How you
COMMUNICATE defines who you are.
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Have a Voice, Not Merely a Seat at the Table:
Powerful Strategies to Amplify Your Impact
(Ideal for women’s conferences & retreats)
Alternate Title: The Power of Connection: Impactful Communication Unleashed
In today's professional world, your communication must rise above obstacles like the waning human attention span, distraction, bias, technology and other challenges. In group settings, men are 75% more likely to speak up than women, under-represented minorities and introverts. And when a woman, minority or introvert does speak up, it's statistically probable that their male counterparts will either interrupt them or speak over them. What does this mean? If you're not ready to fight to be heard through ally-building strategies, your potential could be silenced. In this engaging, actionable session, Sharon will share how to amplify your voice figuratively (and literally) and hone your message to make certain that your voice is heard - so that you truly have a voice, and not just a seat, at the table.
Key Takeaways:
Ways to amplify your voice using proven techniques from global leaders
Message development tactics to strengthen your communication
Understanding how body language and vocal delivery affect your overall communication
Answer the Call: Dial into Your Purpose to Transform Your Life
What if a playbook existed that could unlock our inner strength, courage, and purpose? What if we could tap into our own stories to feel more empowered and capable in our daily lives? Launching with a powerful story about a phone call that changed her life, Sharon’s keynote offers transformative lessons that help you uncover your calling to ignite your passion and create the impact you’ve always dreamed of. Join this compelling journey and get ready to discover the power within and unlock your true potential.
Key Takeaways:
Learn practical strategies for tapping into your own stories to uncover what makes you tick
Engage in aligning your purpose with your professional and personal pursuits
Press on with how to turn that personal inspiration into action
“What a way to kick off a conference!! Sharon helps participants re-center their true north.”
- Donna Wimberly, RN, MBA/MHA, North Carolina Organization of Nurse Leaders
Prepare Yourself for the Media Hot Seat:
Top Tips from a Newsroom Insider
With the prevalence of cellphone videos, YouTube, blogs, vlogs, podcasts, and live streaming, you are always "ON”. Whether it's a quick comment to a reporter on Zoom or a lengthy sit-down interview in a television studio, you need to know how to navigate today’s ever-changing media landscape. In this multi-media-packed keynote presentation, Emmy Award-winning television journalist Sharon Delaney McCloud will provide an insider’s playbook so you can feel more confident the next time you’re in the hot seat.
Key Takeaways:
Learn about the rules of engagement for media and the Interviewee’s Bill of Rights
Learn why you should never say “no comment” and what to say instead to create compelling messages
Hone your on-camera presence, what to wear and NOT to wear on-camera
Transforming Lives as Healers and Leaders
(Ideal for healthcare conferences, meetings, CEUs)
Fatigue, burnout, staffing shortages...the list goes on and on for what healthcare workers face today. It's time for them to reignite why they went into healthcare in the first place. They must understand how they are being valued, respected, and honored for their compassion and commitment to serving others. But it has to go beyond platitudes on self-care and resilience. Nurses, techs, support staff and clinical leaders need a visceral spark that results in true change. As a fierce advocate for patients and healthcare workers, Sharon Delaney McCloud brings a unique perspective that motivates people to remember their "why." Sharing lessons from her days as a caregiver, bereaved parent and cancer patient, Sharon will show you how to be a catalyst to transform lives as healers and leaders.
Key Takeaways:
Reignite your passion for healthcare - Ideal for Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
Framework to build on the Community Resilience Model
10 actionable skills to leverage right away
Elevate Your Executive Presence & Personal Brand
Did you know that executive presence skills rank 2nd in the top 20 leadership traits that make a difference in your career? Now, more than ever, present and future leaders must display C-suite readiness to deliver business results. To do this, you must amplify your influence, thought leadership and business acumen in order to lead transformational breakthroughs. This ability to align your mindshare while commanding a room, in person or virtually, is the DNA of executive presence. In this high-energy program, corporate communications professional Sharon Delaney McCloud teaches the three key elements to build your executive presence so you can make an impact on your professional and personal life.
Key Takeaways:
The three, key elements to build your executive presence
The core principles to clear, concise communication
How to manage your interpersonal style to enhance your leadership presence
Turn Your Battle Scars into Badges of Honor:
Activating Resilience & Perseverance
Alternate Title - Build Your Resilience in Times of Constant Challenge: A Playbook for Today's Times
In these challenging times when our physical, mental and social well-being are tested continuously, it's crucial that we build a culture of resilience. In this compelling narrative, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Sharon Delaney McCloud presents an inspirational and actionable playbook that audiences can begin using right away in their professional and personal lives. Sharon co-authored a book based on this keynote, Keep Going, Memoirs of Strength, Courage & Perseverance.
Key Takeaways:
The Community Resilience Model and how to incorporate it into your life
A deeper understanding of how to use grit and gratitude to overcome negative circumstances
A different way to approach integrating your professional and personal responsibilities that align with who you are
Leveraging Levity in Leadership:
Tools for Retention & Team Success
Face it, you've got to retain your top talent and recruit the next rock stars for your team. But now, more than ever before, you have to create an environment where people are motivated and empowered to deliver their very best work while building trusted relationships at the same time. Not an easy task. Research shows time and again, when you use levity in the workplace, you can engage your teams and rekindle your sense of humor at the same time. During this high-energy presentation, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and TEDx speaker Sharon Delaney McCloud shows you why and how you should leverage levity to change the dynamic of your workplace.
Key Takeaways:
How levity can build morale and deepen relationships among your teams
Actionable ways to reduce stress by using proven levity lessons & techniques, including the Story Bank
Ways to make your team feel like they belong in your organization
Get LinkedIn or Left Out: Build Your Professional Brand
In today's noisy, fast-paced world, you need to stand out with who you are and the value you bring. Sharing your professional journey and thought leadership helps build your awareness and credibility. A perfect place to tell these stories is on LinkedIn. With more than 700 million users worldwide, LinkedIn is so much more than a place to look for a job or recruit talent. It's a platform where you can connect with customers, peers, investors and potential partners. In this info-packed program, you'll learn how to supercharge your LinkedIn presence.
Key Takeaways:
Learn the 12 steps to become a LinkedIn All-Star
Understand how you to use LinkedIn to elevate your professional brand & thought leadership
Leverage the toolkit so you can create a polished profile you’re proud to share online
Communicate with Confidence & Impact:
The Power Skill You Need Now
In an age where the spoken word is quickly being replaced by digital conversations, it's crucial to develop strong communication and presentation skills to make your mark. Communicating effectively is one of the most powerful tools any professional can have. The way you speak to someone one-on-one and in front of a group sets the foundation for how people perceive you. Do they take you seriously? Do you command their attention? Or does your vocal inflection or body language turn them off? Learn how to communicate with confidence and impact from Emmy Award-winning journalist and business owner Sharon Delaney McCloud.
Key Takeaways:
Ways to create powerful messaging, whether it's an elevator speech or keynote address
How body language and vocal delivery affect communication
Steps to continue practicing techniques learned
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