Social Media Maximizer and Professional Speaker: Helping YOU connect to your customers and your employees!
Greater Milwaukee Area
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- Part-time instructor at Waukesha County Technical College
- Midwest Regional Director at HDI
- President at Brew City HDI
- Social Media Evangelist, Speaker, Writer at Make it Great! Institute LLC
- Vice President (Help Desk Manager) at Regional Financial Services Company
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Phil Gerbyshak’s Summary
I work with organizations to create a plan to share and maximize their authentic brand with the world, and social media is my tool of choice. It's really not about the tools; it's all about the conversations you participate in and the connections you create and cultivate.
I also work with people to unleash the greatness inside them, and am able to do that through connecting people to the ideas, people, and information they need to take it to the next level.
At the Make It Great! Institute, I do professional speaking, half day seminars, webinars, social media maximizing and identity/branding for organizations and their people looking to take their life and their brand to the next level.
Contact me today to learn how I can help YOU make it great!
Phil Gerbyshak’s Specialties:
social media, social media maximizer, new media, professional speaking, motivational speaker, speaker, trainer, training, leadership, management, people management, coaching, change agent, diversity awareness, customer service, personal development, measurement, achievement, self-awareness, attitude adjustment, focus, personal productivity, lifehacks
Phil Gerbyshak’s Experience
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Part-time instructor
Waukesha County Technical College
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
Currently teaching Fundamentals of Support, focusing the human side of technical support. Students ages range from early 20s to mid 50s with a variety of backgrounds and experiences.
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Midwest Regional Director
HDI
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
I work with 16 local chapters from the Midwest on defining best practices, overcoming the challenges of running a non-profit with volunteers, and creating quality programming for each chapter.
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President
Brew City HDI
(Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2006 — Present (3 years )
Leads all Chapter meetings and social activities. Ensures that officer positions are filled, and oversees annual officer nomination and election processes. Represents the Chapter on all official HDI matters. Oversees all Chapter activities with and through other officers. Takes steps to ensure that all officers and members abide by the HDI Local Chapter Operating Principles and Policies Agreement. The Chapter President (and all other officers) should be encouraged to grow professionally, and to participate in Chapter planning meetings held semi-annually at the Local Chapter Summit and at the HDI Annual conference.
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Social Media Evangelist, Speaker, Writer
Make it Great! Institute LLC
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
At the Make It Great! Institute, I work with organizations and people to develop a plan to discover and explode their brand. I also travel around the country as a public speaker, frequently sharing my message of making a PLAN to make it great! I also help folks understand the importance of building authentic relationshipsFor full details or to hire me to inspire your organization, check out my new website http://www.philgerbyshak.com
When I'm not speaking, I inject passion, positivity and productivity into people's lives by writing articles, sharing various useful online resources, resume reviewing, job hunting assistance, and relationship building. Stop by http://slackermanager.com and check out the ever expanding business book and website recommendations and exclusive interviews with authors and other thought leaders. -
Vice President (Help Desk Manager)
Regional Financial Services Company
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
November 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)
Ensure world-class support for more than 2,200 networked end users across 70+ branch locations and numerous small offices and home offices interacting with 50,000+ clients globally. Develop and maintain client support processes and procedures for new products rolled out to clients. Serve as the communications liaison and primary escalation point of contact for all end users and clients to the rest of the IT organization. Support departmental and team annual and long-range strategic goal planning. Supervise 10 direct reports.
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Phil Gerbyshak’s Interests:
management,leadership,technology,writing,speaking,change management,self-improvement,diversity,life-long learning, blogs,blogging,relationship building,networking, blogging,innovation,inspiration,catalyst, writing
Phil Gerbyshak’s Honors:
My first 2 years at Robert W. Baird & Co., I was awarded the Toast of Baird for exceeding customer expectations, recognizing top 2% of associates for customer service excellence. After getting promoted to manager, someone from my team has won the Toast of Baird each year for customer service excellence.
Enshrined in the Incredible Hall of Fame by Know More Media for my Make it Great! blog
