Our Brand: Competitive Advantage

To achieve complete success, organizations need to address both the individual’s and the organization’s sense of achievement. Below, we outline specific ways in which melody ivory inc. helps our customers be living works of art. We:

• Balance the needs of the individual and the organization.
• Tailor programs to fit the customers’ needs.
• Rely upon our signature expertise to craft offerings.
• Provide comprehensive, proven solutions.
• Deliver effective presentations.
• Evoke change in the moment.
• Motivate people to take immediate action.
• Provide ongoing support after presentations.
• Satisfy the customers’ needs.

Balance Individual and Organizational Needs

We balance the needs of the organization and the individual in two ways. We provide offerings to help:

• Individuals to make shifts in their thinking, choices, and actions.
• Owners, board members, managers, executives, HR, and others to shift the culture, policies, and structures that affect individuals within and outside of the organization.

This combined bottom-up and top-down approach increases the organization’s success.

Tailor Programs to Fit Customer’s Needs

We work with HR executives, managers, and others to customize our presentations to serve the unique needs of each organization. Our signature programs—Composing Your Masterpiece Self™ and Composing Your Masterpiece Organization™—are designed to support flexibility. In addition, we provide a full range of services that can be offered individually or combined, as needed.

Rely Upon Signature Expertise

All of our offerings—keynotes, seminars, workshops, coaching, consulting, products, and resources—reflect Melody’s unique experience. All programs:

• Represent a blend of art, technology, and self-help.
• Integrate techniques like inquiry and meditation from multiple disciplines.
• Simplify complex concepts and processes.
• Facilitate whole-self and whole-organization transformation
• Are based on empirical findings.
• Offer comprehensive solutions.

Provide Comprehensive, Proven Solutions

Melody’s background as a computer scientist, with an emphasis on research in human-computer interaction, gives her extensive expertise in evidence-based solution development.

She uses this expertise to shape the offerings that we provide to our customers. She thoroughly researches the most effective approaches for addressing individual and organizational issues. Research includes, but is not limited to, in-depth literature reviews, consultations with experts, and pilot studies with representative customers.

Melody also uses systems-thinking from her computer science background to develop systems of integrated solutions. From engaging keynotes to participatory seminars and transformational workshops, our products, services, and resources provide a continuum of support and learning opportunities that fit a wide variety of learning styles.

For more information about the philosophies behind our comprehensive, proven solutions, we suggest the following articles.

• Performing for Our Customers: Self-Help that Helps
• Orchestrating a New Reality: The Five C's of Change
• Composing a New Self: The Transformation Spiral

Deliver Fun, Engaging and Effective Presentations

All of our presentations—keynotes, seminars, workshops, and performances—reflect Melody’s unique delivery style. Presentations are inspiring, poetic, and humorous. Individuals leave our presentations feeling uplifted and satisfied.

Evoke Change in the Moment

We strive to facilitate change in our programs. By creating dynamic life-changing experiences, individuals leave our presentations knowing they have already begun the change process.

Motivate People to Take Action

We empower individuals to take immediate action as a direct result of participating in our programs. Individuals leave our presentations feeling confident and prepared to take steps to address challenges.

Provide Ongoing Support after Presentations

We provide support that extends beyond a presentation within an organization. We offer individuals an online community, resources, products, and coaching so they can continue to grow and develop on their own. We also offer consulting to support organizations as they make policy and structure shifts.

Satisfy Customer’s Needs

Customer satisfaction is so important to us. We actively seek input and feedback to help us better serve our customers’ needs.