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- Bereaved Parent
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- Breast Cancer Survivor
- Cancer Survivor
- Communication
- Executive Presence for Women
- Healing
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- Living After Loss
- Nurses Appreciation
- Nursing Leadership
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Power Skills
- Resilience
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Sharon delivered a message of strength, hope and resilience. She brought you along with her through her personal journey and left you with the courage and tools to move onward and upward. She took my breath away and then gave it back.
D.A., NON-PROFIT CONSULTANT, SUSAN G. KOMEN NORTH CAROLINA TRIANGLE TO THE COAST
I serve as the Executive Director of the North Carolina Organization of Nurse Leaders (NCONL) and reached out to Sharon. I was seeking a speaker who would be able to connect with an audience of nurse leaders from across North Carolina on the topic of resilience. As a professional, Sharon demonstrated her ability to teach the audience but this presentation became more than a teachable moment when she shared her personal story of being a parent of a baby with cancer and then her own cancer battle. Sharon is a gifted speaker with a humility that quickly draws others to her in a lasting way.
Susan G. O’Dell
Emmy Award Winning Journalist, Breast Cancer Survivor and Bereaved Parent
As a breast cancer survivor and women’s health and business advocate, Sharon Delaney McCloud, CDE® moves audiences to action by encouraging their own efforts to manage their physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Humor, inspiration and a practical playbook punctuate Sharon’s keynotes and workshops. She engages people with stories that require self-assessment and then ideas to contemplate long after the program ends.
Sharon spent 25 years as an Emmy Award-winning television journalist covering everything from NASA to politics to the Super Bowl at stations across the country. One of her favorite assignments was hosting Rex On Call, a monthly television show for UNC Health where education was the focus so people could equip themselves to make better decisions about their well being. Six months after Sharon anchored a show about beating breast cancer, she was diagnosed herself and began the journey through chemotherapy, surgery, radiation and a year long clinical trial.
Today, Sharon is a professional speaker and a partner and vice president of Professional Development at Walk West in Raleigh, North Carolina where her passion is helping people harness the spoken word. What we say matters in business and life. From Fortune 100 boardrooms to the green room at Good Morning America to lecture halls of top-tier universities, Sharon is a trusted partner in developing people’s communication prowess.
Sharon has been featured in numerous publications, including Sheryl Sandburg’s Option B digital platform, Enterprising Women and is co-author of the book, Keep Going, Memoirs of Strength, Courage & Perseverance. She was selected for the Best of KNOW Book, recognizing top professional women from across North America featured in the KNOW Women network. A frequent podcast guest, Sharon also launched the Startup Stage Podcast as its first host.
One of her most profound moments was sharing her big idea with the world on a TEDx stage. Through How and Why You Should Talk to Bereaved Parents, Sharon recounts the deeply personal story of when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer and her family embarked on the fight of their lives to save their little girl. What they discovered after losing their precious daughter is that human connection can not only breathe life into the deepest grief, but can also uncover joy.
Sharon is an active member of the National Speakers Association, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Women Entrepreneurs Inc. and the Inspiration Lab. She’s also a Certified Diversity Executive, a multi-certified Tilt 365 Consultant, a John Maxwell Speaker and Six Sigma Certified Green Belt. As a mom of three, Sharon considers that her most important role while riding this roller coaster we call life.
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Transforming Lives as Healers and Leaders
Fatigue, burnout, staffing shortages…the list goes on and on for what healthcare workers face today. It’s time for them to reignite why they went into healthcare in the first place. They must understand how they are valued, respected, and honored for their compassion and commitment to serving others.
“Thank you for your willingness to share your story so masterfully and in turn redefining compassionate care. There was not a dry eye in that room today. I have told everyone I’ve spoken to this evening about my incredible afternoon. Thanks for almost single-handedly re-recruiting an army of talented and connected caregivers.”
– Patrick D. Ebri, PhD, VP and Chief Engagement Officer, UNC Health Southeastern
How to Be the CEO of Your Health Before & After the “Big C”
Alternate Title: Turning Your Battle Scars into Badges of Honor
Using a blend of humor, inspiration and practical lessons from the trenches, Sharon chronicles her journey through breast cancer after covering the subject for 20 years as an Emmy Award-winning journalist at television stations across the country. Sharon’s stories will have you laughing and crying while you soak up wisdom packed tales you’ll remember and want to put into practice yourself.
Part of the narrative includes the fight of her family’s life when Sharon’s daughter also was diagnosed with cancer. You’ll quickly discover that human connection can not only breathe life into the deepest grief, but can also uncover joy.
Keep Going: A Playbook for Today’s Woman
In these challenging times when our physical, mental and social well-being are tested continuously, it’s crucial that we build a culture of resilience. For women, it’s even more important. Research shows women carry more responsibilities than ever before as breadwinners, mothers, caretakers, and homeschoolers. In this compelling narrative, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and TEDx Speaker Sharon Delaney McCloud presents an inspirational and actionable playbook that you can use right away in your professional and personal lives.
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- 10 steps to build resilience in the workplace and at home
- A deeper understanding of how to use grit and gratitude to overcome negative circumstances
- A different way to approach integrating your professional and personal responsibilities that align with who you are
Having a Voice, Not Merely a Seat at the Table: Powerful Strategies to Amplify Your Impact
In group settings, men are 75% more likely to speak up than women. And when a woman does speak up, it’s statistically probable that her male counterparts will either interrupt her or speak over her. What does this mean? It means, even in the professional world today, if you’re not ready to fight to be heard through ally-building strategies, your potential could be silenced. In this engaging, actionable session, Sharon will share strategies and tactics to amplify your voice figuratively (and literally) and hone your message to make certain that you are heard – so that you truly have a voice, and not just a seat at the table.
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- Ways to amplify your voice, both figuratively and literally
- Message development tactics to strengthen your communication
- How body language and vocal delivery affect your overall communication
How to Become Wonder Woman in the Boardroom
As an established executive aiming to grow your influence, thought leadership and business acumen require a growth mindset that leads to transformational breakthroughs. Aligning mindshare with the ability to command a room is the DNA of executive presence. In this high energy, interactive keynote, Sharon teaches the three key elements to build your executive presence and personal brand so you can make an impact on your professional and personal life.
LEARN:
- Actionable strategies to build your executive presence
- Why gravitas, communication, and appearance matter in today’s business climate
- About useful technology hacks to help you continue working on your communication skills
