Speaking Topics & Programs
Topic Areas
General Business | Online Presence | Speculative Fiction
General Business
Plan Your Business Vision
Even if you are not seeking funding, you need a business plan. But you don’t necessarily need the traditional plan. In this 5-6 hour course you will learn how to create a simple, flexible business plan that will help you move toward your business vision. By the end of the workshop, you will have completed mission and vision statements. as well as created an initial action plan for bringing them to life!
This workshop is easily tailored to a variety of audiences, for example:
- Plan Your Acting Career Vision
- Plan Your Book Marketing Vision
- Plan Your Coaching Business Vision
- Plan Your Speaking Career Vision
- Plan Your Job Search Vision
Ask me how I can tailor the concepts of a simple business plan to your audience’s needs.
The Evocation of Heros:
Channeling What You Admire About Others for Increased Success
In this talk, Carma discusses how we can live up to our potential by evoking the qualities we admire in our heroes. Whether your hero is imaginary, such as Superman or Batman, or real, such as a parent, teacher or public figure, asking yourself what would that person do in this situation can help you be the kind of person you want to be. Depending on time, Carma can discuss the importance of heroes in our life, as well as the psychology of heroism. “The Evocation of Heroes” can be customized to the needs of your group and meeting length, from as short as 15 minutes to as long as an hour.
Additional Topics
- Develop your Public Speaking Super Powers!
- Build an Online Empire Around Your Passion: Discover Your Unique Niche
- Develop Your Marketing Funnel to Transform Your Business
- Creating Prospect-Attracting “Lures” for Your Business
- Transform Your Marketing Funnel Into a Irresistible Vortex!
- Basic Public Relations for Small Business
- Leverage Joint Ventures to Grow Your Business and Catapult You to Expert Status
- The Product/Service Life Cycle and How It Applies to Your Group
- Developing Your Brand
Online Presence
The 5 Deadly Mistakes of Home Page Design … and How to Fix Them!
Is your website undermining your business? If it has fallen victim to one of the 5 Deadly Mistakes, it most definitely is! Discover if you are making any of the five mistakes and learn how to fix them so they don’t hurt your reputation or business. This presentation is based on Carma’s book with a similar title. You can learn more about it here: www.homesweethomepagebook.com.
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“Carma gives you a plan for designing a website that speaks to your customer. Her instructions helped me to see the value in having a specific purpose for my website. Her insight opened my eyes to see one of the missing and often overlooked pieces of any biz – a website that speaks the language of our ideal client/customer.” Kendra Tillman thesavvywahm.com |
The 6 Questions Your Website Must Answer To Build Trust and Increase Conversions
When someone visits your website, they are either consciously or unconsciously asking these six questions. If you don’t answer them, you could loose that prospect forever. In this presentation, Carma discusses the six questions and ways that you can answer them.
Additional Topics
- What You Need to Know Before Designing Your Website
- Top 5 Opt-In Bonuses … And Why You Need Them
- Blogging’s Benefits for Business
- Blogging for Traffic
- Get Known, Be Likable, Gain Trust Using Online Techniques
- Article Marketing for Local, Brick & Mortar Businesses
Speculative Fiction
The Terror and Appeal of the Machine
There is a thin line between pleasure and pain, so too with fear and attraction. A continuous thread running through science fiction literature and film is humankind’s relation to “the machine” … sometimes as a source of salvation, at others a source of damnation. In this presentation, Carma takes the audience through this journey and explores the psychological meaning of these archetypal stories.
A Mirror for Our Fear
Science and technology are mirrors in which humankind can see who they are, what they want to be and what they are afraid of. In novels, movies and on television, popular culture explores these possibilities through works of fiction and horror. In this presentation, Carma explores the various ways that science and technology in literature and film reflects our hopes and fears.
From Pinocchio to The Terminator:
The Evolution of Robots in Literature and Film
From the golum to androids, artificial life has been a fascination of the human imagination. In this presentation, Carma explores the evolution of robots, androids and artificial intelligence has been represented in literature and film through time.
Yesteryear’s Future:
The Evolution of Science Fiction
Without the Industrial Revolution, science fiction may never have come into existence. And, as technology catches up to our dreams of the future, will science fiction cease to exist? In this presentation, Carma will provide a brief history of how science fiction evolved and offer ideas of where it is going.
