“Public Speaking & Presentation Skills for Venture Capitalists”

“How Leading Communications Executives Are Using Internal Communications to Benefit All Aspects of Their Business”

They will be available on Amazon.com (for the Kindle), Apple’s iBookstore (for iPad & iPhone), BarnesandNoble.com (for the Nook), as well as hundreds of other bookstores that sell eBooks for viewing on anyone’s computer or smartphone such as a Blackberry or Droid.

Stay tuned for details on the launch date.

Professional Speaker Pamela Gilchrist To Present "NO FEAR" Crisis Communications Workshop At OSAE Conference

the 2011 Ohio Society of Association Executives (OSAE) Annual Conference and Marketplace. Her session takes place Thursday, July 28 at 1:15 p.m. at the Cincinnati Marriott North in West Chester, Ohio.

The interactive session will focus on the essentials for associations when managing a crisis — and most importantly how to plan for and avoid crises in the first place.

“You don’t build reputation during a crisis. That’s the time when you withdraw on the bank of goodwill that you’ve built up over time with your stakeholders,” Gilchrist said

Gilchrist’s Top Three Crisis Tips:
1. Regularly engage with key constituents both online and off
2. Continuously monitor your ecosystem inside and out
3. Failure to plan is planning to fail — don’t wing it

Pam Gilchrist is a professional speaker and international-award winning, Fortune 500 communications and leadership expert. As chief strategist and CEO at the Gilchrist Group™, she advises organizations on how to have more impact by focusing on breakthrough business strategies, brand identity and influencer engagement.

She has guided organizations through crises ranging from reputation to tragedy for more than 25 years and is “on call” for numerous organizations. Gilchrist is accredited (APR) by the Public Relations Society of America where she is a member of its Counselors Academy. Gilchrist also serves as operations director for the National Speakers Association Ohio Chapter and on the public relations committee for the Nothern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce.

The Gilchrist Group is a strategic business consulting firm specializing in business growth, executive leadership and high impact communications. The firm has special expertise in guiding organizations through times of significant growth and change.

When you want impact – choose the Gilchrist Group™.
We build businesses. www.gilchristgroup.com

What’s the biggest, freakiest thing you have ever overcome?

Think about it for a second.

If you’ve had any “good life experience” (as my father-in-law calls it), you’ve probably had those moments that seemed insurmountable… when the big wave was going to crush you and pull you under.

Don’t miss Keynote Speaker Pam Gilchrist, Friday morning April 8, 2011 at the Ohio IAWP Spring Institute as she shares “Tsunami Success™: How To Surf The Big Waves And Seize Success Now. Pam will share tips on how to:

1. Seize emerging opportunities to strengthen market share 

2. Adapt quickly to the rapidly changing socio-economic landscape
ahead of your competitors 

4. Leveraging core strengths in the new economy 

5. Learn how to be THE industry thought leader in the recovery 

Surfer Laird Hamilton faces those waves every time he pulls on his big boy shorts, crawls on his board and waits for a swell. If you don’t know much about the sandy-haired, muscle-bound surfing kamikaze who attacks waves the size of seven story buildings raging at 30 miles per hour — you should…

In a You Tube world, are you ready to tell your story?

Today you must be an effective leader AND articulate spokesperson.

Are you: comfortable, likeable, credible, believable, effective and entertaining?

That’s what it takes to give a terrific interview.

You can become a confident prepared expert spokesperson in a day.

That’s what our training offers.

 Learn the secrets of New York City’s top trainers — without traveling to the East Coast.

Executive Media Training (EMT) focuses on experiential learning through the use of video interviews and personal instruction. It prepares leaders for successful TV, radio, print and web interviews.

This training teaches you how to do more than just survive an interview. It gives you confidence in your ability to effectively communicate – verbally and nonverbally. It arms you with the right messages and tools. And, it gives you a greater understanding of the internal workings of the media.  

During the past 25+ years, Pam Gilchrist has traveled across the country teaching 100s of leaders how to conduct successful media interviews and improve their communications skills. Our program is unique, challenging, fun and creative. It always receives constant praise and high ratings.

Here’s what others are saying: http://www.vimeo.com/10198121

• Not-strategic
• Too easy
• Data dumping
• Garbage
• Lack of stickiness
• Misaligned
• Disparate/not-integrated

Join me for my session M @#IABCHR10 3:30 p.m. to learn how to make your communications more effective and influential.

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Surf The Big Waves & Seize Success Now

CEO Pam Gilchrist’s keynote presentation, Tsunami Success, will help your audience successfully learn how to surf the big waves of change and seize success.

Based on her research on 10 emerging socio-economic trends that are driving dramatic change in the U.S., Pam shares secrets and best practices from organizations and leaders who are forward thinking. And, she shares some personal stories about the problems with water — from sinking, to swimming to finally learning how to surf.

You can count on wit, wisdom and a fast-paced, current keynote that will keep your audience engaged and wanting more.

Find out more at: http://tinyurl.com/pamspeaks or www.gilchristgroup.com

The Gilchrist Group's Speaker-Link Program Will Turn You Into A Rock Star & Information Czar

 

Speaker-Link(TM) 

When you need more impact, you need the Gilchrist Group.

Call us when you need a personal brand that can turn your profile into profit! We’re experienced. For more than a decade, we’ve helped authors and speakers successfully develop their branding and go-to-market strategies through our exclusive Speaker-Link™ program. From business planning to marketing, PR, web and social media strategies, our award-winning work will help you gain traction and grow your business.

Our Fortune 500 insider success secrets can help you — whether you need national publicity, a new website, PR|Social content, online profiles, one sheets, book editing and publishing management, or an overall marketing plan to align and leverage your assets – you can count on us for results.

 It’s a big problem for businesses. Communications complexity, fueled by the explosion of social media applications and content. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the new ways to reach out and connect with customers and prospects.

CONFUSION

There’s LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, and on and on.

UNCERTAINTY

Then there’s the uncertainty. Sure … all thesocial media stuff sounnds good, but can it help the bottom-line?

THE ANSWER

To answer that question and help  solve the social media communications complexity The Gilchrist Group launched a new service today called SPEAKER-LINK™
 

SPEAKER-LINK helps breakthrough online clutter, increase visibility and optimize your social networking. The result: More gigs. More profit.

SPEAKER-LINK TURNS YOUR PROFILES INTO PROFIT:

1. Your online profiles are carefully set-up  with the right keywords to drive sales
2. Your profiles are linked and optimized to gain  higher search engine rankings for blogs and websites
3. The Gichrist Group will train and teach you what really works.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

E-mail Pamela  today for a NSA member discount pgilchrist@gilchristgroup.com
or connect with her on

• www.twitter.com/pamgilchrist
• www.linkedin.com/in/pamelagilchrist
• www.facebook.com/PamGilchrist

Or … you could do it the old-fashioned way.

The Gilchrist Group
8190 Beechmont Avenue, #361
Cincinnati, Ohio 45255
P) 859-431-9090
F) 800-233-1415
pgilchrist@gilchristgroup.com
Twitter: @PamGilchrist

Tweet.

Tweet.

It’s enough to get a person chirped off – isn’t it?

What’s all the Tweet about really?

Find out  in the video below on Twitter’s rapid rise in popularity by business and brand builder Pam Gilchrist, Chief Strategist & CEO, Gilchrist Group, who is presenting “TWEET THIS!” at the 2010 National Speakers Association (#NSA10) in Orlando, FL on July 20, 2010.

Connect with Pam on Twitter at Http://www.twitter.com/PamGilchrist and follow the NSA event at http://twitter.com/nsaspeaker

Nearly a year ago, eighth grade English teacher Roland Madore wrote on his blog: “to write [Obama] off as simply a ‘charismatic figure’ is too simplistic. His true power lies in…drawing together a variety of diverse constituencies into his decision-making process.” Whether or not you voted for President Obama, you can take cues from his 21st-century transformational leadership style.

This style of leadership embodies the tenets classic behavioral communications and link back to many of Dr. W. Edwards Deming’s principles popularized in his book Out of Crisis. Glancing back at his work makes me think: Oops!… we did it again.

RJ Eskow, who blogs at the Huffington Post, noted that “Obama’s management style resembles the classic Japanese model which embodies the concept that all humanity — all existence — is interconnected and equal. The operative word…is unity.” If Eskow is correct, Obama’s style isn’t binary, right/left, Democrat/Republican, win/lose… “His goal is group unity around the best possible realistic outcome,” says Eskow. Bottom-line: collaborate for greater innovation.

While organizations tout teamwork, many employees secretly realize that “going along to get along” is the easiest path. But for businesses to not only survive, but thrive, it is imperative to do things differently. Leadership by intimidation, hallucination and ego gratification will no longer work — and it never worked very well.

Take a cue from our new President and engage in authentic discussion and debate. Listen to opinions different from your own. And, use the technique of “crowdsourcing” to help the cream rise to the top. The best ideas will surface if you are open to receiving them. However, it is also critically important to set up a few Obama-like rules of engagement. No drama. No yelling. No finger-pointing. No grandstanding. No infighting. No leaks. Instead, take ownership. Admit mistakes. Gather intelligence. Make the quiet one’s speak up. Gain consensus. Embrace change. Delegate. Demand accountability. And move swiftly.

First identified by journalist Jeff Howe in a June 2006 Wired magazine article, “crowdsourcing” describes the process by which the power of the many can be leveraged to accomplish feats that were once the province of the specialized few.

Howe reveals that the crowd is more than wise — it’s talented, creative and stunningly productive. “Crowdsourcing activates the transformative power of today’s technology, liberating the latent potential within us all. It’s a perfect meritocracy, where age, gender, race, education and job history no longer matter, where the quality of work is all that counts and every field is open to people of every imaginable background… But crowdsourcing has also triggered a dramatic shift in the way work is organized, talent employed, research conducted and products made and marketed,” explains Howe.

Will these leadership techniques be disruptive? Yes. Isn’t your status quo already disrupted? Then, it’s a no-brainer to try something new.

Embrace Catalytic Leadership.

The results might surprise you.

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This article originally appeared in the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Magazine