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The Avis-Evans Group offers a variety of speaker, consulting, and workshop services to corporations, conference and event planners, and professional organizations who share a common commitment to women's issues and development.
Joan Avis, Ph.D., and Susan Evans, Ed.D., are Professors at the University of San Francisco. Susan teaches in the Learning and Instruction Department and directs three multi-million dollar grants. Her academic work focuses on survey design, data analysis, and special education. Joan teaches in the Department of Counseling Psychology. A licensed psychologist, her areas of expertise are adult development and life transitions. She also is the Director of the Life Transitions Institute in San Francisco. Together, they have motivated and inspired thousands of adults in the areas of personal and professional growth, life transitions management, women in leadership, and life planning. Joan and Susan have more than 40 years of combined experience in training, public speaking, and facilitating groups. The Avis-Evans Group provides workshops, consultation, and lectures on women's issues, integrating love and work priorities, and motivation and empowerment. Some of the organizations they have worked with recently include Women in Technology International, American Women in Communication, National Association of Women Business Owners, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce (Women in Bussiness), the California Governor's Conference for Women, Baycrest Hospital, and the University of California. Together they have written The Women Who Broke All the Rules: How the Choices of a Generation Changed Our Lives (Sourcebooks, Inc.), which celebrates the amazing changes that have taken place over the last 30 years in the role and status of women. Based on a five-year study of successful, self-made women, this book tells the stories of 100 ordinary but extraordinary women who broke long-standing rules that limited their lives and replaced them with new truths for love and work. The Avis-Evans Group offers workshops, speaking engagements, and consultation to meet your organization's needs. We provide a variety of services to businesses, corporations, event planners, and professional groups who share a commitment to women's issues and development. Presentations address topics such as: - How to break the rules for greater professional and personal success. - Why establishing priorities is more important than trying to create balance. - How to access and use your personal power. - How to increase your life enjoyment right now and plan for your future too. - Why the journey is more important than the destination. - How to become the person your mother hoped you'd marry. - How to enhance your "L.Q." - - Leadership Quotient. Avis-Evans Group Life Transitions Institute 450 Sutter St. Suite 2103 San Francisco, CA 94108-4206 415-956-9516 In our lifetime, we have seen female adulthood reinvented! Women's lives have changed dramatically over the last 30 years. The women born in the years after World War II led the way in breaking from traditional roles. As a generation, they took advantage of growing professional opportunities and defied social sanctions about what "nice girls" could and could not do. By refusing to accept second class status on the basis of gender, they became pioneers and torchbearers for all women. Today, women are astronauts, governors, firefighters, CEOs, professional athletes, three-star generals, and judges. The Women Who Broke All The Rules tells the stories of successful mid-life women who jumpstarted their personal and professional growth, triumphed over adversity and took advantage of emerging opportunities to build adult lives they never dreamed of as children. This book celebrates the incredible strides women have made and inspires women of all ages to break rules and create their own success. The Women Who Broke All The Rules: How The Choices of a Generation Changed Our Lives (Sourcebooks, Inc., 1999) Paperback $12.95 "A thought-provoking book." - Stephanie Salter, S.F. Examiner "A very engaging social history of ordinary women with extraordinary stories." - ForeWord Magazine Excellence Award winner in the adult book category - Chicago Women in Publishing "This book is sure to evoke personal comparisons from readers -- giving new meaning to old memories -- as well as encouragement and inspiration." - Publishers Weekly |
