Training & Consulting
Climer Consulting works with college students and staff, non-profits, summer camps, and businesses. Amy Climer has impacted thousands of people through workshops, keynotes, and program development. She consults and facilitates on a variety of topics listed below, but everything is customized to fit the needs of each group. Have an idea or want to learn more – just contact Amy.
 Specializations
Possible workshop & keynote topics
- Facilitation tools and techniques
- Developing community and trust amongst groups
- Learning Styles and how to teach and keep students engaged
- Effective use of learning agreements
- Understand yourself better through DiSC or Social Styles
- The creative process
- Creating a more creative, innovative team
- Idea generation tools
- Integrity and values
- Expedition behavior - what it is and how to teach it
- Emotional intelligence
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Decision making and judgment
- Creating inclusion
- Group dynamics
- Action planning
More details
Team building/group development: Teams are more productive when they feel a sense of community. However, when people hear the term “team building” they often roll their eyes and moan. This is typically based on previous negative and irrelevant experiences. However, community building with Climer Consulting is engaging, relevant, and effective. Amy Climer will work with your group to develop a program that fits your group. You won’t be rolling your eyes – you’ll be asking for more! She will make it worth your time.
“Amy was fantastic! I really trusted her and she trusted us. She really helped us build team-wise.”
- UW Madison SOAR Student Leader
College students during one of Amy's teambuilding programs
 Creativity: Creativity is a skill that can be taught, learned, and developed. Research shows that creativity can increase with training. Additionally, physical and emotional environmental factors impact creativity and when present for creativity can flourish. Amy Climer designs custom workshops teaching groups how to be more creative, how to increase factors that enhance creativity, and avoid creative blocks. Workshops also address how to create an environment more conducive to creativity. As an artist she understands the value of creativity and knows it can play a large role in productivity, energy, and relationships. She also provides one-on-one creativity coaching for a more focused approach for individuals wanting to address creativity in their professional and personal life.
Program Titles:
- Increasing Creativity in Teams
- Developing Your Personal Creativity
- The Intersection of Creativity, Risk, and Trust
- Creativity for Artists
- Increasing Creativity in Others: How the little things can make a big difference
“This presentation was awesome! It put creativity in a new perspective for me.”
– workshop participant, Expanding Creativity in Yourself and Your Clients, Association for Experiential Education Conference
Leadership Program Consulting: Leadership development is gaining more importance as the need for strong, effective leaders increases. Employers no longer just look at grades when hiring new staff or even interns. They look at engagement and involvement and want to see how the candidate has developed their leadership skills. In response, most colleges and universities have some sort of leadership development program for their students. The components and effectiveness of these programs vary widely. Climer Consulting can help develop a strong leadership program for your school or organization, one based on research, experiential learning, and getting students engaged. She can also provide workshops or trainings for students on a wide range of leadership topics.
“Amy did a great job at pushing us to see things that may not have been apparent before; and not only to see them, but confront them/change them when appropriate.”
– University of Oregon student
Experiential and Outdoor Education: Amy Climer has a Master's degree in Outdoor Education from the University of New Hampshire. She has worked around the U.S. with several outdoor and experiential education organizations and has a strong understanding of the unique elements that must come together in an outdoor education program. She can help with program design, leadership program development, and risk management issues for your program.
Program titles:
- Develop an Outdoor Leadership Program: Move beyond just playing in the woods
- Huddles, Carousels, and Jigsaws: Experiential Techniques to Improve Staff Training
- Outdoor Education not Recreation: Understanding the Philosophy Behind the Practice
- Expedition Behavior: What it is, how to teach it, and how it can change any trip
Facilitator Skill Development: Knowing how to facilitate a group of people can be the difference between a successful group and one that dreads getting together. Learn the skills and techniques you can use next time you are responsible for creating a cohesive team.
“This course has definitely built up my confidence as a facilitator.” – Fort Lewis College student
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