Top Photo: PFCI's Professional Lifesaving Lessons' Presenters (top row: Vince Butera, AIFD, PFCI; Deborah De La Flor, AIFD, PFCI; bottom row: Sherry Reinking, AAF, AIFD, PFCI; Jenny Stromann, staff liaison;  Joyce Mason-Monheim, AIFD, PFCI, AzMF; Jerome Raska, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, CAFA, MCF; Tina Stoecker, AIFD, PFCI. Bottom Photo: Sharon McGukin, AAF, AIFD, PFCI,  leading Keys to Communication. --Morgan Schimminger mschimminger@safnow.org

Clad in red shorts and armed with whistles, floaties, water guns and advice, six "lifeguards" soaked an AIFD National Symposium luncheon with pointers on professional image, shop environment and positive leadership.

The lifeguards were the Board of Trustees of SAF's Professional Floral Communicators — International (PFCI) presenting "Professional Lifesaving Lessons" during AIFD's 2008 National Symposium in Chicago July 3-7.

As part of PFCI's "Keys to Communication," Sharon McGukin, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, shared her secrets to give a winning presentation, in part by winning over attendees with her presentation.

Attendees took home a copy of "Public Speaking for Success" by Dale Carnegie, courtesy of Smithers-Oasis.

Click the links for handouts from Professional Lifesaving Lessons and Keys to Communication.

  

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