NastGroup, Inc. was founded in 1998 in Plymouth, Michigan. NastGroup’s focus is to offer tools and services which will help organizations and individuals save time, organize their thinking, and improve learning, creativity, memory, and job performance.
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Jamie Nast
Jamie is committed to guiding individuals and organizations towards overcoming barriers to achieving success -- including those which reside in one's own mind.
Jamie was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and currently lives in Plymouth, Michigan, where she and her husband founded NastGroup, Inc. in 1998. NastGroup is a training and consultancy organization. She has specialized in mind potential optimization since 1992. Her workshops augment mental aptitudes and maximize individual and organizational productivity. Her range of expertise spans Idea Mapping, speed reading, leadership, creating personal missions, memory, presentations, tapping creativity, strategic planning, and graphic facilitation.
In addition, NastGroup works with the UK-based company, The Learning Consortium (TLC), where Jamie is a Partner and Master Trainer. TLC is dedicated to bringing the best of all learning methods and joint client solutions to learners around the globe.
From 1992 until 2006 Jamie directed Buzan Centres USA and was the only Senior Master Trainer representing Buzan Centres world-wide for mind mapping and other mental literacy skills. During that time she mentored over 16,000 people world-wide towards better mental productivity and certified 109 Qualified Buzan Instructors from 24 countries. She also wrote the Think, Learn & Create Workshop instructor training manual for the Buzan Centres.
She spent 12 years at Electronic Data Systems in management and leadership training capacities and was certified as a trainer for Steven Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People in 1996. She is a graduate of Purdue University with a BA in Industrial Management and a minor in Computer Science.
Jamie's first book Idea Mapping: How to Access Your Hidden Brain Power, Learn Faster, Remember More, and Achieve Success in Business (published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) was released September 20, 2006. It is currently being sold in over 17 countries and is being translated into Serbian and Korean. This book combines her real-world business experience with her teaching and Idea Mapping skills. Using her unique, results-oriented coaching strategies, she brings her workshop right to the reader. Jamie was published in the October 1996 issue of Personal Excellence, was a guest on VoiceAmerica.com in February 2004, and had a column featured in Purdue University's Krannert Magazine in November 2006. In January 2007 she was a guest on both the Rolanda Watts Show (Hollywood, CA) and A Closer Look hosted by Leslie Stone of Summit City Radio (Ft. Wayne, IN). She was a guest on BCTV’s Michigan Entrepreneur Show in both July and September of 2007.
She is an accomplished conference speaker and has consulted for a wide array of clients including: ACH (Automotive Components Holding, LLC), AIB (American Institute of Banking), ABA (American Bankers Association), Association of Christian Schools International, BMC Software, BP, Chattanooga Advertising Federation, Communities in Schools of Florida, ConocoPhillips, CSHET, Dow Chemical, DTE Energy, The Dwight School, Farmington Hills Public Schools, Franklin Templeton, Ford Motor Company, GM, General Physics, HSMAI, Institute of Management Accountants, L.L.Bean, Macomb Intermediate School District, MARC Advertising, Matrix Imaging, Mayo Clinic, Mercy High School, Middle Tennessee State University, Mindwerx International of Australia, Operation Smile, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Psychotherapy Networker, Saline Leadership Institute, Software Spectrum, U.S. Army Ammunition Management, University of Pittsburgh Institute For Entrepreneurial Excellence, VHA Inc., VizThink, and Willow Run High School.
Vanda's purpose on this planet is to remind people of - and return them to - their naturally joyous state!
Vanda's seminars take a very down-to-earth, practical approach to help people experience how to "Think, Learn, Create and Live" more effectively and enjoyably, and to develop their own positive stress management through "Happiness & Wellness". Vanda fosters success in others!
Her experience spans the world, working with Learning Disabilities (or Differences as she prefers to call them) to coaching top-level executives and conducting training sessions with up to 10,000 people at one time.
Experience
- Founder & CEO of Buzan Centres world wide, launching Tony Buzan's work through a global network of licensed instructors for 20 years. During that time, Vanda taught mental literacy skills
to over 100,000 people from 50 countries worldwide. She has been instrumental in leading and coaching over 700 instructors who have since gone on to run corporations, author books and function more successfully in business and life.
- Founder & CEO of Volunteers Upholding Education, Palm Beach County School System in Florida, training 5000 volunteers and corporate members to assist in education for 12 years. Here Vanda initiated one of the first school volunteer programs involving business & education partnerships. She became a leader in writing and modelling excellent volunteer management strategies and training.
- Past President of the International Society for Accelerated Learning & Teaching, conducting their largest global educational conference. For eight years Vanda was a leader in research, practical application and dissemination of accelerated learning methods.
- Home Economist for Florida Power & Light Company, conducting cooking shows for thousands.
- A lecturer for UniLever Brothers, travelling the UK as a member of the Education Unit for four years.
- Vanda's inspiration has been sought after by leading organizations, a few examples are: Electronic Data Systems, IBM, Digital, Boeing, Oracle, BT, Wellcome, CLSA, Management Centre Europe, SC Johnson, Billiton, Flour Daniel, and educational institutions and governments in many countries.
Projects and Future
Vanda is currently the Founder and Director of The Learning Consortium. The Learning Consortium is dedicated to making one portal where you can find the best BrainFriendly products and programs for thinking, learning, creating and living. Vanda conducts a range of seminars. Some titles are: 'Think, Learn & Create'; 'Managing Change'; 'Did I Say What You Thought You Heard'; 'Living History' and 'Happiness & Wellness'. Her 'Joyshops' are also highly acclaimed for creating positive change in peoples' lives. (See full list of Vanda's seminar offerings)
She has written several books, including the best seller 'Get Ahead', now translated into nine languages, and 'The Spark', as well as many training manuals in the areas of business management and wellness. Nightingale Conant launched her 'Joy Journey' program in 2000, which is receiving excellent reviews.
Currently Vanda is combining all her experiences as she embarks on her next 20-year project in the field
of overcoming learning differences and depression. She is doing this through her own company VNL and
in conjunction with The Learning Consortium.
NastGroup Client List
Automotive
- ACH
- Ford Motor Company
- GM
Chemical
- Dow Chemical
Conferences
- ABA
- AIB
- CSHET
- HSMAI
- Operation Smile
- VizThink
Consulting/Training
- Mindwerx of Australia
Consumer Goods
- L.L.Bean
Energy
- BP
- ConocoPhillips
- DTE Energy
Education/Non-Profit
- Association of Christian
Schools International
- Communities in Schools of Florida
- The DwightSchool
- Farmington HillsSchool
District
- MacombIntermediate
School District
- MercyHigh School
- MiddleTennesseeState University (MTSU)
- Operation Smile
- PennsylvaniaCollege of Optometry (PCO)
- WillowRunHigh School
Financial
- American Institute of
Banking
- American Bankers Assoc.
- Franklin Templeton
- Institute of Management Accountants
Government
- U.S. Army Ammunition Management
High Tech/IT
- BMC Software
- Matrix Imaging
- Software Spectrum
Leadership
- Saline Leadership Institute
- University of Pittsburgh
Institute For
Entrepreneurial Excellence
Marketing
- Chattanooga Advertising Federation
- MARC USA
Medical
- Mayo Clinic
- VHA
- CSHET
Plastics
- Dow Chemical
Psychology
- Psychotherapy Networker
Statistics
Ford Motor Company
60 days after Jamie's two-day workshop, 80% participants
felt their job performance improved.
Willow Run High School
After only six hours of instruction (over a period of
three months) to 55 students
and
10 teachers, students improved
their GPAs by nearly half a point.
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