Mimi Bliss
Featured Keynote Programs
Presentation Skills for Leaders
The ability to deliver an effective business presentation is a core leadership skill. Whether you’re making a recommendation to senior leadership or responding to questions at an employee town hall, you need to speak with confidence and credibility.
This interactive session provides clear, actionable skills that you can use in your next presentation, including how to:
• Engage your audience.
• Develop a clear, concise and compelling message.
• Use your voice, eyes and body language to project confidence.
• Replace minimizing words such as “I’ll talk a little bit about” with confident phrases such as “In my experience” and “I recommend.”
• Use slides as a visual aid, not a crutch.
• Handle tough questions.
How to Tell Your Organization’s Story
Whether you are promoting a brand, advocating for legislation, or raising money, you want to communicate a clear and compelling message. As a spokesperson for your organization, you may have only a few minutes to make your case.
Tailored to fit the specific needs of your organization, this session will show you how to build support for your organization or issue, including how to:
• Tailor your message to fit the audience.
• Use a four-step outline to organize your thoughts.
• Incorporate specific examples from your professional experience.
• Engage your listeners with clear “next steps.”
• Speak with confidence – use your voice, gestures and eye contact.
You’re On the Record
Media Spokesperson Training
Your organization can easily find itself in the media spotlight, whether you’re promoting a new product or answering tough questions in a crisis. There's no room for mistakes in today's digital media environment -- a single interview with your local TV station can gain an international audience through online news and social media.
As an experienced TV reporter and corporate spokesperson, Mimi Bliss prepares you to handle media interviews with confidence. Through simulated interviews about issues specific to your organization or industry, audiences learn how to:
• Develop a clear, concise and quotable message
• Anticipate and respond to difficult questions
• Reduce the chances of being misquoted or taken out-of-context
• Serve as a spokesperson at a news conference
• Project a positive image on TV and video
• Maximize opportunities for positive media coverage
Secrets of Successful Networking
Collect Business Opportunities, Not Business Cards
From working a room to building long-term professional relationships, networking is a must-have skill for professionals. Your ability to build and maintain a professional network is essential to develop your career and business.
This interactive seminar provides both networking strategies and opportunities to practice, including how to:
• Feel comfortable and meet new people at professional events.
• Introduce yourself and your company in a clear, concise manner.
• Be prepared with questions and conversation starters.
• Follow-up with people you meet and develop long-term business relationships.
Beyond the Webinar
How to Engage Your Audience in Virtual Meetings
We are adapting to an environment where everything from industry conferences to client meetings are virtual. Attention spans are shorter and interaction is more challenging. Mimi’s interactive virtual workshops prepare you to speak with confidence and engage your audience in virtual meetings, including how to:
SPEAK ON-CAMERA, INCLUDING EFFECTIVE USE OF GESTURES, VOICE AND EYE CONTACT
SHARPEN YOUR MESSAGE WITH CONCISE POINTS, CONCRETE EXAMPLES AND A CLEAR ‘NEXT STEP’
ENGAGE YOUR AUDIENCE BY ‘CHUNKING’ YOUR INFORMATION AND ASKING INTENTIONAL QUESTIONS
USE TECH TOOLS SUCH AS EMBEDDED VIDEOS, POLLING, VISUAL POWERPOINT, WHITE BOARD AND POWERPOINT TO ENCOURAGE MEANINGFUL INTERACTION
An interactive 60, 75 or 90-minute workshop via Zoom utilizes virtual breakout rooms, video clips, polling and more to demonstrate how we can use virtual meetings to engage people in a meaningful way. She’s led this workshop for organizations in many sectors, including professional services, consumer products, sales, financial services, government, education and nonprofit. Each workshop comes with a digital handout with speaking tips and a 5-week follow-up program so leaders can reinforce skills with teams. The presentation can be adapted to conference platforms other than Zoom.