Ep. 54: Kristin Chase | Focus on the Audience's Needs More than Your Presentation's Content

In this episode, we talk with KRISTIN CHASE, who is the Sr. Director of the Organizational Development (OD) department for Universal Parks & Resorts.

THOUGHT #1

Focus On the Audience's Needs More Than Your Presentation's Content.

THOUGHT #2

Give Me Six Hours to Chop Down a Tree and I Will Spend the First Four Sharpening the Axe. 

- Abraham Lincoln

CONNECT:

Website:  UniversalOrlando.comWebsite:  GOODNetwork.usLinkdIn: Kristin ChaseEmail:  [email protected]

BRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:

Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper- Shallow - Youtube.comLarry Bird - WikipediaSnagglepuss - WikipediaPublix - Publix.comSpecial K - SpecialK.comO.D. (Organization Development) - WikipediaSHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) - SHRM.orgUCF - UCF.eduGOOD Network - GOODNetwork.usUniversal Studios Orlando-  UniversalOrlando.comZOOM - ZOOM.usWebex - Webex.comLaurel & Hardy - Laurel-and-Hardy.comMyers Briggs - MyersBriggs.orgBlack Stallion (Movie) - IMDB.comI/O Psychology - Apa.comAbraham Lincoln - WikipediaDwight D. Eisenhower - WikipediaSteven Covey - FranklinCovey.comMike Tyson - WikipediaKathleen Wood - KWoodPartners.comHard Rock International – HardRock.comThoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.comCertified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.comCulture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.comBlack Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.comRock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.comCannonball Kids’ cancer – CannonballKidscancer.orgKeppler Speakers - KepplerSpeakers.comBig Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.comSpectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.comJeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT Keel

KRISTIN CHASE'S BIO:

Kristin Chase is the Sr. Director of the Organizational Development (OD) department for Universal Parks & Resorts. She has contributed to Universal since 2003 through consulting and leading employee feedback surveys, performance and talent management, leadership development, mentoring, selection and assessment tool and competency model development, employee research, facilitation, and team effectiveness. She is a 2003 graduate of the UCF Masters' program in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and became PHR certified in December 2011 and SHRM certified in February 2015.

Kristin regularly participates in many UCF alumni “give back” opportunities such as speaking to the student chapter of SHRM (Society for HR Management) and participating in alumni panels with the I/O Psychology program. Kristin is also active in developing herself professionally as a member of the Advisory Board for the Greater Orlando Organization Development (GOOD) Network (for which she led the inaugural conference planning team in 2020). She serves her community through her volunteer work as 2014/15 PTO President and current Board of Directors Secretary for Innovation Montessori Ocoee. Kristin is loving life in Winter Garden, Florida with her husband Nathan, a freelance web designer, and two children, Cameron (11) and Jillian (9).