I love conveying the knowledge and information that I’ve gained in my work. If you’re looking for a communications-oriented presentation for your group, I’d love to talk to you.
You can select one of the topics below for a 45- to 50-minute presentation. Or if you’d like to discuss a custom presentation for your audience, I am happy to hear from you.
Telling Your Story: How to Motivate Your Audience to Action
This presentation is interactive, inviting the audience to think about the great stories in their organization and how to capture and share those stories, and what you want your audience to do once they’ve heard the story. This is a great workshop for church leaders, non-profit executives, business owners and communications professionals.
Personal Social Media for Professionals
You’re an accountant. A lawyer. A doctor. A faith leader. A writer. What should you do on Facebook? Should you even be there? It can be sticky at times but using social media to connect with the larger world is a great way to advance your career and establish yourself as a leader in your field. We’ll talk through professional uses for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for professionals. Note: This workshop is not for those in direct sales.
Who and Where Is Your Audience?
In today’s fractured media environment, determining who you want to reach and where they “live” online is key. Maybe they use social media – but you need to know which one, and also need to know where within that social media they’re spending time. We’ll talk through how to identify your audience and then how to find them.
Crafting a Communications Strategy: Five Key Elements
For more than a decade, I’ve helped organizations create strategies for reaching their audiences. I’ll share with you my top five key elements your communications strategy absolutely must have, and how to ensure your strategy is a success.
- National Capital Presbytery, series of three 30-minute webinars, May 2018
- Excellence in Journalism Conference, Anaheim, Calif., September 2017
- Excellence in Journalism Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 2016
- Women Who Write conference, Louisville, Kentucky, July 2016
- Southern New England Presbytery, March 2016, Connecticut. Day-long workshop for churches on communications, including my portion on how to use social media.
- National Capital Presbytery communications workshop, Washington, D.C., October 2015. Day-long workshop for churches on communications, including my portion on how to use social media.
- Big Tent conference (Presbyterian World Mission), July 2015, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 2015
- Fraternity Communications Association national conference, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2015
- Kentucky Justice Association, Lexington, Kentucky, April 2014
- Society of Professional Journalists Region 5 conference, Chicago, April 2014
- Presbytery de Cristo, Tucson, Arizona, November 2014: Day-long workshop for churches on how to use social media
- Louisville Bar Association, Louisville, Kentucky, April 2013
- Society of Professional Journalists Region 11 conference, Las Vegas, April 2013
- Excellence in Journalism Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Sept. 2012
- Society of Professional Journalists Regions 4 and 5 conference, Erlanger, Kentucky, April 2011
