What happens when every customer, competitor and supplier is just one screen away, across town or across the world? What happens when everyone equally interacts at the same “zero distance”?
Online communication has created a level playing field.
We have seen professionals with commanding in-person presence lose their charisma when they were forced to broadcast from the digital stage. By not taking the time to explore the specific language, pace, and rhythms of on-screen communication they weakened their stance. Sometimes it was just a matter of poor equipment, more often of failing to understand that online communication is a whole new paradigm. Make your Screen Presence your competitive edge!
Effective Screen Presence is key to future success
Effective online communication is an art and a science that goes beyond flipping your webcam on and talking into a microphone. Much like acting for theatre and for cinema are two different performing arts, online communication has its language and its rules for success that are distinct from those used in-person and on the physical stage. When your credibility and reputation are vital for your survival, establishing a strong Screen Presence is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a necessity and a key to future success.
We help you develop your Screen Presence so that your business can thrive
DISCOVER OUR ONLINE PROGRAMS
SEVEN VIRTUAL MISTAKES THAT DESTROY YOUR CREDIBILITY AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
Current circumstances have forced many of us to conduct business online even if, before the lockdown, we would have always preferred meeting in-person. Whether you are a leader, an advisor or a consultant, the way you project confidence, credibility and trust online have a profound effect on your professional relationships.
In this session, we delve deeper into what makes online meetings so different from in-person meetings and how you can consistently present yourself to the highest standard.
Learn how to
- Avoid mistakes that erode your reputation.
- Use video conferencing to project trustworthiness and professionalism when you can no longer meet in person.
- Build new connections and trust with clients at a distance.
Are you accidentally committing one of the seven sins in front of your clients without even knowing? Join us on for a practical tips-filled workshop and find out what will help you look your best every time you switch on your webcam.
Zoom Meeting – Joining details will be shared with ticket holders only.
FIND YOUR VIRTUAL LEADERSHIP STANCE
Have you already held key meetings online and found they didn’t go as well as you’d hoped? Taking digital meetings to that next level means identifying and grounding yourself in your leadership stance. Learn to be there when it matters most for your team, your customers, and your stakeholders. Discover what it takes to build a confident and credible virtual presence.
- Adapt your speaking style to online delivery.
- Engage your audience with ease.
- Speak with renewed purpose, passion and persuasion.
This program is delivered on a one-to-one basis and it’s especially adapted, case by case, to your specific needs. Whether you are a speaker who has now been invited to speak online, a trainer who wants to transport their material for online delivery, we can help you reformat your communication for the small screen.
VIRTUAL PRESENCE CLIENTS TESTIMONIALS
I found myself having to perform online in a speaking contest at very short notice. I wasn’t familiar with performing online, Ilaria helped me instantly getting comfortable in front of the camera. She gave very useful advice on light, where to look, distance from camera and background and my hand gestures. Ilaria responded immediately to my questions and had a ‘straight to the point approach’ which I highly appreciated. I was delighted to win the competition, but most importantly to acquire skills that made me familiar with being online and enabled me to feel ‘at home’ in front of a camera.
Flemming Kloster Poulsen, Pastor at the Danish Church of London
I was a complete novice in the use of Zoom. I needed to use it for an upcoming professional presentation. Ilaria and I had a session online using Zoom so that she could teach me the basics. I was very impressed and pleased with the way in which she quickly got me ‘up to speed’ with all the features. She also helped me with advice on presentation including position of my laptop, background, lighting, clothing, etc. This was very helpful. I’m now a confident Zoom user and have been able to both attend and host several virtual meetings successfully.
Melanie Richards, Deputy Chair on the Board of Trustees for Red Balloon Harrow
A MOTHER/SON TEAM, ACROSS CULTURES AND GENERATIONS
Robert and Ilaria in New Delhi, India, September 2018
About Us
We are a unique mother and son consulting pair. While we are both highly skilled and articulate, we are very different in our approach and focus. By simultaneously analysing both content (Ilaria) and delivery (Robert), we provide you with insightful and immediately applicable feedback. Together, we design and teach original analytical models that help all our speakers become more aware of their speaking habits and the stylistic choices at their disposal.
Ilaria Vilkelis
An award-winning international speaker and a leadership coach, Ilaria has a unique way to offer constructive and precise feedback. As a coach, she brings her clients clarity of purpose, sustainable motivation, and engaging metaphors. She designs clear processes to help simplify and clarify even the most complex messages. By doing so, she helps her clients create presentations that have a wider reach and lasting impact. More about Ilaria
Robert Vilkelis
Robert has a unique ability to pin-point crucial differences in speakers’ tonality and body language. An avid linguist with a passion for phonetics, Robert is known for his lively “show-not-tell” feedback style. His playful energy deeply engages clients’ desire to improve and promotes instant, lasting change. More about Robert
CLIENTS TESTIMONIALS
Ilaria Vilkelis was instrumental in helping me address a large audience for the first time on a topic that was both very personal and delicate. She provided me with the support, insights and connections that I needed to be awarded my very first TEDx opportunity: an Open Mic competition. Giving a TEDxTalk about my poem was a big decision. I felt Ilaria’s encouragement, warmth and care throughout the several months of preparation during and after the talk, even when she wasn’t my official speaker coach! She took the time to review my speech in detail, online and via video – and she did not hold anything back! Ilaria has the amazing capacity to comment both on the content and on the form of your presentation, on the strategic aspects of your message, and on the relevant details of your delivery like your choice of vocabulary, hand gestures and tone of voice. Whether you are used to speaking or not, Ilaria will help you be your most authentic and most impactful on stage – and you can be sure she has your back.
Dorothy Oger, Poet, Coach, International Speaker (Watch Dorothy at the Open Mic competition)
I have been blown away by Masters of Impact. Ilaria and Robert have an amazing skill to pick out any imperfection in
my delivery. This takes exceptional attention to detail. As an experienced international TEDx speaker, I was always praised for WOWing the crowd, but working with Masters of Impact founders has really polished and repackaged my content. This was the next level I needed to be top of my game.
Junior Ogunyemi, International Motivational Speaker, Director of Entrepreneur Academy London