Session Title: Image is Power: From Seen to Be Remembered
Session Presenter:
Dr. Alex Ellis
https://www.dralexellis.com/
Session Description: This keynote presentation combines storytelling, audio-visual aids, and interactive enhancements to convey the critical importance of a student presenting the best of who they are to the world. Whether a student is going on an interview, business meeting, making a presentation, or a special evening with a significant other – Image is Everything! By being a celebrity custom clothier and author, I deliver a high energy talk that makes an immediate impact and long-term results. They learn how to dress their best and approach each opportunity by putting their best look forward. They not only learn wardrobe basics for men and women, but also how to look amazing on a college budget. They learn how to follow up with business professionals in a way that is effective and memorable. This keynote is sure to boost their level of confidence and present valuable skills that will enhance their ability to effectively network. This keynote is packed with small principles that guarantee huge returns.
Session Objectives:
How to dress your best even on a budget
How to approach each opportunity by putting your best look forward Wardrobe basics
How to boost your level of confidence
How to effectively navigate professional settings
How to stand out from your peers in networking events
How to efficiently follow up with business professionals
About your Presenter: Dr. Alex Ellis is an award-winning author, international speaker, and trainer who turns heads across the nation through his transformational message. He has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, BET, Black Enterprise’s Our World Television Show, the Steve Harvey Morning Show. Dr. Ellis has also been honored with the distinguished BE Modern Man Award from Black Enterprise.
Dr. Ellis passionately delivers a fresh perspective that empowers people to reach their maximum potential. He has taken this message to global audiences including Disney, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNCF, National Black MBA Association, and notable colleges and universities such as UCLA, Rutgers, Howard, Villanova, Morehouse, and USC to name a few. Whether speaking to audiences in Germany; empowering young men at Steve Harvey’s Mentoring Camp or inspiring students at Disney Dreamers Academy, Dr. Ellis travels extensively sharing his message of defying mediocrity.
He has conducted professional development trainings for JP Morgan Chase (TFI – The Fellowship Initiative), Prudential, and INROADS. Training young professionals on the skills needed to present the best of who they are and how to position themselves as leaders in Corporate America. Dr. Ellis hosts his speaker training event, SpeakUp. This event targeted professionals who endeavored not only to become professional speakers but also professionals who wanted to hone their speaking strengths and leverage those skills to effectively communicate no matter what the situation.
This New Jersey native proves to be one of this era’s leading men by accepting his responsibility of social impartation. His non-profit organization Tied to Greatness, is an international mentoring initiative that has impacted more than 10,000 inner-city high school males in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Ellis has called men to take action by role modeling an alternative image of success and teaching young men to convey their inner and outer personalities with a sense of strong character, pride, and dignity.