The Optima practice helps public and private organizations achieve excellence through organizational change and growth, governance and board development, and individual and team learning. We help organizations identify, acquire and apply the knowledge they need to create mission and goals, develop strategies, manage issues, and grow their organization and people. What We Can Do For You Recent workshops and public presentations  •  Marketing for economic      development  •  Writing for business,      information and marketing  •  Strategic planning  •  Negotiating  •  Meeting management  •  Public speaking  •  Media interviews  •  Community and staff      communications in the health      care sector  •  Stress and time management  •  Emotional intelligence  •  Gender and communications  •  Leadership  •  Governance  •  Product management  •  New product and service      development  •  Partnerships  •  Government relations  •  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator  •  Personality Dimensions  •  Insights personality profile,      leadership and teambuilding Customized services  •  Needs analysis  •  Integrated learning strategies  •  New training program creation  •  Training delivery  •  Train-the-trainer programs