Topic: Upping Your Professional Image Virtually

Speaker: Peggy Bud, founder of Speaking Skillfully

Presentation:
Creating a professional image virtually, means having a paradigm shift. The outbreak of COVID 19 changed how the world conducts business. We went from using a variety of platforms to communicate with clients, colleagues and friends to using a virtual world to deliver services, make pitches and sell products.

Peggy Bud, founder of Speaking Skillfully, will discuss ways to easily Up Your Professional Image Virtually. This session isn’t about how to log onto a ZOOM call; it’s about understanding what to do to ensure you successfully connect with those on the call. You only have one chance to make a great first impression.

As a leader, communicating on a virtual platform means doing things differently. As a team member, it means doing things differently. As a jobseeker, updating your narrative means knowing how to present yourself virtually. Most people have not taken the time to focus on how they look and how they sound when connecting on ZOOM. It’s not business as usual. Business as usual began with a hand shake. Your virtual presence begins as you click, “Join the Meeting.”

The session will be interactive. Peggy will provide tips on how to effectively and successfully communicate via ZOOM.

Speaker's bio:
Peggy Bud is an expert on the art of virtual communication. She is Founder of Speaking Skillfully. As a Communication Coach, Trainer and Speaker, she uses the knowledge of cognitive neuroscience to teach Effective Communication strategies and techniques. As a result of COVID 19, she coaches and trains clients on how to Skillfully Participate on a Video Call, whether during an interview, meeting or networking. She has a BS from Indiana University and a MS and 6th year Certificate in Educational Leadership from Southern Connecticut State University. She’s a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist and School Administrator. In addition to her private consulting practice, Peggy is the Director of Recruitment for The Financial Executives Consulting Group and part of the leadership team for The Financial Executives Networking Group.

Communication isn’t an innate skill and requires honing and practice. Peggy teaches her clients Effective Communication strategies and techniques by enhancing their written and oral communication, developing their listening skills, and helping them create concise and powerful resumes and memorable elevator pitches. She provides customized coaching on ‘how you look and sound’ across all platforms. Clients come from a variety of industries (medical, legal, financial, insurance, engineering, marketing, and education). She has spoken at National Conferences, Women’s Summits, Rotary Clubs and Libraries. Her speaking and webinar topics include: Bridging the Gender and Generational Divide; Attributes of Effective Communication; Conflict in the Workplace; and The Art of Listening.

- She can be reached at: [email protected]
- Visit her website: www.PeggyBud.com
- Follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peggy-bud-8404b524/