Meet Lorraine Shallenberger, a regular attendee of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Thinking Roadmap seminars.

The Facts:
After 32 years and raising a family in Santa Barbara, CA, we moved to Ventura County (love it!). Retirement is in the wings, but the lure of interesting projects keeps it at bay. I am adjunct faculty at Santa Barbara City College in the Professonal Development Department. We offer low cost training classes to the community (industry, city, etc.) such as team-building, interpersonal communications, time management, etc. I also am on faculty at The Employees' University-Santa Barbara County. They offer a unique program of 1 day classes (during the work day) to employees for college credit. I am still pursuing my passion of decorative painting, I've scaled back, but still teach an occasional class to local painting chapters.

Forum Attendance:
Just learned about the In2:IN Forum this year, but hope to attend next year.

Tell us about a recent "a ha" moment.
Fresh from the 'Six Thinking Hats' course, I incorporated it in a decision-making class and my "a ha" was seeing the participants "a ha" when they got it!

What book are you reading now?
"Goal Mapping: How To Turn Your Dreams Into Realities", Brian Mayne

What recent book have you read that you consider both beneficial and readable?
"What To Say When You Talk to Your Self", Shad Helmstetter, Ph.D. It's not particularly recent, but I read it recently and it's an eye-opener on the impact of negative thinking.

What advice do you have for people new to the In2:InThinking Network?
Participate and take advantage of the excellent classes.