Elizabeth Power, M. Ed., CEO of EPower & Associates, Inc. www.epowerandassociates.com,  is a sought-after speaker, facilitator, teacher, and consultant.  Her firm's specialty is helping organizations make and manage change through learning and doing.  Her mastery of diverse interests and innovation has been recognized worldwide through awards and publications across a wide spectrum of disciplines.  Her firm provides services in the mental health and disability communities and to early childhood educators, families, parents and teachers.  She is a co-investigator in an NIH/NIMH research project assessing the effectiveness of the use of the core principles of Risking Connection by Primary Care Providers in their clinical settings. 

She is, as it is said, "smarter than a pack of police dogs, funnier than a six pack of funny bones on go-juice, and and as adept at change as chameleon clambering through a costume ball."  When you need a speaker with humor, depth, wisdom and motivation, she's the one.  Download audio/video/print material, or contact us to discuss bookings.

Education
Vanderbilt University, Peabody School of Education, Nashville, TN1997,
       M.Ed. in Human Resources
       DevelopmentEmphasis on Organization Development and Systems Thinking
University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC1977
      B.A. in Sociology and Religious Studies
     Thesis: “The History and Development of Religious Communities in the Protestant
     Episcopal Church in the United States”

    Member, Chancellor’s Committee on Disabilities

Certifications
E-Learning Specialist, ASTD
Six Sigma Black Belt, Catalyst Consulting
Chinese Energetic Medicine, Dr. Kam Yuen
Jean Baker Miller Training Institute for Relational Psychology, Wellesley College
Interactive Teaching Skills, General Motors Corporation
Pro-Trainer Instructional Design Skills, General Motors Corporation
Job Aids Development General Motors Corporation
Quality Enhancement Seminars, Deming’s 4-day “Quality, Productivity and the Competitive
       Position” Seminar 
Accomplishment Based Training Certification, Sterling Corp.
Self-Directed Coaching Certification, Sterling Corp.

Partial List of Presentations / Speeches / Performances / Media
2009
Risking Connection: Working with Survivors of Child Abuse, Nashville, TN
Responding to Dissociation, PostGraduate Center for Mental Health, NYC
Risking Connection: Working in Congregate Care, St. Peter's-St. Joseph's Home, San Antonio, TX
Understanding Self-Inflicted Injury, PostGraduate Center for Mental Health , NYC
Working with Point of Sale Software, nationwide training tour for pipe/valve/fitting company, Intulogy
Risking Connection: Working in Congregate Care, Boys/Girls Village, Milford CT
Getting Happier: Art, Skill, Tools; St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Franklin TN
Risking Connection in Faith Communities, Mississippi Interfaith Disaster Assistance Task Force

2008
Risking Connection in Addiction Treatment, Worcester County Department of Public Health, MD
Risking Connection in Faith Communities Train the Trainer, Sidran Institute
Team Building, Mid-Cumberland Region, TN Dept of Public Health
Sidran Institute, RICH^(tm) Relationships pilot for Risking Connection^(r)
Living Out of Love, Unity Center for Positive Living, Nashville, TN
Prayer and Healing, Unity Center for Positive Living, Nashville, TN

2007
Department of Defense, U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Program Symposium, 
        If Change Is All There Is, Choice Is All You’ve Got: Trust After Trauma
Pilkerton Realty, Customer-Centric Selling

2006
International for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, International Conference,
      Los Angeles, Seize the Moment!  Effective PR
Study group on Dissociative Disorders, University of Cincinnati Dept. of Psychiatry,
      The Roof Center
The Lotus Center, Nashville, TN, The Metaphysics of Intention

2005
Triangle Study Group of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation
Intuition and Effective Process in Business, Nashville TN
The Role of the Invisible in Creating the Visible: Intentions, Nashville TN

2004
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, You Can Write It, But Can They Read It?

2003
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Service Retreat, Lenoir NC, Leadership as a Masterful Art
Women’s Resources Center,Hickory, NC,  Coping with Change
J.D.Power and Associates, Washington Mutual Customer Service Training Tour, Nationwide
ISSD, Developing Effective PR and Marketing in the NonProfit Environment

2002
Catawba Valley Community College, Woman to Woman Series
 J.D. Power and Associates, Ford Blue Oval Dealer Presentations, Nationwide
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, You Can Write It, But Can They Read It?

2001
San Diego Auto Dealer Association, E-Commerce and the Automotive Industry
St. James Episcopal Church, Lenoir NC, Guest Lecturer, Prayer and Intuition

1999
Las Vegas Business and Professional Women, KeynoteSedona, Intuitive Process and Coping with Change

1996
International Speaker's Network / TN, If Change Is All There Is, choice Is All You've Got
TN American Ass'n of Mental Retardation / TN, Speech, From Stigma to Success
National Association for Female Executives / TN, Speech, Coping with Change
Triangle Chapter of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, Raleigh, NC
PA Blue Cross Training Developer's Network, Keynote / seminar on Change
Society for Human Resource Management, TN, keynote on Change
UCAR Carbon, Train the Trainer / Facilitation Skills
GM of Canada,  Customer Enthusiasm Skills

1995
Successful Meetings Magazine Cover, Included in “25 Hottest Picks” as speaker
TN Assn for. Mental Retardation, Training, From Stigma to Success
Southern Peninsula Family Focus, Australia / New Zealand Conference on MPD / DID
Eastern Regional Conference  on Traum, Associative Skills for Improved Functioning
Elkanah Counseling for World Vision Australia, Australia, If Change Is All There Is, Choice
       Is All You've Got; Diversity and Differentness in Business
TN Assn of Health Care, Coping with Change
GM of Europe, Introduction of ISO 9000 into Opel AG Retail facilities
Saturn Outside Service, Diversity: A New Perspective
TN Child Care Association, Responding to Stress in Children’s Lives: The Ultimate Customer
Saturn Outside Services, Pontiac's Customer Enthusiasm Always!
GM of Europe, Design for Customer Enthusiasm Skills for Opel Retailers

1994
National Public Radio, Marketplace, Interview on change management
Voice of America Radio, Interview on change management
Bloomberg Radio News Syndicate,Interview on Change Management
US Japan Business News, Review of "If Change Is All There Is, Choice Is All You've Got"
Western Clinical Conference / Multiple Personality & Dissociation, Irvine CA,
      Change Management Skills and Managing Dissociative Disorder
Saturn Corporation,  Managing Diversity in Teams
Saturn Corporation Office Synchronization for People Systems
Int'l Society for the Study of Dissociation, Vancouver BC, The ASk (Associative Skills) Model
Crisis Call, Nashville, TN, Intervention with Dissociative Disorders
Eastern Regional Conference on Trauma, Self Management Skills for Multiple Personality Clients

1993
UCAR Carbon, Columbia TN and Parma OH, Task analysis and presentation skills for trainers
National Symposium on TQM in Education, Industry, and Government, Panel responding to Philip Crosby
Mungadze Association, Survivors Conference, Dallas, TX,  Spirituality In Healing;
      Dealing with the Media;  Feeling Feelings?;  Managing Boundaries
Southwest Regional Conference on Abuse & Dissociative Disorders, Tyler TX, 
      Ritual Abuse: A More Accurate Language & Its Implication; Change Management
      Skills in the Treatment of MPD
National Association for Christian Recovery, MPD: Holy Healing, Caring Community
Conference on MPD/SRA, Cincinnati, OH, TQM and MPD
North Morganton United Methodist Church, Morganton, NC , Abuse in God's World: When 
      Congregants are Multiples
Mountain Area Health Education Committee, Asheville, NC,Living Community: Life as a Multiple;
      How to Use Managing Our Selves
Asheville Citizen-Times Newspaper, Asheville, NC`(Interview) (Interview with Carol Curry)
Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital, Knoxville, TN, In-Service education
Saturn Corporation Workplace Development Center 40 hour Course (Presenting these 3-- Continuous
      Improvement and Change, Teamwork, and Personal Commitment--weekly to 75-100
      people March through June 1993)
UCAR Carbon, Cleveland OH, Task Analysis TrainingSaturn Corporation: Working with
      Persons with Disabilities

1992
Governor Ann Richards' Invitational Conference on Quality in Education, Houston, TX  
      Facilitation Outcomes Team
Saturn Corporation (Supplier Quality Group)
International Congress on Christian Counseling, Atlanta GA (Lectures)MPD & Scripture: Enhancing Healing;
      Change: The Challenge of Christian Living
WWAY-TV Wilmington, NC, Special with Stephanie Loftis
Faith Daniels: A Closer Look, Guest NBC Talk show
Montel Williams: Guest, Talk show
UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Psychiatry, Child Maltreatment Program; Conversations: Children
     and MPD
International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality, Staff & Community Ed.:
     More Than Survival: A Look at Multiple Personality
DisorderDorothea Dix State Hospital, Raleigh, NC (Lecture)Treatment Issues in MPD 
    In Service: Continuous Quality Improvement
N.C. Child Protective Services Workers, Raleigh, NC (Lecture)Dissociation and Your Clients
Woodridge Psychiatric Hospital, Johnson City, TN (Training) New paradigms in Multiplicity
Victory Center, Johnson City, TN, Consumers: Coping with Change--Mental Wellness
Watauga Mental Health Center, Johnson City, TN Improving Mental Health or Curing Mental Illness?
Highland Hospital, Asheville, NC; (Training): Grand rounds lecture; In Service for DDU Staff; 
      Community Ed
Over 50 radio shows as a guest discussing dissociative disorders

1987
Guest, AM Philadelphia on Differences Between Fact and Feeling“
Local Woman Social Activist,” Lenoir News Topic, Lenoir NC 
  
Memberships
International Women’s Writing Guild
American Society for Training and Development

Awards
2004 ISSD President’s Award
2001 Exult Thought Leadership Award
1996 Who’s Who in the World
1995 Who’s Who in the South
1995 ISSD Media Award
1995 “Hot 25 Speaker to Watch In America”
1992 Who’s Who in Communications
1992 Leadership Excellence in Communication, Saturn
1978 Letter of commendation, NC Governor’s Office, for Primary Prevention Conference
1978 Outstanding Volunteerism, Burke County, NC
1970-71 James G.K. McClure Scholar


Publications
How to Get Happier--and why you should try to, Big Happy Press, 2009.
Coping with Change: A Human Resources Primer, ''The Nonprofit Management Handbook,'' ed. Tracy
     D. Connors, John Wiley & Sons, 2001
Emergent Technology and the NPO, ''The Nonprofit Management Handbook,'' ed. Tracy D. Connors,
     John Wiley & Sons, 1999
Welcoming the Stranger: Diversity and the NPO, ''The Nonprofit Management Handbook,'' ed. Tracy
     D. Connors, John Wiley & Sons, 1998
To Welcome the Stranger, Links, UMCOM, 1997
Facilitator's Guide for the Diversity Opportunity Tool, Power, Elizabeth and Clayton-Pedersen, Alma,
     Ph.D., Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, 1996
Reducing Resistance to Change, Stonybrook, Inc., Mt. Juliet, TN 1995 (CBT)#
Sexual Harassment Sensitivity, Stonybrook, Inc. Mt. Juliet, TN 1995 (CBT)
Time Management, Stonybrook, Inc. Mt. Juliet, TN 1995 (CBT)
EEO Basics, Stonybrook, Inc. Mt. Juliet, TN 1995 (CBT)
The Abilities Deck, Power, Elizabeth and Simons, George.  Diversophy, Multus, Inc. 1995 (corporate
     game) San Mateo, CA
The Associative Skills (AsK) Series of Videos:  Taking Charge of Change; The Trouble with Feelings;
     and Boundaries, Precious Boundaries, EPower & Associates, 1995
Basic TQM Skills and the Management of Multiple Personality Disorder, Readings In TQM, ed Harry
      Costin, Ph.D., Dryden Press, 1994
The Way to Excellence, Association of Quality and Participation, 1990
Leadership & Values, "The Nonprofit Management Handbook," ed. Tracy D. Connors, John Wiley & Sons, 1992
"A Manual for Clergy Supervision," The United Methodist Church, 8/94 (Technical editor)
"Managing Our Selves: God In Our Midst," EPower & Associates, 1992
"Managing Our Selves: Building a Community of Caring," EPower & Associates, 1992
Organizations, Disability and Shame: A Qualitative Application of TQM, Journal of Management Science
      and Policy Analysis, 6/91
"If Change is All There Is, Choice Is All You've Got," EPower & Associates, 1990
“Circle Of Love: A Child Personal Safety Program,” Jackson Women's Center, 1984
“CMHC Guide for Working with Sexual Abuse Survivors,”  Foothills Mental Health Center, 1977