Elevate your next event with Gilda Bonanno, a highly sought-after keynote and breakout session speaker specializing in communication and leadership.​ 

 

With extensive experience addressing in-person, virtual and hybrid audiences at organizations, professional associations, and industry conferences, Gilda will empower your participants to achieve superior results, enhanced confidence and greater influence.

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By focusing on skill enhancement, cultivating a growth mindset, and aligning with your business objectives, Gilda ensures your meeting or conference is not only successful and memorable but also results-driven and enjoyable!

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Below are sample topics, please contact Gilda if you would like to discuss a customized presentation.

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Presentation Skills: From Surviving to Thriving

Most people are not born with excellent presentation skills.  Like any other skills, presentation skills can be learned and improved. 

 

Gilda will provide best practices for improving your presentation skills so you can become comfortable and confident giving presentations, whether you are introducing yourself at networking events, speaking to clients/customers, managing team meetings or sharing your expertise at industry association meetings.

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Benefits:

• How to develop and communicate self-confidence

• Use powerful, engaging body language to connect to your audience and convey your content

• How to practice

• Create and practice relevant and memorable content (stories, product demos, etc.) in order to stand out and build your unique brand

• Make content and delivery adjustments for virtual presentations

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Developing Executive Presence: Confidence, Competence and Composure

Great leaders are made, not born. In order to be successful as a leader, you have to know what you're talking about and come across as credible,demonstrate confidence without being perceived as cocky and maintain your self-control, especially under pressure. Whether you are setting strategic direction, managing change or leading people, you will achieve your goals if you can calmly and confidently tap into your knowledge and communicate clearly.

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Benefits:

• Learn how to communicate like a leader and be authentic, engaging and focused

• Prevent your non-verbal communication from undermining your message

• Demonstrate your expertise and establish credibility

• Discover how to react quickly and effectively to the unexpected​

 

Schmoozing in the Time of Corona: How to Network in a Virtual, In-Person & Hybrid World

Are your in-person networking skills a bit rusty? Trying to figure out how to network without leaving the house?

 

Whether you're ready to go back to fully in-person events or are still connecting in a virtual world, networking is a key ingredient of your professional success.  Join us for this helpful and interactive session to learn how to polish your schmoozing and networking skills for everything from Zoom calls to in-person events and everything in between.

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Benefits:

• Learn how to make schmoozing/networking work for you to build a consistent and clear brand, whether you meet people in person or only "see" them on screen

• Get comfortable handling the "elephant in the room" topic (COVID) when you're meeting new people

• Create a workable process for networking, from planning through following up

• Develop a clear statement of what you want to share about yourself with this particular group or person

• Prevent your in-person, over the phone or on-camera body language from undermining your executive presence

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Virtual Communications: Best Practices for Virtual Meetings & Presentations

The use of virtual meetings and presentations, accelerated by COVID-19, is here to stay. Virtual communications accommodate geographically dispersed teams that can’t always meet in person and allow you to hold events with participants from remote areas.

 

Although the goals for virtual communications remain the same, the details of how you plan and execute virtual meetings and presentations are different than for those that are in-person. This session will provide a roadmap and strategies to help you transition to effective virtual communications, so you can build connections, boost your brand and improve the reach of your company.

 

Strategy 

• Defining the purpose of your meeting/presentation (both internal and external)

• How to choose the right medium for your message: video, phone, email, etc.

 

Effective Use of Technology 

• Tips to set the stage and look professional – lighting, camera, mic, background, etc.

• Testing the technology and developing “Plan B”

 

Content & Delivery Adjustments for Video 

• Optimizing your content for the virtual environment 

• Best practices for being more dynamic and keeping the virtual audience engaged

• Guidelines for team preparation to create smooth speaker/topic transitions

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