Speaking

Amy Speaks at the Washington, D.C. Gala of Women in Film & Video

Amy DeLouise is an experienced event speaker, workshop leader and facilitator. She specializes in working with organizations on effective branding and marketing, including how to incorporate social media and video. She also helps nonprofit boards tackle strategies for better governance, improved marketing and communications around finance. She currently offers a wide range of workshops–listed below–which can be delivered as lunch-hour refreshers or half or full-day interactive seminars for meetings and conferences.  She also works with organizations on a consulting basis for specialized projects such as media training and board development.  She has spoken at the National Association of Broadcasters convention,  the National Association of Independent Schools Annual Conference, DRI: Sharing Success legal conference, and The Keller/Ogilvy Senior HR Roundtable.

“Amy DeLouise gave a series of terrific seminars at NAB 2012. Her discussions…were both informative and entertaining. She makes a point of knowing her audience and presenting her topics in as useful a way as possible–also encouraging questions and exercises which reinforce the material. If ever you get the chance to take a class from–or work with–her, do it!” Attendee, NAB 2012 Las Vegas

Amy’s Next Speaking Events:

Amy will be the Closing Keynoter for the Institutional Advancement Conference of the Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools. Click here for details.

At PNAIS she will also present a workshop on Tools for Your Brand Story: Managing Digital Assets in an Age of Abundance.

Slide Decks for NAB 2012 Workshop Attendees-have been removed; if you still need one, please email amy[at]amydelouise[dot]com.

What Participants Say:

“Amy packs ten pounds of information into a five pound bag!  She tells you not just how to get your information out to the many venues of social media, but how to protect your brand as well.  Time with Amy is time well spent.” – Workshop Participant, Women in Film & Video

“Amy DeLouise gave a series of terrific seminars at NAB 2012. Her discussions were both informative and entertaining. She makes a point of knowing her audience and presenting her topics in as useful a way as possible–also encouraging questions and exercises which reinforce the material. If ever you get the chance to take a class from–or work with–her, do it!” -NAB 2012 Workshop Participant

“I cannot recommend her highly enough for her thorough preparation–she interviewed every Board member and several staff prior to creating the format for the Retreat. She effectively identified what we needed to accomplish and created activities that took us where we needed to go. the change in tone between the beginning and end of the retreat was palpable.” – Head of Independent School, Bethesda, MD

“[You] helped me focus on why it’s important to do something [with] a great common-sense approach to deciding where to start.” – Workshop Participant, Textbook and Academic Authors Association

“Your presentation delivered valuable tools and…also provided great direction on how to develop and execute a plan for board development…we hope to have you back at future conferences!”  -Chair of the Board, Community Health Charities of America

“Your planning and marketing workshops helped us think more strategically.  … We are now on the right track and couldn’t have possibly done it without you! ”  -Chair of the Board, Musical Theater Center

Customizable Seminar and Workshop Offerings:
Social Media for Impact: Real World Solutions, Real World Results -There are not enough hours in a day to consume and produce for every social media format. What do you need to know? How can you focus on your organizational goals and get the results you need? How can you design real-world metrics to measure your impact? This seminar focuses on hands-on takeaways, and is usually designed as a minimum half-day workshop for your team.

Be the Brand: Marketing Essentials for Nonprofit Board Members - The words “marketing” and “nonprofit” are often not considered compatible, but in this workshop you’ll learn how to better market the mission and successes of your organization through the communities that board members have the unique potential to reach.

Brand Extensions: Engaging Stakeholders and Customers Through Video and Social Media Learn how to leverage the full potential of LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, blogs and Twitter to advocate, market, educate and engage.  This workshop–often conducted for executive-level leadership over an extended lunch–is guaranteed not to overwhelm you with more for your to-do list. Rather, the focus is on managing the messages that are already out there about you, your service, your issues, and becoming more strategic about how you engage those conversations and create content that attracts the kind of engagement that matters for your brand and mission.

Using Social Media to Promote Your Personal and Organizational Brand You know all about Facebook, Linked In and Twitter. You use Delicious. Sometimes bit.ly. But what’s your strategy? And how much time do you really have to be on social media? Is there a professional ROI? Learn how to navigate the new social media world and build your own strategic plan to engage and promote yourself and your content.

From Mission to Mission Accomplished: Brand & Mission-Driven Decision-Making Your board and staff are dedicated and hard-working, but sometimes meetings and initiatives fall flat. Learn how to develop a board and staff decision-making process that sets goals, strategies and tactics that advance your mission.

Get on Board: Creating a Board Development Cycle That Works - It’s time to bring new passion, skills, and connections to your board. How do you reach the right people? How do you develop a process that keeps the cycle moving so that you are always cultivating new board talent? This is a hands-on workshop that will generate tangible results and tactics.

Managing Your Media Assets: Tools and Strategies for Maximizing Your Investment in Photo and Video Content You generate hundreds of digital images a month, but now what do you do to ensure you are not wasting this investment? Learn about software tools and internal processes to ensure you are making your digital content work for you.

Amy interviews event participants

Speaking of Money: Fundraising Strategies for Nonprofit Board Members Board members can sometimes be inexperienced at asking for money. And yet as passionate volunteers, they are in a much better position than staff to “make the ask.” This workshop gives real-world examples, role-plays and useful tools to board members to help them be fully engaged in fund raising.

Telling the Budget Story: Connecting Numbers to Mission When it’s time for your annual budget presentation, does everyone fall asleep? Or leave confused? Or focus on the wrong message? Learn how to make a compelling case for your mission and vision through your dynamic and engaging presentation of the numbers.

For more information about seminars and workshops, contact Amy at amy [at] amydelouise [dot] com.