Sonny Elliot, Consultant

Sonny Elliott has a varied and most successful background which provides a uniqueness to his work. In 1965 he received a BS degree in biology. His work experience includes being a successful insurance agent, serving as president of an oil company, a real estate company, and a registered SEC securities firm as well as being a private investor. He considers his work, these past ten years, in the areas of communication and relations his major accomplishment. He is a nationally recognized speaker, sharing platforms with such best selling authors, lecturers and businesspersons as Dr. Elizabeth Neeld (author of Nightingale-Conant Tape Series Yes! You Can Write and numerous other books), Robert Pante (Dressing to Win), Howard Stevens (The H.R. Chally Group), Robert Young (President of Lockheed Engineering), Dr. Wayne Dyer (Your Erroneous Zones, etc.) and Tim Gallwey (Inner Game of Tennis, etc.). He has appeared before hundreds of groups and has spoken to and consulted with in excess of fifteen thousand people.

Sonny, Bob Young, and Tim Gallwey have designed a coaching course ("Getting The Best Out of Your Staff" which is available for doctors, key executives, CEO's, etc.

Mr. Elliott organized the Paradigm Practice Management Corporation, a training and development company, and serves as president and owner. An independent outside study recently complete by the the prestigious H.R. Chally Group stated that Paradigm clients increase their production by and average of fifty percent, increase collecting aged receivables by and average of twenty to twenty-five percent, and most importantly, most have more fun in life. This means less stress, more income, more time away from the office, better relations with co-workers, friends, family and patients.

Sonny Elliott has...

• Conducted on site consulting with various aspects of transitioning for the past 13 years. 98% of the offices he has worked with reported a positive net income and return on investment.
• Owned and operated a national Seminar Company (Paradigm Practice Management and Technologies) and was credited for enhancing the gross revenues of his typical client, by 50%, as reported in the study conducted by the prestigious H. R. Chally organization.
• Continues to lecture on relationship topics, and has delivered in excess of 2000 presentations to varied audiences including Orthodontic audiences, schools, business organizations, and service organizations.
• Served as president of an oil company, a securities company, a real estate company, and a national consulting company.
• Honed sales and marketing skills early in his career as evidenced by his achieving life membership in the prestigious international M.D.R.T. organization before he was 30 years old.
• Taken a small struggling oil company in the 1980's in Texas grossing $1.5 million in annual sales, to $25 million 3 years later.
• Promoted his award winning book "Mom, Dad are you Listening" on a national level, and has been interviewed extensively on radio, TV, and in the print media.
• Co-managed the merging of two publicly traded companies.
• Co-founded a public company

"The sky is the limit, when your heart is in it! Sonny consistently exceeds expectations with his varied and exceptional talents and gifts. He is resourceful, enthusiastic, and downright good at whatever he sets his mind to do or be. He engages heart and passion for the benefit of those he serves. How great is that!"
Dr. Duane Grummons, Spokane, WA

The H.R. Chally Group has this to say about Mr. Elliott:

"Sonny Elliott is one of the most skillful communicators we have come across in some time. By communicator we mean real communication - listening, responding, clarifying and getting feedback so that both sides really understand what is meant.

Since communication is the most frequent source of problems in any business endeavor ... whether it's understanding a client, answering their objections, directing an employee or motivating a whole office ... Sony's contribution is critically important to any professional practice. ...If you could only listen to two consultants next year ... I'd listen to Sonny ... twice."

Sonny Elliott's Vita

• Team Dentistry: A Step-By-Step Analysis (Modern Dental Practice ) July 1988,
  author: Sonny Elliott
• Communication: What It Is and What It Isn't (PCSO Bulletin) Spring 1988, article on Sonny
  authored by Dr. Hal Bergh
• Building the Exceptional Practice Part II (Orthodontic Products) April 1996,
  authored by Robert J. Schulhof, AB, MS, Dean Bellavia, PhD, MS & Sonny Elliott, AA, BS
• The Staff of the New Millennium (Orthodontic Products) April/May 1998,
  authored by Sonny Elliott
• Team Dentistry: Decision Making (Orthodontic Products) June 1998,
  authored by Sonny Elliott & Jeanne Rowden, RN
• Mom, Dad, Are You Listening? (Skytone Publishing) January 2000, 192 pages,
  authored by Sonny Elliott

Videos: (national informercials & distribution)

• The Family Connection (3 hours)
• The Couple Connection (3 hours)
• The Teen Age Connection (3 hours)

Audios:

• The Society Meeting (8 cassettes)
• The Stress Connection (90 minutes)
• Focusing, Languaging & Boundaries (3 hours)
• Belief Systems, Rules & Survival Strategies (3 hours)
• Contest for Family Meetings (3 hours)
• Coaching Principals for Conflict Resolution (3 hours)
• Communication, Why Not? (8 cassettes, 6 hours)

Interviews: (available on video)

• PBS, TV
• CBS, TV
• NBC, TV
• NPR, radio Ntl
• PBS, radio, Ntl
• 40 various radio drive stations, etc.

Elliott and Associates
351 Andrew Cahill Drive · Reno, NV · 89503
Phone: (775) 851-6149 · Fax: (775) 851-6147
www.sonnyelliot.com · E-mail: sonny@sonnyelliott.com