These are some of Bridgett’s most popular topics.

Any session can be customized to meet your team’s specific needs.


PRESENTATION SKILLS


All Sizzle … No Fizzle: How to Deliver Presentations That Set the Audience on Fire

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

In today's fiercely competitive business climate, how well you present yourself and your product can make the difference between you closing a deal or getting the door closed on you.

Whether you are aiming to acquire a new client or working to close a deal, your success will lie in your ability to deliver a stunning presentation. In this high-energy session, you will get the secrets to making standout, stellar presentations and the formula to get your audiences to instantly and consistently lean in and listen.

You will know how to deliver a presentation that's all sizzle and absolutely no fizzle.

It's All in the Details: 20 Do's, Don'ts, and Best Practices to Make You a Presentation Pro

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

It's all in the details, right? Whether you're talking attire, an essay, or decorating a cake, the small matters is what will make or break you every time. It's no different for presentations. Although each misstep on its own may not feel like a big deal, a culmination of missteps can result in a poorly executed presentation.

  1. Do you know how to properly handle the clicker? Did you know there was even such a thing as properly handling it?

  2. Are there phrases you use that diminish your power? What are they, and what should you say instead?

  3. Do you know how to avoid information dumps?

Get the answers to all these questions and more. Avoid common mistakes, and you set-up yourself to look and sound like a real pro!

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BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AND PERSONAL BRANDING


H.O.T. Office Talk!: How the Best Teams Communicate with Honesty, Openness, and Transparency

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

Two of the primary employee engagement drivers are what you say and whether people trust what you say! Trust is what makes certain companies better to work for than others. Trust is the secret sauce behind the great achievements of some of the most successful teams. But how do you consistently gain employees’ trust?

It’s done through making sure what you say and how you say it are full of transparency.

In this high-energy, interactive session, you will know what transparent communication means, how it looks, and how the best leaders communicate with transparency. But most importantly, you will know why you should even bother to keep your business communication H.O.T.—honest, open, and transparent.

They Want It and You’ve Got It: Communicating Your IT Factor

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

What is it employers really want, and how can you demonstrate you have it?!  There is a needle in the haystack for which recruiters, human resource professionals, and hiring managers are searching in every response you give to their questions.  It often goes beyond what’s included in the job posting, and it’s something everyone wants no matter the position you fill or the company for which you work.

In this high-energy session, find out what it is employers want in today's incredibly competitive professional environment and, more importantly, how you can communicate it with every word you say and with every move you make.


MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION


How to Show Up and Show Out When You Really Want to Just Shut Down

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1-2 Hours

You see others showing up in life, owning who they are.  They have a certain walk and a certain air about them and appear to be the most amazing and most confident people aroundthe most amazing and most confident people on the planet!  How do they do it?!

In this high-energy session, you will know three factors that can cause you to shut down and how to take control of how you show up in life every day.  You will know the four pillars of communication that determine your overall effectiveness and how well your image and message leave a memorable impression on others.  Get practical action items, and immediately turn them into habits that position you to show up and show out even if you really just want to shut down.

Be It ‘Til You See It

Webinar | Keynote | 1 Hour

The adage “You can’t be what you can’t see” has resonated with so many in search of explanations for the choices they made or didn’t make, the opportunities they pursued or didn’t pursue, the risks they took or didn’t take.  It was just easy to give themselves a pass by saying “You can’t be what you can’t see.” 

But what if you decide to be it even if you can’t see it?

In this high energy keynote, get inspired from a speaker who grew up in a genetically strange environment where she was lied to about her identity for her entire childhood, and who had no idea of how to navigate life and enter worlds she’d never seen or experienced. You will get fired up to cast aside doubts, use your past to your advantage, capitalize on experiences—both the good and the bad—and the lessons you learned so you can be it even if you can’t see it.

Your Adversity is Your Advantage

Webinar | Keynote | 1 Hour

Have you ever challenged the traditional view of adversity? Have you ever thought of not seeing it as a barrier to success? What if you knew exactly how to take life's toughest moments to transform them into your most powerful assets?

Through compelling stories and practical strategies, Bridgett reveals how adversity isn't just something to overcome but a unique advantage that can fuel your success, sharpen your skills, and uncover hidden strengths. Whether you're navigating workplace challenges, launching a business after a setback, or pushing through personal difficulties, this presentation equips you with actionable insights to embrace challenges, leverage the lessons you've learned, and turn obstacles into opportunities. Drawing from Bridgett’s own experiences of navigating personal and professional setbacks—like her last-minute whirlwind acceptance into college, receiving life-altering news unexpectedly, being laid off, and building an award-winning business—Bridgett shows you how to make your adversity your advantage.

Audience Takeaways:

- Discover how to reframe adversity as a tool for personal and professional growth.

- Learn strategies to transform setbacks into catalysts for innovation and success.

- Gain a renewed sense of resilience and confidence in facing future challenges.

Perfect for corporate teams, entrepreneurs, and professionals seeking to build resilience and turn their challenges into stepping stones for greater achievements, this keynote will leave audiences inspired, empowered, and ready to view their adversity as their greatest advantage.

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COMMUNICATION AND LEADERSHIP


Walk That Walk and Talk That Talk: What the Most Confident Leaders Say and Do

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

How do you effectively communicate as a leader, and how do you lead as an effective communicator?

In this interactive session, learn your own communication style, the communication styles of others, and how to communicate in a way that connects with others. You will know the four pillars of communication that paint the image others create of you and how to control that image as well as how to consistently show up as a confident leader. You will walk away knowing how the fiercest, boldest, most successful leaders walk that walk and talk that talk.

Why Isn’t Anyone Following Me?: A Go-Getter’s Guide to Leadership and Communication

Webinar | Workshop | 1-3 Hours

What makes a good leader?  What makes a poor one?  Why are some leaders effective while others are not?  This high-energy session will help answer these questions with basic ideas, theories, and best practices of leadership development and effective communication. 

The concepts and strategies presented will construct a foundation for your movement into a position of leadership or enhance the successful development of the leadership role you already hold.  You will be a leader that makes others want to definitely get behind and follow!

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MARKETING AND SALES


Bringing the Heat: Designing and Delivering Webinars That Convert Like Wildfire

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

One of a business’s greatest challenges can be generating traffic and leads, and one of the most common and most cost-efficient methods for doing so is to produce webinars.  However, you have been part of a number of webinars, and some were dynamic while others were down-right dull.  In this high-energy session, you will know how to do the former.

You will know how to determine whether you or your team should even produce a webinar and exactly how web-based presentations should be designed and delivered so they create maximum impact and convert like wildfire.

Open with Power and Close the Deal: Winning Presentation Secrets to Fuel the Move from Prospect to Client

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1 Hour

Every sales professional wants to hear those words and hear them quickly from their prospects.  What can you do to move leads closer to uttering those five words, and how can you ensure they are indeed happy customers after they sign on the dotted line?

In this interactive session, learn how to start and end your presentations in ways that set you apart from the competition.  You will know why the conventional ways of starting your presentations may be derailing your efforts and what to do instead.  You will also know exactly how to close your presentations in ways that move your audiences to sign on the dotted line.  Bring to this session your top priority and the target product or service with which you want to lead, then leave knowing how to start presentations that immediately connect with your audience, how to put power in your words, and how to close the business.


CUSTOMER SERVICE


Customer-Centric Communication, Customer Service Elevated

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1.5 Hours

You show up to the office with every intention of having an amazing day and making a difference. And just as you feel like you are hitting your stride, it happens. A colleague or a customer comes to you unhappy about one thing or another or they present you with a difficult situation, and you have to have to handle it and handle it fast! What do you do, what do you say, and more importantly, how do you keep your cool?

In this interactive session, find out what your personal communication style is, how what you say is truly heard by others, and how to use your unique communication style to be more customer success oriented. You will also know what people get wrong about delivering great customer service, what dictates human behavior, and how to use the tenets of effective communication to consistently create positive experiences and deliver top-notch customer service to everyone you encounter.

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POST-SECONDARY TEACHING


Teach Like a Superhero … No Cape Required

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1-2 Hours

It's no secret that trying to connect with and reach students can be a challenge of seemingly epic proportions.  Learn a methodology that effective instructors use while uncovering your own hidden superpowers!

​New educators will get the perfect foundation for starting out in the right direction to be a world-class teacher, and experienced educators will walk away refreshed and renewed.  You will know how to energize students at the start of every class, deliver any course content in a meaningful way, and effectively end class. You will know how to set-up everyone (both you and your students) for success every single time!

Lecture Light Shine: High-Wattage (and Low-Stress) Ideas to Engage Any Student in Any Discipline

Breakout Session | Webinar | Workshop | 1-2 Hours

You have spent years passionately creating your lectures and you do not want to change a thing. Or, as you start your teaching career, you reflect on and consider replicating what your classroom experience was like as a student, back when you simply listened to lectures.

​However, with traditional lecturing, students often retain very little of what they hear. What can you do to cover this material while being careful not to create a boring classroom?

​During this interactive session, learn how you can deliver lectures in a manner that is not only informative, but that also results in engaged and illuminated students.