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The Language of Colours

“Boost Morale, Decrease Tension and Increase Cooperation Between Your Staff and with Staff & Client Stakeholder Interactions”

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This presentation likely revolutionized my communications skills. It was educational, engaging, and admittedly very fun! Ferenc is an effective presenter and the concepts were simple yet extremely beneficial. It was great to learn about myself and be able to recognize my own strengths and weaknesses while also discovering how others communicate and how I could improve my skills! 10/10!

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Lauren Erdely

Land Management Specialist

Forestry & Parks

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2024 Lands Conference. Government of Alberta.  200+ participants

So what is the Language of Colours?

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It's roughly a 1-hour fun, dynamic, interactive presentation that WILL have participants connecting better with the other participants in the room, their spouses or partners, and pretty much anyone they come in contact with if they apply these simple-to-use concepts.

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The concepts are pretty simple.  Recognize your own colour.  Recognize the colour of the person you are interacting with (this is what other training usually misses).  Adapt your communications to the colour of the person you are interacting with.  Easy-peasy.

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And it is easy!  And fun!  And I guarantee participants will be talking about colours days, weeks and probably even months and years after the presentation.  

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One HUGE benefit to doing this in a groups setting is that everybody self-identifies what colour they are.  This means other participants don't have to determine what colour the other people in the room are, they can see which group they are in.  They then can start dealing with the other person in a much more harmonious manner.  Instant results!

 

For this reason, when I do this as part of an event, I always suggest that I am early in the agenda as it gives participants the rest of the event to practice (and also give some good natured ribbing) with other participants. 

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If you are interested in possibly having me deliver this for you, please just reach out to me.  I don't publish a price simply because I change it based on a number of things such as number of participants.  I truly believe in win-win solutions so let's just chat and see if we can't work out something that works for both of us.  

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Best way is to shoot me an email.

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Cheers.

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PS.
You may have taken some colours or personality type training before.  This is probably way different.  Let's chat and I can tell you how.

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Taylor M

Geomatics Specialist

GOA DOS Office

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It was great to hear about these different personalities and see where my team members differ. Fun interactive presentation!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Carly Moore

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Helpful to see where our team members split out into the different colours, unsurprisingly with the descriptions you gave of each group. I noticed a coworker already altering their way of interacting with me to accommodate my colour and it made me feel appreciated for who I am!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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J

F&P

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Ferenc provided an interesting perspective on personalities and a set of tools that I will try to apply to my personal and work life.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Stacey Boeyenga

Lands Officer

Government of Alberta

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The exercise was fantastic! Thank you for coming and sharing the concept of Colours. I know we're still talking about what colours we are as the Headwaters team out of Grande Prairie.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Nils Anderson

Big Game Allocation Biologist

Government of Alberta

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I missed the conference, but my team members who did attend passed on some learnings- I'm especially interested not only in understanding our individual styles better, but also how I can more effectively adapt my own style to better align with those of others.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Forrest

WOO

GOA/Forestry and Parks

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Ferenc was an engaging presenter and his familiarity with the audience and the work they do help to personalize the session.

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Kelly Brouwer

Rangeland Agrologist

Forestry and Parks

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What a perfect insightful keynote presentation to bring flavour, color, and interactivity to a group, no matter the size! Awareness of the traits that people in your life have and your ability to create an environment for them and for you to thrive in feeling heard and seen is a skill set I look forward to applying on the daily!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Laine Rogers

REFDD

GOA

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fun

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Christina

PIC

GoA/FP

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This was a great presentation...lots of chuckles and nods as people saw themselves in their colour descriptions.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Lauren Erdely

Lands Management Specialist

Forestry & Parks

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This presentation likely revolutionized my communications skills. It was educational, engaging, and admittedly very fun! Ferenc is an effective presenter and the concepts were simple yet extremely beneficial. It was great to learn about myself and be able to recognize my own strengths and weaknesses while also discovering how others communicate and how I could improve my skills! 10/10!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Andre Bruneau

Inventory Management System Administration and Support

GOA/Forestry and Parks

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People are complex it's true. While labelling people as 'types' can be problematic it can - if done right- also add a layer of simplicity in navigating day to day interactions with others and I'm here to say: Ferenc's presentation was done right.

The event - simple in content and respectful in delivery - not only helped me gain insight into my own behavior, it also left me feeling better equipped to handle what I once saw as complex and/or nuisance interactions. To accept the (obvious/not so obvious) conclusion that everyone has their own way of seeing things but also leave with the the optimistic feeling that meaningful relationships are still possible - particularly in a challenging work setting - are valuable lessons to take away. Thank you Mr. Scobie.

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Ben Penner

Forest Officer

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Mr. Scobie's presentation was very good. He got us to group ourselves into the four corners of the room by defining our characteristics. It seemed to work well and although not everything lined up it seemed to help us understand our own group and the other three groups. It has me thinking as its simpler than myers briggs and some of the other personality testing frameworks.

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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M Biesterfeldt

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We all are a mixture but have dominant traits, and showing the shared traits makes us more empathetic!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Danielle Gabruck

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Ferenc spoke at a conference I attended. I was amazed how with two general questions he could help our organization to improve communication and change the way we approach working with each other.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Stephen Shenfield

Lands Manager

Forestry & Parks

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Ferenc did a great job presenting and created an atmosphere where everyone was an active participant.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Fabi Schmidt

Team Lead PLDM

GOA-Forestry and Parks

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Hi Ferenc,
This presentation was absolutely one of the highlights of our conference. Many attendees spoke about how much they enjoyed it and found value and practicality in it. They also enjoyed how well you presented it, and you knocked it out of the park! You are easy to listen to and made it fun, as you always do. thanks so much for doing this for us. I wish you much success presenting it to others. I for one will use the cheat sheet often I'm sure...Hugs to you from a real yellow, "Yellow".
Fabi Schmidt

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Deanna Pehl

Lead Registrar

GOA/Forestry and Parks/HTC

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I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and will definitely use this information daily.

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Rupert Hewison

Forest Management Specialist

GOA/Forestry and Parks

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It was a very fun interactive session. Also very informative. Well done and thanks.

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Courtney Hughes

Landscape ecologist

Forestry and parks

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Excellent session. Engaging. Fun. Insightful. Definitely recommend!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Stewart McKay

Rangeland Team Lead

Forestry & Parks

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It was an interesting and fun exercise to walk through.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Shauna Cooney

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Great job on the presentation! I enjoyed learning about the language of colours.

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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MP Chappeland

Admin Support

Forestry and Protected Areas

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Yours was my favourite segment of the conference, especially the 'oh yeah!' confirmation moments, both about self and other colleagues' characteristic colours. I just wish the room had been big enough that we might have seen everyone.
Thank you for an engaging and enlightening time!

2024 GOA Lands Conference

May 1, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Allanah M

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Great presentation! A useful tool to get the best out of interactions with colleagues.

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

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Andrea Sharpe

Forest Health Officer

Government of Alberta

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Great presentation at our Forestry Staff Meeting. It was a real eye opener to see where other colleagues fit within the color chart. Really enjoyed this presentation. Thank you Ferenc :)

2024 Alberta Wildfire Conference

November 27, 2024

Edmonton, Alberta

© 2025 by Ferenc Scobie

Ferenc Scobie
145 Reimer Drive, Hinton, AB, T7V 1K1
780.817.8534
ferenc@fscobie.com

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