First Friday: Your Small Business Resource

First Friday: Your Small Business Resource


Topic: Telling Your Story: Presentation Skills for Small Business Leaders

As a small business leader, you're an ambassador for your organization. Whether you're networking at a business event or making a pitch to a client, you need to speak with confidence. This interactive workshop will focus on skills to connect with your audience; communicate a concise and compelling message; and use your voice, gestures and eye contact to speak effectively. You'll leave with practical techniques and skills that you can use to tell the story of your business.

Speaker:


Mimi Bliss
Owner | Media & Presentation Training
Bliss Communication
www.blisscommunication.net |  

Mimi Bliss prepares clients to speak with confidence, whether you're introducing yourself at an event giving a business presentation, or handling a media interview.

Mimi founded Bliss Communications in 1997 and provides media spokesperson training and presentation coaching for clients nationwide. Clients of Bliss Communications include Fortune 100 companies and organizations in a range of industries, including healthcare, automotive, financial, nonprofit and government.

Mimi has extensive experience in journalism and public relations. She was an on-camera reporter for ABC and NBC television affiliates and a freelance field producer for the Today Show and NBV Nightly News. In other previous positions, she served as corporate spokesperson for a major restaurant company and managed media relations for a hospital. 

A resident of Nashville, Mimi earned a degree in public policy from Duke University.