HabitForce!

For Immediate Release:
HabitForce! For Non-Profits and Public Sector Institutions
Harness the Power to Transform Yourself, Your Organization, Your Community, Your Country, and Your World

Matthew Cossolotto author of HabitForce!, offers training programs specifically designed to increase the effectiveness of foundations, charities, associations, community organizations, and public sector institutions

YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY – NOVEMBER 29, 2005 – Matthew Cossolotto, author of HabitForce!, today announced that he will begin marketing a new series of organizational effectiveness training programs called “HabitForce! for Non-Profits and Public Sector Institutions.” These programs are specifically designed for the leaders, staff and volunteers of foundations, charities, associations, community organizations and public sector institutions.

“I’m offering HabitForce! for non-profits and the public sector,” Cossolotto said, “because that’s where my heart is. I’m very interested in working with public-spirited organizations with my programs designed to increase their transformative impact on their organizations, their communities, the country, and the world at large. In addition to public sector institutions at all levels, I’m thinking specifically of foundations, international non-governmental organizations, and various non-profits that support environmental protection, international cooperation, educational exchange programs, human rights, poverty and disease alleviation, refugee assistance, and voting system and other pro-democracy reforms both in the United States and abroad. I believe we all have a responsibility to improve the state of our communities and the world, and I want to do my share in this larger effort.”

Cossolotto added: “The fact is, organizations only perform as well as their people. But too many individuals fall short of their potential, which means the organization itself often falls short of its potential too. My programs explore the main causes behind this “performance gap” and offer practical steps and strategies to turn things around and ‘close the gap.’ These programs give participants the information and the skills they need to break through the barriers that hold them back. The key to transformation at all levels is to Recognize, Reject and Replace negative habits with positive, constructive, perhaps even earth-saving patterns of behavior.”

The half-day “HabitForce! for Non-Profits and the Public Sector” programs are based on Cossolotto’s book – HabitForce! How to Kick the Habits of F.A.I.L.U.R.E. and Adopt the Habits of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.

Commenting on Cossolotto’s book, former Congressman and 1980 independent presidential candidate, John Anderson, wrote:
“I heartily recommend HabitForce!to anyone and everyone. If you’ve ever had a goal you failed to reach or if you vaguely suspect that you have not lived up to your potential, this book is for you. Matthew Cossolotto, who humorously calls himself ‘America’s F.A.I.L.U.R.E. Coach,’ has created an easily remembered structure, based on the acronyms of F.A.I.L.U.R.E. and S.U.C.C.E.S.S., that will help all of us identify and replace the habits of failure with their corresponding habits of success. If you want to succeed, don’t fail to read this book!”

Anderson now serves as president of The Center for Voting and Democracy (http://www.fairvote.org).

“The bottom-line message,” Cossolotto said, “is that everyone can make a conscious choice to replace negative habits with their positive counterparts. It takes a habit to replace a habit.”

Throughout his career, Cossolotto has been involved with public service and non-profit organizations of various kinds. While working for Congressman Leon E. Panetta, Cossolotto handled international affairs, national service and education issues, including staff work related to the President’s Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. As an aide to House Speaker Jim Wright, Cossolotto also worked on legislative initiatives related to educational exchange and international visitor programs. He was the founding president and board chair of the Center for Voting and Democracy (www.fairvote.org) from 1991-1996. A former Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa and study abroad participant in Sweden, Cossolotto served on NAFSA’s 2003 Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad. He currently serves as president of the Shakespeare Oxford Society (www.shakespeare-oxford.com).

Signed copies of HabitForce! are available online by visiting www.habitforcethebook.com. For more information or to schedule a workshop or presentation for your organization, please call 914-245-9721 or email habitforce@ovations.com.

About Ovations International and Matthew CossolottoMatthew Cossolotto is the author of HabitForce! How to Kick the Habits of F.A.I.L.U.R.E. and Adopt the Habits of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. His multifaceted communications career includes eight years as a congressional aide followed by senior-level speechwriting and executive communications positions at MCI, GTE and Pepsi-Cola International. In 1996, Mr. Cossolotto formed Ovations International (“Home of the Standing O®”), providing a wide range of clients with speechwriting, speech coaching and public relations services. He speaks to audiences about Podium Power, The Joy of Speaking and HabitForce! Visit www.ovations.com for more information.