What is your story?
The way you present yourself is the cover to your story. What story are you telling those around you? The choices you make in social situations – either intentionally or accidentally – can determine whether or not you receive that lucrative job offer, a new client, or the coveted invitation that can change your whole future. As a keynote speaker, I can tailor my talk to your audience for maximum results.
Signature Program
First Impressions, Lasting Impact
We all know that effective connecting and networking is critical to our success. However, just about everybody — from scholars and dropouts, rich and poor, famous painters and starving artists — don’t really know how to make a powerful first impression. They dress up, go to an event, squirm in their seats or fidget on their feet, lose all ability to have a meaningful conversation, and end up hanging out with the same old tired people telling the same old tired stories and sharing the same old one-dimensional ideas. No lessons are learned, no innovation is discussed, and no real connections are made. Money is left on the table.
Fear not! I am an expert on creating a powerful impact that helps professionals make a strong first impression with lasting influence both online and in person. Imagine what could happen if you and everyone on your team knew the keys to developing a powerful presence both professionally and personally!
By implementing my proven strategies that bridge generations, global cultures, and genders, you will create a thriving culture of honor and connection. The result? Lucrative opportunities will present themselves, emails will be read, doors will be opened, social media connections will be solidified, and business deals will be closed.
In this delightful and highly-engaging program, attendees will:
- Learn the seven critical elements of the First Impressions, Lasting Impact Model of Success
- Identify the five key topics of global conversation that put other people at ease, build trust, and bridge commonality
- Communicating with more clarity and persuasiveness — verbally, non-verbally, and through the written word
- Discover how to network without nervousness, from the business lunch to the backyard barbeque
- Decode how to network online so that you can build and maintain long-lasting relationships at the speed of click
This program is perfect for any professional, educational, or civic organization and is available for general audiences.
Deep-dive Personal Branding Program
The Behavior Blueprint: The ABCs of Networking for Personal Branding, Business Growth, and Social Influence
Your success depends on knowing the tricks and tips to relate to everyone in business — whether it’s corporate, creative, or cosmic — to leverage innovations discovered by the up-and-comers and wisdom offered from the seasoned pros. The Behavior Blueprint is based on the First Impressions, Lasting Impact Model and provides you with nuts-and-bolts instructions on when to eat at business meals and events, how to remember names, what to focus on during networking interactions, how to honor your hosts, and how to make a tactful exit.
In this fun-yet-functional, roll-up-your-sleeves workshop suitable for all ages, stages, and cultures, you will:
- Discover how to build new key relationships and resuscitate old ones
- Identify five out-of-reach, dream connections and how you can connect with them
- Explore the Must-Do’s and No-Ways! of every successful networking event
- Learn the 12 wardrobe categories and when and how to wear them
- Foster a powerful digital footprint that will get your foot in the door and stay top of mind whether you are a technophobe or technophile
You’ll receive a step-by-step personal branding guide that includes EXACTLY what to say in person and online to enhance your professional presence and grow your network.
With First Impressions, Lasting Impact and The Behavior Blueprint, you’ll have all the knowledge you need to approach future social interactions with confidence and impact!
Specialty Programs
If you need something for a targeted audience, check out these customized programs of my First Impressions, Lasting Impact program for specialty groups:
- For Leaders – Create stronger, more cohesive teams and have smoother and more pleasant interactions among your colleagues and customers with less ruffled feathers, misunderstandings, or hurt feelings.
- For Medical Professionals — The most successful medical providers are not only experts in their field but also experts in the human condition. Improve your bedside manner, elevate your Compassion Quotient, and collaborate more effectively with those all-important key colleagues from various cultures and backgrounds.
- For Professional Athletes – Through my Protocol School for Professional Athletes, attendees learn how to show up and perform as strongly off the field as they do on it. Social intelligence and protocol training not only benefits the team and its brand, but it also cultivates a stronger, more well-rounded athlete and fosters team unity.
- For Emerging Leaders – It’s never too early to create a strong image! Learn how to begin managing your identity while still in school so you stand out strong against the tough competition that awaits you in the job market. You’ll learn how to successfully navigate networking and organizational relationships so you become someone to watch instead of someone to watch out for.
- For Women – Bust through the ceiling in order to confidently and powerfully communicate with anyone, anytime! Learn how to power up your professional dress, say ‘no’ with certainty and clarity, and transform your so-called worst quality into your best asset.
- For Speakers, Sales Pros, and Social Butterflies – Business can be conducted anywhere: business meetings or banquets, sidewalks or social gatherings, graduations or grocery check-out lines. When you know how to have fun while impressing everyone around you, you will experience more happiness, greater job satisfaction, larger circle of influence, and more money in your pocket.