will supply his needs for the next year, so have you taken up your bag with your seeds & and carried them to your field of life. Thank-you for being obedient and willing to spend time carrying those seeds to me and bringing to me new inspiration and a new crop for this year. But mostly, for providing me with enough seed for others as well.
Heidi Plett, Grunthal. |
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