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Comfort Zone 2 Authority Zone: Confidence on Camera to grow your brand or business
If you’ve ever needed 50 takes to record a simple video, turned down an opportunity that involved being on camera, or watched your friends dancing on TikTok and thought, “There has to be a better way” - you need Confidence on Camera.
Taught by a media expert and award-winning TV presenter, this transformative session will show you how to turn camera-shyness into charisma and create authentic content that elevates your brand; no dancing required!
Even the most experienced professional has been there: the camera rolls... and all your hard-earned expertise, charisma, and training vanish! This modern approach to media training is designed specifically for start-ups, microbusinesses & new and emerging leaders so they can say goodbye to the need for 50 takes and hello to creating polished, engaging content on their first try.
Audiences can expect a session that takes them safely out of their comfort zone as they:
? Learn to present to camera with authenticity, to showcase their authority and expertise on any media platform
? Foster stronger connections with desired audiences, enhancing trust and credibility.
? Walk away with strategies to manage and overcome the natural fears of on-camera presentation and being visible in the modern media landscape.
Format: Interactive sessions with hands-on camera presentation exercises. May also be delivered virtually.
Duration: 45min, 90min, half day or full day.
Audience: Start-up founders, microbusinesses, marketing teams, and anyone involved in communicating your organisation's vision and achievements.
Materials Provided: PDF or printed workbooks. Works well with a camera operator and playback of presentations on the big screen.
Read lessCompassionate Self-Leadership: Lead others by starting with Yourself
Offering practical tools and inspiring insights, this keynote helps audiences think differently about hard work and success, to navigate them with empathy and effectiveness. Discover how starting with self-leadership can lead to more innovative solutions, stronger connections, and a more motivated workforce.
For more than 20 years, Carmen Braidwood has achieved a high level of creative and professional success, hosting and producing capital city radio shows, appearing on national television, and managing award-winning productions. However, when a clinically rare illness went undiagnosed, Carmen experienced a near-fatal health crisis. This transformative experience forced her to fundamentally change her approach to work, and discover the unexpected benefits of compassionate self-leadership.
Drawing from her personal experiences and expertise in performance and creativity, along with insights from leaders across various sectors, Carmen reveals how compassionate self-leadership can drive personal, professional, and organisational success.
Audience takeaways:
? Learn to lead effectively through times of crisis and change by harnessing the power of compassion.
? Implement compassionate self-leadership practices in your daily work to enhance team collaboration and community.
? Build resilience in yourself and your team, fostering greater efficiency, satisfaction, and employee wellbeing.
Format: 45, 60 or 90min keynote
Audience: Leaders, future leaders, teams and anyone looking to improve the resilience of their career or workforce.
Read lessRadical Self-Trust: Own Your Worth & Ditch the Doubt for Good
What if you could stop waiting for “the right time” and start working towards that goal today?
Join former media personality and executive coach Carmen Braidwood as she brings her signature sparkle to the stage, helping audiences to change the way they think about self-trust.
Drawing on two decades of experiences in highly visible roles, Carmen shares everything from mic drop moments to genuine media mishaps, as she shows leaders how to self-recognise, and where to find the lessons in self-doubt, mistakes and fear.
Combined with sharp insights from supporting some of Australia’s most visible leaders with their media, Radical Self-Trust is designed for anyone ready to up-level their leadership, personal growth or business.
Audiences can expect to walk away with a framework and memorable strategies to:
? Own their worth and back themselves with confidence
? Stop second-guessing, especially during testing times
? Make that next bold move.. just like the leaders they admire most.
It’s also a rip-snorter of a good time!
Format: 45, 60 or 90min keynote
Audience: Anyone ready to up-level their leadership, personal growth or business.
Materials Provided: Printed summary of Radical Self-Trust Framework, reflection tool and Radical Self-Trust Quiz.
Read lessCarmen Braidwood
Popular radio and television presenter
Carmen Braidwood grew up dreaming of becoming a pop singer, an actress or the wife of Prince William. Failing at all three, she dusted herself off and built a life from storytelling.
Sources say she has been doing ‘a pretty decent job’ of this for more than 23 years, working with among others, 96fm, 882 6PR and Channel 9.
Today, she is a conference speaker who motivates and engages audiences with laugh-out-loud storytelling designed to improve leadership of themselves and others.
Carmen’s career spans: Award-winning roles in presenting, producing, and management at major media networks; Developing training programs that help leaders connect, inspire, and influence with impact; and Speaking at conferences and events, inspiring audiences to embrace self-trust, and authentic leadership.
Raised by Boomers and sandwiched right between Gen X and Gen Y, Carmen blends old-school professionalism with new-world adaptability. Whether she’s coaching executives to deliver powerful stories on stage or screen, training teams to navigate crises, or delivering keynotes to energise a room, Carmen’s work is built on real-world experience, practical strategies, and a fun, warm and relatable style.
When she’s not delivering training or inspiring audiences on stage, Carmen can be seen across Australia’s media landscape. From Weekend Today and Destination WA to podcasts and social media, Carmen has a unique ability to engage multiplatform audiences.
Outside of work, Carmen enjoys exploring her home state of Western Australia by boat or caravan. She lives with her small-business-owner husband, adult stepson and everyone's favourite member of the family, a much-pampered red poodle by the name of Piper. Yes, she’s a bitch, but perfectly lovely.