Connection, Curiosity, and Chemistry: How to Quickly Connect with Your Audience Every Time with Kirryn Zerna
As a speaker, your ability to quickly build rapport and connection with your audience isn’t just a skill; it's your secret weapon. Maintaining their attention and how that translates learning into action is where mastery truly happens… but how can you captivate your audience in today's diverse, multi-generational, social-media-driven landscape?
Let’s explore the art and science of human connection, and how you can harness it to equip and engage your audience in any format, regardless of size or industry.
Exploring questions like: How can you encourage participation? What activities are most effective to drive understanding? How can you facilitate discussions, whether it’s for a room of 10 to 1,000?
In this facilitated session, our resident Connection Queen Kirryn Zerna, will delve into the essential elements of connection. We'll also explore effective techniques shared by our professional speaking community, ensuring you leave with a toolkit of tips and tools that you can immediately apply.
Join us to elevate your speaking game and create lasting connections with your audience.
Kinship - A prebiotic for workplace culture with Alfred Chidembo
Weaving the threads of kinship into the fabric of workplace culture to achieve new heights of collaboration and success.
When organisations are seeking a simple but compelling way to motivate and empower their people, they turn to Alfred and his paradigm-shifting message about Ubuntu.
This ancient African philosophy reframes organisational culture by promoting compassion, connection and collaboration. It fosters safe and supportive working environments where everyone, at every level, is empowered to reach their full potential in pursuit of shared goals.
About Kirryn Zerna
Kirryn Zerna is a fun and fabulous keynote speaker, corporate facilitator and author of The Stand Out Effect. Drawing on 20 years experience, and a highly visual and interactive presentation style, Kirryn shares the latest communication, connection and marketing trends helping leaders, teams and brands to connect better, for better results.
Kirryn holds a Bachelor of Management, a Masters of Management and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2017 she was awarded the Kerrie Nairn Scholarship by Professional Speakers Australia; and has since served on their national board and as a co-covenor for their national convention in 2021. Organisations that look to Kirryn’s expertise include Australian Radio Network, Aussie Home Loans, Fundraising Institute Australia, Westpac, NSW Government and many more.
About Alfred Chidembo
Born into an impoverished rural village in Zimbabwe, Alfred learnt to write in the dirt. Despite overwhelming odds, he achieved his dream of attending university in Africa and graduating with a doctorate in Materials Engineering in Australia.
Alfred’s remarkable journey has given him a deep wellspring of hard-won wisdom for all leaders and their teams to draw from. As well as being a dynamic and inspiring keynote speaker, Alfred is an exceptional high-performance coach, executive designer and facilitator. And, in the true spirit of Ubuntu, he is also the founder of a charity that rescues books from Australian landfills and sends them to schoolchildren in Africa.
As one of Australia’s most naturally gifted storytellers, Alfred shares his stories with vivid clarity and compassionate authority. His message is clear and simple:
Embracing Ubuntu enables organisations to unleash the power of their people.
Program:
5.30pm: Pre-event networking (in foyer/bar area)
6.00pm: Registration opens
6.30pm: Formal event start
6.35pm: Session 1
7.20pm: Dinner and networking break
8.10pm: Session 2
8.55pm: Fun group photo and evening close
PLEASE NOTE:
To assist with our planning and catering, reservations for meals close November 9th. Late bookings are welcome but may not receive a meal. No walk-up bookings on the night.
Transportation Options for Holiday Inn Potts Point:
- By car - flat parking rate of $15 (There are two entries on Victoria Street. Enter from the right sided lower entry point.)
- By train - nearest station is Kings Cross
- By bus - connected to most lines in Sydney
PSA’s Values in Action Policy applies to this Event