The Leader’s Institute^® Speakers Bureau

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Connie Timpson, Keynote Speaker Jacksonville, Florida
Connie Timpson is a Senior Keynote Speaker based in Jacksonville, Florida and a Benton Fellow from the University of Chicago. She is an award winning journalist and former news director. She is also a highly sought-after media coach who travels around the world coaching news anchors and reporters. She brings out individual strengths as she teaches television journalists how to relate to the viewer, use the camera, and how to write and tell compelling stories that viewers will remember.

Connie’s career has focused on professional presentation skills by getting anchors and reporters to connect with their audiences more effectively. Her international experience as a journalist, media coach, and trainer has allowed her to travel from California to Russia, Luxembourg to Pakistan, and England to Israel. Among her media clients are anchors and reporters at CNN, CBS, the Mayo Clinic and numerous top markets in the US.

Connie has also consulted and coached business leaders, national politicians in Greece and Luxembourg. Most recently, Connie’s focus has shifted to help business, government and political clients more effectively communicate their message to the media.

“Connie is the Most Charismatic Communications Coach on the Planet.”
— Doug Staneart, CEO of The Leader’s Institute^®.

Companies that have used Connie for Coaching or Instruction:

Keynote Topics, Breakout Sessions, & Workshops

• Women Don’t Have to Act Like Men to be the Boss (Motivational/Inspirational)
  Connie Timpson uses humor and her experience “working for the man” in this motivational presentation for audiences of both sexes. She uses stories gathered along her path of being a woman in management to let you in on a secret. You do not have to learn to smoke cigars, talks sports or wear only black pantsuits. You can be your skirted, intuitive self and be a great manager. Act like a man? Please don’t!
• Control Your Message and Seduce the Media (Business)
  You have what the press needs. Relax, relate to the camera, and use the media rather than be used. When the camera turns on, turn on your “real person” and persuade your audience to your point of view. Sounds easy, huh? Connie Timpson uses her real life experience as a journalist and media trainer to help you check your nerves and take control.
• Building Confident Leaders (Motivational/Leadership)
  Connie weaves in her personal experience as a journalist, news director, and coach to offer seven ways to build strong, confident leaders throughout your group. This topic is inspirational and informative to all levels of audiences.
• Don’t Faint, It’s Just a TV Camera (Motivational/Communication)
  In this light-hearted and fun presentation, Connie uses her experience as a TV journalist, news director and trainer to help the audience understand that the camera is just an electronic box. She will help you keep your wits and check your nerves, and keep your head off the floor and out of the lion’s mouth.
• Fearless Presentations® (Business/Personal Development)
  Get rid of the sweaty palms and butterflies once and for all with ten quick tips that can practically eliminate stage fright and public speaking fear. Great speakers are not born. They have developed the skill to speak with confidence and poise.
• Creating a Team Culture (Motivational/Leadership)
  Whether purposeful or not, cultures are created by the actions, habits, communication skills, and people skills of the people within that culture. Most organizations just wait for the team culture to develop on it’s own. Great organizations make a conscious effort to create a culture of teamwork.

Team Building Workshops and Other Topics

» Build-A-Bike Workshop^®
» The Camaraderie Quest
» Murder Mystery Team Event
» Rescue Bear Workshop^®
» Ethical Conflict Resolution
» Motivating and Persuasion
» High Impact Leaders
» Public Speaking Secrets^®

“Connie’s real life examples made the material totally relatable and easy to understand. She was a phenomenal instructor, full of energy and was very supportive.” Al Grinnell – Teco Electric – Al Grinnell, Teco Electric
“The feedback from Connie’s workshop has been nothing but positive, all that participated really enjoyed the event. We are still realizing the benefits of the program. Thank you for your professionalism, energy and most of providing us the opportunity to bring a smile to the face of our people.” - Cliff Greenhow, Campbell Soup
“Connie is an awesome facilitator and speaker!” – Sylvia Moore, US Dept. of Homeland Security
“We have been working for years now with Connie as a trainer for reporters and presenters for our news and magazine programs. Connie as always given us the perfect “view from outside” with her coaching, and the fact she has worked in a lot of different countries around the world gives her a level of experience and insight only a few people have.” – Jacques van Luijk, News Director
“I would like to send a personal thank you for the fantastic event today. I have participated in many team building programs throughout my career, but today was by far the best! Not only did we work together but we got to see a different side of our peers, and had a lot of fun doing so.” – Angie Forte, Master Data