TV/Zoom presentation expert to chat with Club members, noon Nov. 5
The National Press Club's Broadcast/Podcast team will welcome broadcast communications coach Nick Dalley to offer tips on communicating effectively in video or other settings, be it live TV, on state or the now ubiquitous Zoom meeting.
The meeting will take place virtually on Thursday, Nov. 5, from noon until 1 p.m. Contact Kate Helster ([email protected]) for Zoom link information. The meeting is open to all Club members. There is no charge.
Dalley is President of International Communication, Inc. He helps professional communicators get their messages across more effectively whether the recipient of the message is a television audience, a live audience or an individual. Nick has been in the business of presentation skills training for the past 30 years. For ten years, beginning in the '80s Nick worked with Communispond, a New York presentation development firm with international reach.
Prior to establishing ICI, he worked for nine years with Audience Research and Development and Talent Dynamics where his title was Senior Talent Coach and Vice President of Executive Development. He has also served as an adjunct professor for the Business Leadership Center at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business and the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas.
Dozens of broadcast outlets including TV stations and networks. American, European, and Canadian, and networks (ABC, CBS, CNN, CBC, CTV and Global Canada) have improved the human element of their programming by applying Nick’s recommendations.
Having previously been the coach for ABC’s Good Morning America and 20/20, and the coach for Associated Press, Nick has had personalities in his coaching sessions ranging from George Stephanopoulos, Diane Sawyer, Chris Cuomo, Joy Behar, Amanda Lang , to Kevin O’Leary and many others. Fortune 500 companies from coast to coast have entrusted their CEOs, middle and upper managers to Nick’s training techniques as well.
Heads of State, politicians at the highest levels of U.S. state politics, and professional sports teams such as the Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Bulls have turned to Nick for help in telling the whole story, not just the part represented by the words.
Nick’s work has been especially tuned-in to helping communicators at all levels of business and broadcasting improve the quality and effectiveness of their message. These improvements in turn positively impact the way they are perceived by their audiences.
For his work with corporate clients Nick has developed workshops including; “Effective Team Presentation for Business Development,” “Coaching for Improved Employee Performance,” and “Refining Televisual Skills for Corporate Executives.”
Nick received a Bachelor of Arts degree through work at the University of Texas at Austin and UT Arlington. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Trinity University of Texas. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.