Bannon Leadership Consulting Founder Shawn Bannon has been widely published and has spoken across North America on a host of issues including business and civic leadership, visioning, strategic planning, community and economic development, regionalism and global competitiveness, public relations, issues management and strategic communications. Invite Shawn to speak at your next corporate, chamber, community or trade association event … and be inspired to realize your vision.

Below is a representative list of presentations and speeches Shawn is prepared to deliver, and each one will be tailored to suit the audience for your event. Don’t see quite what you’re looking for? Send Shawn an e-mail to let him know what you’re looking for.

For Chambers of Commerce:

• “The Role of the Chamber – Charting a New Course for Community and Economic Development in Your Region”

Take a fresh look at the Chamber of Commerce and its members in the business community as agents for economic growth and quality-of-life improvement in your region

• “Regional Reinvention – Breathing New Life into Great Communities Large and Small”

How does your region keep up in the global race to attract and retain businesses, talent and tourists? How does your community recover from the loss of a major employer or an entire industry? Learn how leaders in other regions are adjusting to new realities, how they’re overcoming barriers to competition, how they’re breaking through the noise of marketing messages to reach critical decision makers, and what you can do to make your region more successful and more prosperous.

• “Vision in Leadership and Partnering for Progress”

So, you know where you want to lead your region, but how in the world do you gather support, raise funds, and overcome political fragmentation and bureaucracy to realize your vision? Shawn will teach you in this dynamic and eye-opening presentation.

• “Community/Regional Visioning – Imagining a Brighter Future and Developing a Plan to Achieve It.”

When the economy recovers, will your community be picking up the pieces and trying to figure out what’s next? Or do you have a clear vision for what you want your region to look like in five, 10 or 20 years and a strategic plan to make it so? In this presentation, Shawn will discuss visioning, planning and execution to generate new economic growth through future-minded development, competitiveness-minded public policy improvements and strategically targeted community/regional promotion.

• “Hope is Not a Strategy for Success”

Leadership is the purposeful blend of the art of vision and the science of execution. And success is not only measurable; it is predictable. In this presentation, Shawn will dive into the importance of vision, sound strategic planning, delegation and accountability, and the pitfalls of leaving the success – or the very survival – of your organization, your community or even your family in the hands of chance.

• “Winning the Battle Between Real Leaders and CAVE (citizens against virtually everything) Dwellers”

How do great leaders effect change when they’re confronted at every turn by naysayers and pessimists? In this presentation, Shawn will inspire you to follow your will to lead, and he’ll empower you to overcome the purveyors of doom and gloom who so often seek to derail the pursuit of your vision for a brighter future.

• “Developing Brand Ambassadors for Your Region”

In this presentation Shawn will teach you how to turn business leaders and other prominent people in your community into a corps of brand ambassadors who will spread your message about the qualities that make the community a great place to live, work, run a business or raise a family everywhere they go.

• “Business Leaders and Public Policy – Moving the Needle to Effect Meaningful Legislative and Regulatory Change”

Politicians promise to change the world, but business leaders actually do it. In this session, learn how to better leverage your position as an employer and as an investor in the community to shape the legislative agenda and make real progress on policy issues that affect the business climate and quality of life in your region, state and even across the country.

• “Cut Your Promotion Costs In Half And Attract More Businesses, Entrepreneurial Talent and Tourists to Your Region”

The average American sees more than 5,000 marketing messages every day. Five-thousand. And the dirty secret most marketing firms don’t want you to know is that you’re not much more likely to break through the clutter simply because you double your advertising budget. So in this presentation, Shawn will teach you how to identify the stories about your community that make for good news, how to develop them in ways that appeal to the demographics and decision makers you want to attract, and how to tell those stories in compelling ways to earn media coverage that outperforms every type of paid advertising in terms of audience trust and influence – all for a fraction of what you’re probably spending on marketing today.

• “Say Yes to No”

Is your Chamber the catchall for every community project that doesn’t have a home? Do you find yourself stretched thin, trying to live up to the mission of your chamber while juggling all of the extra things your community partners and elected officials ask you to do? Do you wish sometimes that you could just say no without burning bridges or committing political Hari Kari? Then this presentation is for you! As Shawn’s family and friends will testify, he’s an expert in The Art of No, and he’ll help you learn how to master the skill of saying no to almost any request that takes you off-mission while actually strengthening relationships with the people and organizations you’re rejecting. It’s a formula and a skill that will pay hours, months and maybe even years of dividends in terms of increased productivity and progress toward the goals of your chamber.

• “Communicating for Success”

Learn how to break through the noise and get your message across to any audience through strategic communications that make the best use of your organization’s resources and talents. In this presentation, Shawn will teach you how to more effectively leverage speeches and presentations, media relations, your organization’s Web site, print and electronic publications, social media and paid advertising.

For Business Audiences:

• “Hope is Not a Strategy for Success”

Leadership is the purposeful blend of the art of vision and the science of execution. And success is not only measurable; it is predictable. In this presentation, Shawn will dive into the importance of vision, sound strategic planning, delegation and accountability, and the pitfalls of leaving the success – or the very survival – of your organization, your community or even your family in the hands of chance.

• “Developing Brand Ambassadors for Your Business”

In this presentation Shawn will teach you how to turn your most satisfied clients into a corps of brand ambassadors whose ability and willingness to spread the word about the quality of your products and services will rival your most effective sales teams.

• “Cut Your Promotion Costs In Half And Attract More Clients than Ever Before”

The average American sees more than 5,000 marketing messages every day. Five-thousand. And the dirty secret most marketing firms don’t want you to know is that you’re not much more likely to break through the clutter simply because you double your advertising budget. So in this presentation, Shawn will teach you how to identify the stories about your company that make for good news, how to develop them in ways that appeal to the demographics and decision makers you want to attract, and how to tell those stories in compelling ways to earn media coverage that outperforms every type of paid advertising in terms of audience trust and influence – all for a fraction of what you’re probably spending on marketing today.

• “Business Leaders and Public Policy – Moving the Needle to Effect Meaningful Legislative and Regulatory Change”

Politicians promise to change the world, but business leaders actually do it. In this session, learn how to better leverage your position as an employer and as an investor in the community to shape the legislative agenda and make real progress on policy issues that affect the business climate and quality of life in your region, state and even across the country.

• “Winning the Battle Between Real Leaders and CAVE (citizens against virtually everything) Dwellers”

How do great leaders effect change when they’re confronted at every turn by naysayers and pessimists? In this presentation, Shawn will inspire you to follow your will to lead, and he’ll empower you to overcome the purveyors of doom and gloom who so often seek to derail the pursuit of your vision for a brighter future.

• “Say Yes to No”

If you’re like most people, chances are you find yourself over-committed and under-resourced at work. You have more projects on deadline than there are hours to complete them. You barely get one assignment finished before two co-workers and three clients have asked you for whole new favors. And you say yes to all of them because excellent service is right there on the corporate values sign above the water cooler. Sound familiar? Well what if somebody told you that you can’t serve the company or your colleagues and clients with excellence when you’re stretched so thin? What if you knew how to say no – even to valued clients – in a way that would actually strengthen your working relationships? In this presentation, Shawn will teach you The Art of No and will help you to not only recapture lost time and productivity but to better enjoy your work through a renewed sense of empowerment.

• “Communicating for Success”

Learn how to break through the noise and get your message across to any audience through strategic communications that make the best use of your organization’s resources and talents. In this presentation, Shawn will teach you how to more effectively leverage speeches and presentations, media relations, your organization’s Web site, print and electronic publications, social media and paid advertising.