The president of Connections 4 Success, Vanessa Dodds, is a sought-after speaker with experience presenting at trade shows, conferences, and workshops. Her dynamic and interactive teaching style keeps attendees interested and engaged.
Listed below are a few examples of topics which highlight Vanessa’s expertise. Presentations can be customized to best serve your event or organization. Contact Connections 4 Success today to book Vanessa Dodds as a speaker for your function.
We as individuals face obstacles and crises in life that too often, we mistake as defining our lives.
In reality, it is our choices and responses to those obstacles and crises that define who we are as human beings, family members, community advocates, professionals, activists, and leaders. Our ability to be resilient, persevere, and have the strength to endure defines our leadership and gives us our true meaning for life.
Who is this keynote speech for?
Audiences will leave with:
Matthew Kaufman, CPSM Marketing Director, Atlantic Engineering Services“Vanessa presented an engaging talk for our SMPS Pittsburgh Chapter on how to create and analyze ROI. Not only did this presentation pull many attendees, but the information that she provided was both comprehensive and applicable to our industry and the needs of the audience. We will be inviting her back again.”
When you find yourself worrying about the profitability of your company, ask yourself these four questions:
The answers to these questions can be found by analyzing your Key Performance Indicators for people, products, processes, and productivity. This training offers valuable insights on what KPI’s to be monitoring and in which business assets to be investing. These simple adjustments will increase profits.
During the workshop, we’ll discuss:
A major disruption will affect all aspects of your business, including your workers. After you’ve adjusted operations to respond to the disruption, you will need to be sure your team is ready to adopt the changes, maintain productivity, and continue to create valuable products and services for your clients.
Are all of your employees in the right position? Do you have the needed skills to continue operating your business at its highest potential? A major disruption will put business leaders in the critical position of re-evaluating their team and its ability to perform under new conditions. This workshop will provide you with tips and advice on the management of your workforce after a major disruption to your business or your industry.
During this presentation, we’ll be discussing:
Megan White VP / Corporate Banker, First Commonwealth Bank“Vanessa Dodds brings a diverse group of business owners and decision makers together I her sessions from collaborative industries and provides a high-level approach to minimize operational risks and maximize employee and employer engagement within companies. The collaborative sessions provide participants networking opportunities as well as companies a brief understanding of how Dodds will work one-on-one to achieve specific business goals.”
Organizations must be operationally capable of agility, change, and adaptation in order to remain competitive and survive within its industry. Change management is the systematic approach to responding to industry and technology innovations, customer demands, and disruptions by assessing processes, preparing, and supporting organizations and their teams.
During this presentation, we’ll be covering the approaches organizational leaders must take to fully plan for and prepare their business for change. By treating the organization holistically, business leaders can develop a complete plan of action with necessary phases, goals, and objectives to sustain change and pivot towards a more sustainable and successful operational model.
Business leaders will leave this presentation knowing how to:
Your organization’s operations and long-term impact on the end consumer will always be affected by regulations, policies, and laws. They are constantly being modified or realigned to best reflect the current trends, technologies, and needs. These ever-changing guidelines can sometimes cause an issue to your services, industry, and fiscal outlook. Industry leaders need to understand current trends and be adaptable when things change.
This workshop is for you if you’re interested in being more proactive with regulation, policy, and legal updates.
When you attend this event, you’ll be leaving with tips on how to: