• Games To Explain Human Factors: Come, Participate, Learn and Have Fun!!!(Middle School, High School, College and University and Professional Editions)
• Effective Leadership Involves Working Through Others (High School, College, University and Professional Editions)
• I'm Awesome, But I Have My Limitations (For milestone events such as a beginning or end of the school semester, graduation week, promotion, corporate or school orientation program)
• Activities To Facilitate Career Planning and Gaining Meaningful Employment(High School, College, and Professional Editions)
• Career Options With A Psychology Degree (High School and College Editions)
• What Is It Like Working In Industry (Graduate School)
• What's My Job: An Effective Career Orientation Program For Middle School Students (Middle School).
• Subjects: Careers, Learning, Leadership, and Human Factors/Ergonomics.

Dr. Shapiro's Specialties
Applied Psychology, Human Factors, Ergonomics, Management, Leadership, Presentations, Teaching, Corporate Education, Careers

Dr. Shapiro:
Dr. Ron Shapiro is a psychologist with a specialization in designing products, solutions, and services so that they will be easy for people to use ... the Human Factor. After 20+ years with IBM as a human factors, corporate learning and corporate human resources professional, he is now an independent consultant and professional speaker/presenter in Human Factors, Ergonomics, User Experience, Learning, Leadership and Human Resources. Also, he is the Secretary-Treasurer-Elect of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES).

He is listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. He received his B.A. from the University of Rochester and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Ohio State in Experimental Psychology. Dr. Shapiro has taught at Ohio State, Denison University, University of Connecticut and Dutchess Community College.

His professional affiliations include Sigma Xi (Scientific Honorary Life Member), Phi Kappa Phi (Academic Honorary Life Member), Society of Industrial Psychologists (SIOP) and AISES (Sequoyah Fellow).

Dr. Shapiro's awards and certifications include:

• Certification as a Human Factors Professional (CHFP) by the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics, which is recognition of his competency in this area.
• Fellow in the American Psychological Association (APA) - recognizing his substantial and unique contributions to the field
• Fellow in the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)- recognizing his substantial and unique contributions to the field
• First chair of the now highly successful National Ergonomics Month (NEM)
• Oliver Keith Hansen Outreach Award from HFES in recognition for his founding NEM.

Dr. Shapiro's IBM experience includes:

• Managing technical learning and new employee orientation world wide.
• Managing IBM's external employee education program in the United States and career coaching in North Carolina.
• Two of his learning programs, one of which he managed (new employee orientation) and one of which he designed (Blue Opportunities) have won major awards from professional organizations (ASTD Excellence in Practice Award and SHRM Innovative Business Solution Award) recently.

Dr. Shapiro's Presentations have been to:

• Businesses
• Major corporations
• Professional societies:
  • HFES
  • APA
  • Eastern Psychological Association (EPA)
  • National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  • American Indian Scientific and Engineering Society (AISES)
  • Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
  • Documentation and Training (DocTrain)
  • Medical Product Safety network (MEDSUN)
• Colleges, universities, and schools

To contact Dr. Ron Shapiro about speaking click here.