Keynotes and Workshops
for Conferences and Meetings

All titles can be delivered as a 45-minute keynote presentation
or a 1.5 or 3-hour workshop.


Presenting Yourself Powerfully

The ability to present yourself and your ideas professionally with management, employees and clients is key to your success. However; most people, including professionals rank public speaking as a fear greater than death and taxes! Is there a way to present that will allow you to feel comfortable and confident and better connected to your listeners? The answer is YES!

As a result of this workshop, you will:

  • Learn and use a repeatable process that will allow you to be fully present without fear and anxiety
  • Use your voice more effectively
  • Understand how gestures, posture, and body language can work for you
  • Build rapport and credibility faster than ever
  • Target your presentations to the needs and interests of your audience
  • Answer the four essential questions that every audience needs to know to give you their full attention

For Women Only:
Build Your Public Speaking Skills For Your Career Breakthrough

Are you being seen and heard inside your organization?
Are your good ideas and proposals winning approval?
When in the spotlight, can you say exactly what you want to?
Are you on your way to reaching your career goals?

If you answered no to any of these questions, you need this program!

There is a new critical competency for women who want to be leaders. The competency is the ability to deliver effective business presentations. It is a skill that will impact both your professional and personal life. The good news is that it is a learnable skill. The bad news is, you can’t learn it by yourself, or by studying it, or by reading about it. You have to learn by doing, with on your feet practice.

As a result of this workshop, you will:

  • Minimize anxiety and nervousness when speaking to a group
  • Improve your vocal delivery for positive impact
  • Maximize your body language for a powerful impression
  • Use a tool to help you identify your objectives and develop your future presentations

"On behalf of Women's Referral Network I'd like to thank you. It was a delight to have you speak to our group. Your presentation was a valuable topic that will help all of us feel organized and grounded while publicly speaking. We all enjoyed the group interaction while we learned to be more relaxed and confident when we give a presentation."

"I wish you much success in your business as you help others with their speaking challenges."

Heather Benson, President

Getting to Yes
With Your CEO & Executive Team

When presenting to CEOs and executive teams, you must show how your proposals advance the company’s mission and business objectives. And you must do so succinctly, credibly, and confidently.

By interviewing HR leaders and CEOs at more than 30 San Diego organizations, I found out what CEOs want to hear, and what they don’t when proposals are presented to them. From the information collected, I built an Executive Summary Presentation Template to help you save time, stress, and to get better results when delivering your presentations.

You’ll leave this presentation:

  • Feeling more confident in your abilities to present your ideas and proposals
  • Knowing how deliver your proposals as a business case
  • With a usable tool to help you develop an executive presentation


"As a speaker, Dana is articulate and engaging. The content was very strong and well researched.The program was definitely a success!"

Victoria Serrano Ruiz, M.S., Director of Professional Development
College of Extended Studies San Diego State University




How to Develop an Authentic 30-Second Message      


Imagine your unique message being heard and received so that people want to know more. It’s completely possible to engage listeners immediately when you’re being authentically YOU. You can step up to a whole new level of promotional effectiveness and power through pure authenticity and expression.

In this interactive talk, you will learn:

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  • The difference between a “push” and “pull” message
  • How to NOT sound like a commercial
  • What others want to know most about you, your product and/or service
  • How to deliver your message in a way that engages your listeners right from the start


"Thank you for your lively keynote at the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Our members positively received your idea-packed presentation. I noticed attendees diligently taking notes and the audience participation was great. I am confident that your instruction helped improve the skills and productivity of our members "

William A. Holman
Vice President, Corporate Relations

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More Comments

This workshop was of extremely high quality. The participants expressed a great deal of enthusiasm during Dana's presentation and gave both Dana and the topic very positive reviews in their evaluations of the session.

The effort and willingness that Dana demonstrated in order to make this contribution to the training and organizational development field was of great benefit to our chapter and the community, and did a great deal to advance our member's learning. The San Diego Chapter of ASTD owes Dana a significant amount of gratitude for this highly positive contribution.

Sincerely,
Mary Heikkinen, President, ASTD San Diego

 


Associations and Organizations

ASTD - American Society of Training and Development
CalSAE - The California Society of Association Executives
FEW - Federally Employed Women
FWI - Financial Women International
Jenna Druck Foundation
Law Librarians Association
MPI - Meeting Planners International
National Charity League
NSA - National Speakers Association
PIHRA - Professionals in Human Resources Association
PRSA - Public Relations Society of America
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
SANDALL - San Diego Association of Law Libraries
SCORE - Women's Program
SHRM - Society of Human Resource Management
SDWN - San Diego Women's Network
Special Libraries Association
Women's Referral Network
Vistage International

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