Myra McElhaney

 Do you hate networking or attending events?  Do you attend events and meet people but never get business from it? Myra’s lively presentation shows that connecting is so much more than networking. She’ll give your group insights into meeting new people and making genuine connections that pay off. She helps you plan for better engagement at events as she dishes up usable networking tips, shares how to get big results from small-talk, and outlines practical and easy ways to find the fortune in the follow-up. Participants will learn the seven P’s of connecting on purpose for profit including: 1. PURPOSE—Get clear on your purpose for connecting 2. PLAN--Formulate a plan for connecting with the right people 3. PLACES--Explore the best places to connect 4. PREPARATION—Create a method for networking events 5. PROMOTION—Practice promoting yourself subtly and successfully 6. POWERFUL SMALL-TALK—Learn to get big results from small talk 7. PROFIT—Find an easy routine for follow-up

Myra is a tremendous resource for professional women. During the past fifteen years she has interviewed approximately 100 female trailblazers, served on the boards of more than six non-profit organizations serving women and been involved with numerous business women’s networking groups. Whether you want to discuss challenges women face in climbing the corporate ladder, life balance, a ‘Women’s History Month’ talk or to hear about women she’s interviewed in “Lessons that Last from Women Who Were First” Myra can inspire, encourage and entertain the women in your group or at your conference as she shares wisdom, insights and stories.

No matter what sort of transition your group is dealing with, upheavals are deep in the un-fun zone. Many people don’t handle transition well, and Myra believes that’s because they don’t know how. In this program, she shares deeply personal stories and shows your audience not just how to overcome life’s inevitable downs, but how to fix their focus, find courage under the fear, pull from hidden reserves of resilience and redefine their circumstance. Her encouragement, humor and Southern sass will guide your group through whatever ails them. Myra draws on her own experience of learning to survive the un-survivable after losing her husband to a brain tumor. She’ll share how she used her own grit and wit to pull herself from the depths of grief and loss to reclaim her purpose and reinvent her life. You’ll learn how to:  Reframe your focus  Redefine the role of grief  Reconcile fear and courage  Renew your strength  Re-energize yourself  Recreate joy in your life