"Your program was really impressive and practical for our VIP customers and their feedback was fantastic! Bravo!" -Yanfang Mao, Product Specialist, BD Diagnostics
"Thank you for making our company meeting such a great success. You did a terrific job of keeping the panelists engaged and keeping the conversation moving."
Private Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing Summit
"You were the key ingredient to pulling our OR LIVE event off - you know what questins to ask, how to draw people out and keep a viewer's attention. You are a pleasure to work with."
-Laurie Durkin, Chief Business Development Officer, Hahnemann Hospital
"We showed the video you hosted to about 300 people and the response was AMAZING. Some even had tears in their eyes. Thank you for helping us make this a big success."
-Laurel Bailey, Vice President marketing, Hilton Hotels IT
"Your presentation, insights and perspectives were incredibly valuable to all of those hospital directors. Who else but you could transform those bosses into eager and humble students in a classroom? It was simply amazing to watch it from my seat.“
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-Geoff Tsen, Ph.D., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Shanghai China
"Karen Friedman delivered a powerful message that really connected with our audience of top women business owners from throughout North America.“
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-Monica Smiley, Enterprising Women Magazine, Editor & Publisher
"Thank you so much for a truly inspiring presentation. The women were raving about you and what you shared with them. Kudos for a great job!“
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-Katherine Hall
"Karen's 'standing room only' seminars, year after year, empower women and provide them with tools and techniques to effectively communicate in today's demanding business environment“
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-Jeanne Zucker, VP Healthcare Business Women’s Association
"The feedback in classes and electronic mail was incredible. You are truly amazing at your profession and a true inspiration to others! The students learned more from you in one night than they learned in an entire semester“
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-Professor Alan Hart, Burlington County Community College
Tired of conducting boring meetings and need speaker training? Another mind-numbing Power Point putting your audience to sleep? Or some emcee who isn't funny and hardly worth what you paid?
As a veteran newscaster who hosted, moderated and emceed hundreds of events for more than two decades, I understand how to keep an event moving so attendees are attentive, focused and engaged. Today, I use that unique on-air expertise and coaching skills in our speaker training sessions, to help clients prepare in advance and deliver intended messages with impact so passive listeners become active participants.
As a television news personality, I hosted music festivals, fashion shows, movie premieres, company meetings, city events, business openings, fundraisers, celebrity and sporting events, and the Presidents Summit for America’s Future to name a few.
As a political candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, I’ve served as Master of Ceremonies at political debates, community gatherings, school board meetings, town hall events, symposiums and Presidential visits.
As a business communications coach, I work closely with organizations to keep listeners attentive and engaged at meetings and events. That means extracting key information and drawing people out, knowing what questions to ask to make sure messages are delivered clearly and concisely. Speaker Training will help you to keep the conversation moving among panelists by defining and shaping content in advance.
Some of our recent projects include:
AUXILIUM PHARMACEUTICALS
The world is changing and we must change with it. When done correctly, live webinars can pack the same punch as a well rated television talk show. Karen used her know how as an award winning television reporter and anchor to host a series of one hour internet talk shows to help Auxilium educate hand surgeons about a new FDA approved procedure. Karen anchored, narrated medical procedures, interviewed patients and leading physicians on the set and took call in questions from viewers.
CIMA LABS INC.
When I picked up the phone, the organizer said: "Will you be our next Oprah?" From there, I helped senior executives structure a lively memorable employees meeting in a unique setting--a local movie theater. Serving as a talk show host and interviewer, we dumped the traditional slides and prepared presenters to deliver relevant messages in LIVE interview settings and directed questions from the audience.
CITY BUSINESS LEADERS LUNCHEONS
By interviewing distinguished panelists in advance, Karen is able to help an organization identify and clarify key goals in order to define, shape and deliver messages in limited time frames. At business events, we help organizations create open conversational environments that include taking written and live questions from audiences, helping panelists interact, smoothly transitioning subject matters and keeping the conversation on track and moving at all times.
OR LIVE and HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
Karen Friedman leads the discussion among medical experts for OR Live and Hahnemann hospital's on demand webcast of breakthrough medical procedures. The webcast can be accessed by clicking here.
PHARMACEUTICAL SALES AND MARKETING MEETINGS
At a recent global sales summit, Karen met with company presidents in advance to understand their goals and strategies in order to help them better articulate their vision to employees. Following the meetings, we were able to develop specific questions for each president to help him or her deliver very focused messages in a conversational and personal manner. Acting as their "Larry King"--with a set to match, Karen generated a lively discussion that framed pre-prepared messages from the audience's standpoint to make their meeting important and inspiring.
HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION
Karen conducts interviews, provides script consultation and anchors corporate video for Hilton Hotels Data Center.
I would welcome the opportunity to discuss your upcoming project and help make your event memorable and productive.
