Patt Schwab
PhD., CSP
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Patt Schwab Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Long-term Care, Humor, Midlevel Management
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker
- Affiliation
- FUNdamentally Speaking; National Speakers Association, Association of Applied and Theraputic Humor
A firm believe
that “The Good Stuff is in the Middle,” Dr. Patt Schwab, CSP, shows midlevel leaders how to use humor to enhance productivity, increase energy and enrich their life in and out of the workplace. She has a special interest in long-term care, where staff burnout and turn-over can curtail a staff’s momentum.
Patt’s doctorate is in management. Her thesis, on team building, was titled: People Support What They Help Create. After working at a variety of universities, Patt is now president of FUNdamentally Speaking, an international speaking and consulting business that believes in putting the "FUN" before "da-mental." Patt speaks throughout Europe, Canada and the USA encouraging audiences to look inside themselves for a humorous perspective on workplace problems and challenges.
Dr. Schwab holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation. It is the highest earned designation of the National Speakers Association, held by less than 10% of speakers worldwide.
Patt Schwab Books
Leave a Mark, Not a Stain! What every manager needs to know about using humor in the workplace
http://www.fundamentallyspeaking.com/books/stain.htm
What’s So Funny About Long-Term Care? How patients and caregivers find humor in long-term care
http://www.fundamentallyspeaking.com/books/funny.htm
The Obscure Holiday Handbook – Outrageously fun reasons for workplace celebrations
http://www.fundamentallyspeaking.com/books/obscure.htm
Humor Us! America’s funniest humorists on the power of laughter
http://www.fundamentallyspeaking.com/books/humorus.htm
Websites & resources
SelfGrowth-published websites, downloads, and contributor profile websites connected to this expert.
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Improve yourself with Humor
Series of free articles on how to use humor to grow personally and advance professionally; Information about Dr. Patt Schwab as a professional speaker on humor and work/life balance; lots of rubber chickens!
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FUNdamentally Speaking
Books, articles and programs on how to use humor to manage change, manage others and manage to have more fun.
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Contacting Patt Schwab
To have Patt tailor a 1-3 hour keynote or breakout for your group, contact her
By phone at 206-525-1031
By e-mail at Patt@FundamentallySpeaking.comHow to get started
Wow your audience with a program packed with humor, insight, and practical tips for attendees interested in improving their skills at:
1. Managing staff
There are two ways to build a team in a hurry: a shared crisis and shared laughter. Laughter is the cheaper, less stressful way to go! In her presentation, Leave a Mark, Not a Stain! Patt shows supervisors how to use humor to create a collaborative team atmosphere that fights burn-out and embraces service.
2. Managing change
In When Hell Freezes Over—Ice S.K.A.T.E! Patt unveils a fun, easy to remember, formula to keep staff engaged and positive while moving through changes as varied as an organizational realignment or a crash in the economy. (OK, maybe those aren’t all that unrelated. How about: The loss of a client, the loss of a job or simply the loss of one’s equanimity? At least there is some alliteration there.)
3. Managing to have more fun
From the beginning of time people have come together over three things: food, music and laughter. Laughing together helps make the connections that allow us to over-look differences and focus on a common goal. Patt shares fun, easy to remember models for using humor to connect positively with clients, friends and family.
Attendees learn that they don’t have to be clowns to bring playfulness to their workplace. (Depending on the presentation, they may, however, leave with a deeper appreciation of rubber chickens!)
Long-term Care
Question: How do you attract an audience to an outreach event when most people don’t talk about long-term care until it’s a crisis?
Answer: With Patt’s presentation, What’s So Funny About Long-Term Care?
Include a copy of her book, of the same title, and you have a sure winner. People keep books—and if the personalized front page reminds them of you . . . so much the better!
Within the fields of health and long-term care, Dr. Schwab has made over 100 presentations to groups ranging from rehabilitation and out-patient cancer care units, to the American Medical Association and the Washington State Residential Care Council. She has addressed emergency medical personnel, health care insurers, hospice nurses, home care workers, care facility owners, involved family members, and a wide variety of hospital personnel.
Other highlights
What’s So Funny About Long-Term Care?
(Finding humor that connects and revitalizes staff,
families and residents
When Hell Freezes Over—Ice S.K.A.T.E!
(Mastering change and adversity with humor)
Leave a Mark, Not a Stain!
(What smart managers need to know about workplace humor)
Creating a Legacy of Laughter
(This legacy pays great dividends while you’re alive!)
If You Don't Pause, Nothing Worthwhile Will Catch Up With You
(Feeling significant, competent, and appreciated in a fast paced world)