Speaker Information
Cathy Jameson is founder of Jameson Management, an international comprehensive coaching firm with offices in New York, the United Kingdom, Oklahoma and now even the Caribbean. With a background in education and psychology, she worked alongside her husband, John H. Jameson, DDS, in his Oklahoma dental practice. Their diligent efforts led to great success. Later working in sales for dental financing organizations and dental software groups, she found herself coaching teams about all of the dental practice's systems. Now, almost two decades later, she's helped dental practices refine the 25 dental business systems for greater success and she's trained a growing team of coaches and speakers to do the same for clients worldwide.
Announcement regarding Ph.D. credentials
Cathy's Topics:
It Costs Too Much!;
Going Up?;
Building Your Practice the Old-Fashioned Way;
The X Factor;
Visibly & Vividly;
Star-Gazing;
Teaching the Elephant to Dance;
Great Communication = Great Production;
Schedule for Productivity, Profitability and Stress Control;
Where Do You Get All that Energy?;
The Critical Factors of the Business of Dentistry;
A Model of Success
Cathy's Calendar:
September 19, 2008; Chesapeake Dental Meeting, Ocean City, Maryland
October 3-4, 2008; Topic TBA, Las Vegas, Nevada
October 17-18, 2007; Aesthetic Advantage, New York, New York
December 5, 2008; Kentucky Center for Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, "Building the Five Star Dental Team", Lexington, Kentucky
February 11, 2009; Dentists for a Better Huntington, Huntington, New York
John H. Jameson, DDS writes for numerous dental publications and provides research for manufacturers and marketing companies, as well as lecturing around the world on technology's integration into the dental practice and leadership. He also manages the technology phase of the coaching program carried out by Jameson consultants around the world.
John's Topics:
Building Your Practice the Old-Fashioned Way;
High Tech Dentistry;
Technology Courses
John's Calendar:
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Shannon Griffin, DMD coaches all dental teams, but often coordinates projects for the Jameson Launch program, designed specifically for those starting a new practice from scratch. These Launch clients may be composed of experienced dental teams looking to build a new office or of recent dental school graduates planning to start out with a new practice plan of their own.
Mary Govoni, CDA, RDA, RDH, MBA
Mary's Topics:
OSHA Compliance Simplified and Demystified;
Ergonomic Economics;
Hot-Topic Courses
Cindy Ishimoto, CDPMA began her career in the dental profession in 1973, first as an assistant and business auxiliary and then progressing to a management position. She continually updates her skills by attending practice management seminars, as well as clinical seminars. Ishimoto's love of people and dentistry enable her to share her enthusiasm and guide teams to building successful people-oriented practices.
Cindy's Topics:
Increasing Case Acceptance;
TeamWork and Team Harmony: Essentials for Success;
Half Day Powerful Programs
Cindy's Calendar:
September 13-14, 2008; California Dental Association (CDA) Norhtern California Meeting San Francisco
January 15-16, 2009; Rocky Mountain Dental Conference, Denver, Colorado
Shelly V. Short RDH, MS is a Jameson consultant and speaker who coaches practice analysis, scheduling, financing, communication skills, clinical efficiency as well as health promotion and health education, case presentation and technology. Short has 25 years of experience in the dental industry who incorporates a wellness approach to optimal business management and clinical efficiency. She is a former faculty member at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry. She has had several articles published in well-known dental journals and presented powerful courses on both Technologies in Dentistry and Healthy Lifestyles.
Shelly's Topics:
Oral Health, Total Health
Nancy Miller, RDH, BA
has been a consultant with Jameson Management, Inc., since 1998. Her area of expertise is in clinical procedures and periodontal therapy and instrumentation. She promotes the concept of the entire team being involved in the
periodontal treatment and continuous care of their patient base.
Nancy, as featured for Modern Hygienist magazine in the summer of 2007, specializes in hands-on courses and lectures on ultrasonic debridement and instrumentation and other related topics. Audiences enjoy her fresh approach to hygiene courses. She completed a two-year appointment to the Oral B Laboratories Dental Hygiene Advisory Board and is a clinical technical advisor on products for Hu-Friedy Manufacturing. Her online CE Course on Dentaltown/Hygienetown, Ultrasonics 101 is a hit.
Nancy's Topics:
The Perio Puzzle;
Good Vibrations or Bad Vibes?
Vicki C. Sanco, CDA, CDPMA brings nearly 30 years of dental industry experience to the Jameson consulting team. "Vicki is dynamite. From consulting to teaching to writing, her dental practice management expertise fits perfectly with our proven strategies and systems to make her a powerful voice in the practices she consults with on behalf of Jameson," said Jameson's Dru Halverson.
Vicki's Topics:
Forward Focused Hygiene Management;
Diamonds in the Rough
Jeff L. Gelona, CIC has worked in business sales for the last 26 years, developing and building relationships with new and existing clients. Beginning with his work at Liberty Mutual Insurance, Gelona has been responsible for selling and managing large accounts. Now a consultant with Fennell Cashion Company, Gelona continues to teach seminars nationally sharing his strategies on selling, sales management and marketing.
Jeff's Topics:
Sales Dynamics in the Dental Practice
Misty Absher Clark The addition of Misty Absher Clark, vice president of Jameson Creative Services, and adding marketing to the mix of Jameson's coaching services was one of the firm's most exciting 2007 announcements. After years of collaboration, Clark and the Jamesons are finally able to bring results-oriented marketing into a practice at the right time with the right integrated systems. Jameson bought Dental ImageWorks, the marketing consulting firm Clark founded.
Kathleen O'Donnell, MA has worked with the dental industry for more than 20 years. Along with her management of key departments in the fields of insurance, finance, electronics/high tech and education, O'Donnell possesses powerful real-world work experience that propels dental teams to success. She has trained hundreds of dental teams, as well as senior management and staff, in small and large corporations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan and Thailand. O'Donnell specializes in executive coaching, team building and all aspects of practice management, particularly collections, insurance, scheduling and verbal skills.