Communicating Effectively in the Virtual World
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Lorraine K. Lee: Award-winning global keynote speaker and LinkedIn Top Voice. She helps organizations excel in virtual communication and leadership.
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It was a complete pleasure to bring in Lorraine to Figma's AAPI ERG community during AAPI month as our special guest speaker to conduct a live workshop all about building influence as an Asian American professional at work. And the audience loved it! They raved about Lorraine's session immediately afterwards as they walked away with more confidence and clarity to bring their best selves to work. They were more engaged in the chat compared to previous speaker sessions, and one of the members shared how thoughtful and beautiful the entire presentation was which contributes to better engagement. She was also super organized, timely, and welcomed feedback (a huge plus in working with a speaker). I would give Lorraine a 10/10 and can't wait to bring her again in the future!
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Lorraine Lee brings a wealth of experience from her roles at LinkedIn, Prezi, and SlideShare, where she led teams and launched innovative products. Today, she helps organizations design impactful virtual meetings, enhance communication, and build stronger remote teams. Her expertise in LinkedIn growth and virtual presentations makes her a sought-after speaker for companies looking to boost their digital presence and leadership capabilities.
Lorraine has been invited as a guest speaker to some of the world’s most recognizable brands including Zoom, Cisco, Amazon, ASICS, Hilton, and McKinsey and Company. She covers a wide range of topics including creating engaging virtual presentations, growing your presence on LinkedIn, effectively communicating in a virtual world, leading collaborative remote and distributed teams that thrive, and designing impactful virtual and hybrid meetings.
Before starting her own company, Lorraine was a founding editor at companies like Prezi, SlideShare, and LinkedIn. In these roles, she collaborated with global business leaders and helped launch core products including LinkedIn Daily Rundown and LinkedIn Newsletters. Lorraine has been featured in publications including Forbes, Inc., ReadWrite, and Entrepreneur, and has also been a guest on many podcasts.
Executive presence is a critical soft skill, universally acknowledged yet often elusive, both in terms of its definition and application. Yet if we want to advance professionally, it’s something we need to learn and use in our day-to-day interactions.
The fundamental characteristics remain the same — traits like gravitas, charisma, and your appearance. However, as our way of working has evolved due to economic, cultural, and technological changes, so has the definition of executive presence.
Today, the traditional markers of executive presence have moved past conventional expectations like business suits and formal business lunches. Instead in our modern working landscape, executive presence lies in authentic leadership, crafting and projecting a career brand that follows you in and out of the office, and nurturing relationships built on trust and respect.
Join Lorraine Lee, an expert in supercharging your professional presence, as she delves into the 3Cs of executive presence for today’s leaders. Whether you’re just starting your career journey or a seasoned professional, this session is designed to empower you with the confidence and skills to enhance your leadership impact and executive presence in any organization.
Key takeaways:
Building influence feels tougher than ever these days with so many distractions grabbing others’ attention. We need to juggle building relationships both in-person and virtually, while delivering results with fewer resources.
The solution? Harnessing your influence. Influence has the power to help us get promoted, become more trusted and recognized, and be seen as a leader who moves work forward.
Follow the simple but highly impactful RAVE Model to increase and strengthen your influence in the workplace. After the session, you’ll be able to immediately implement actionable advice for key areas of influence at work.
Learn from Lorraine K. Lee, a leader at the intersection of editorial and tech, a top-rated virtual keynote speaker, and an instructor with LinkedIn Learning and Stanford Continuing Studies.
In this session you’ll learn:
In today’s dynamic business landscape, cross-functional collaboration, open communication, and productivity are key to helping remote teams thrive.
However, when managers know how to lead their teams effectively — from implementing thoughtful onboarding and leading engaging team meetings to creating supportive feedback loops and building positive team dynamics — they create teams and cross-functional partners that trust each other and collaborate better.
This empowers team members to achieve their own professional goals while positively impacting company objectives.
Learn from Lorraine K. Lee, a LinkedIn Learning instructor with multiple popular management courses focused on leading highly functional remote teams.
In this session you’ll learn:
Meetings are a multi-billion dollar problem. And they’re not going anywhere.
And with more finite resources and human capital, meetings are a major factor in what can make or break an organization.
We have 250% more meetings every day than we did before the pandemic. We’re also spending more than half of our standard workweek in meetings, for a whopping total of 21.5 hours. It’s costing companies billions and leading to unhappy employees, burnout, and Zoom fatigue — a recipe for disaster.
Join Lorraine as she shares strategies for making your virtual and hybrid meetings more engaging, collaborative, and productive — so that your employees get more flexibility in their schedules, see better results, and have an overall more positive experience at work.
In this virtual session you’ll learn:
LinkedIn is much more than a job search site. But with more than 1 billion members and a growing pool of new features, it can be difficult to know where to start and how to stand out. These days, your online brand and presence are just as important — if not more so — to help grow your career and visibility.
If you want to build your brand, attract recruiters, establish yourself as a thought leader, and find opportunities you never expected, it’s time to learn how to take advantage of all LinkedIn has to offer.
Learn from Lorraine, one of the founding editors at LinkedIn and a LinkedIn Learning Instructor with more than 300,000 followers, who will share her insider tips and tricks for leveraging the largest professional social network.
In this session you’ll learn:
(Also offered as a workshop)
When getting on a video call with partners, teammates, or clients, first impressions matter. But with less physical space to make an impression and more factors to consider, like tech malfunctions and Zoom fatigue, standing out online can feel more difficult and overwhelming than it does in person.
The reality: Once you’re equipped with a few key pieces of information and frameworks, you’ll be ready to stand out in a virtual world.
Join Lorraine, a top-rated virtual speaker and video communications expert, who will distill everything she’s learned in an easily digestible way with tips you can implement right after the session.
In this session you’ll learn:
Presentations are undoubtedly a cornerstone of business and will continue to be an essential way to share your ideas, gain buy-in, impress leadership, and ultimately help you stand out and succeed.
But for many, public speaking is the last thing they want to do. For those who do take the plunge, they’re riddled with anxiety and nerves. On top of that, virtual presentations present their own new set of challenges — both in terms of delivery and the content itself.
How do we stand out and break through the noise?
Join Lorraine — who brings her experience from presentation platform powerhouses including SlideShare and Prezi — and discover strategies and frameworks to present with confidence and create virtual presentations that capture audience attention and inspire change and action.
In this session you’ll learn:
In today’s dynamic business landscape, virtual communication has become the norm, transforming the way we connect, collaborate, and achieve success.
While this shift offers unparalleled flexibility and reach, it also presents unique challenges in captivating attention and making a lasting impression.
You’re not alone if you feel that communicating effectively through a screen can feel challenging. Without the right strategies, it’s easy to get lost among the sea of video calls and remote meetings.
Join top-rated virtual speaker, virtual presence expert, and LinkedIn Learning Instructor Lorraine K. Lee as she unveils the secrets to mastering the virtual stage — whether you’re leading a team meeting, delivering a webinar, or pitching to clients — so that you exude confidence and professionalism knowing that you’re presenting your best self in a virtual world.
In this virtual session you’ll learn:
I've attended several courses that Lorraine has taught with Electives and am consistently impressed by her ability to connect with a fully remote audience and consistently give real and actionable advice to help attendees accomplish their goals ASAP. She is incredibly engaging and gives tactical advice in the moment - not something that always happens in a virtual environment. As Chief of Staff to the CFO at HubSpot, her teachings are not only relevant for me in my day-to-day, but they're relevant for my team as well.
Raechel H.
It was a complete pleasure to bring in Lorraine to Figma's AAPI ERG community during AAPI month as our special guest speaker to conduct a live workshop all about building influence as an Asian American professional at work. And the audience loved it! They raved about Lorraine's session immediately afterwards as they walked away with more confidence and clarity to bring their best selves to work. They were more engaged in the chat compared to previous speaker sessions, and one of the members shared how thoughtful and beautiful the entire presentation was which contributes to better engagement. She was also super organized, timely, and welcomed feedback (a huge plus in working with a speaker). I would give Lorraine a 10/10 and can't wait to bring her again in the future!
Jean Kang
Lorraine brought high energy and practical advice to our Women Leaders in Data and AI session, How to Build Influence. This was an incredibly well-received session for our executive leaders. As the Director of Member Services, I aim to bring high caliber speakers to our events. Lorraine came prepared with so many helpful tips and tricks that our members can apply immediately. Our attendees had great feedback and this event was a win for us!
Julie Headley
Lorraine is a fantastic speaker who has given two TED Talk-caliber sessions at Cisco. Her talks have been some of the most popular among our group. Her presentations are dynamic, interactive, and filled with real-life examples that resonated with our team members. I enthusiastically recommend Lorraine as a speaker and presenter to any organization. We hope to have her back again at Cisco soon!
Jason Riddle
Lorraine gave a session on the topic of building influence to our small group of affinity group members at eero/Amazon, and she did not disappoint! Our attendees gave glowing feedback about how useful and informative the session was. It was packed with a wealth of data-driven insights, actionable recommendations, and opportunities for audience members to weigh in and stay engaged. Lorraine was super professional, and her content made the hour pass by in a flash. We would love to host her again!
Amy Jiang
I would HIGHLY recommend Lorraine as an engaging speaker who consistently delivers valuable and actionable insights. As a moderator at a LinkedIn Asian Alliance ERG event where Lorraine spoke, I was so impressed by her captivating speaking style, she kept the audience fully engaged from start to finish. What sets Lorraine apart is her ability to provide actionable advice. She simplified complex and vague topics into practical steps that attendees could start implementing immediately.
Teju Kotte
I'm so glad that Lorraine came to speak to the GitLab team during our All-Remote Communications speaker series. Her presentation was engaging, easy to follow, and introduced our team to new and innovative ideas on how to improve our video communications. Her presentation encouraged engagement in an authentic way that made everyone enjoy the call. Lorraine was open to having a Q&A after her presentation, which was a great way for our team members to connect with her directly.
Samantha Lee
Lorraine did a tremendous job presenting at TWE's Tech Fair using Prezi. She upskilled the team on how we can overcome "Zoom Fatigue" and build virtual influence to better engage with our stakeholders. Our team members were amazed at the quality of the content. Some stated they could not believe she was presenting live due to how professional she spoke and how interactive the slide contents were.
Max Bradshaw
To say that she was a hit would be an understatement. Lorraine was so engaging, articulate, and insightful throughout the session. She delivered the information in a way that anyone could understand and implement. The attendees got a lot out of the presentation based on the questions they asked and how engaged they were in chat till the end. Even during the planning phase, it was such a treat to work with Lorraine. She was always responsive, enthusiastic, ready to collaborate, and as kind they come. Truly an honor and pleasure to work with her. If you ever have a chance to listen to her, I highly recommend you take that opportunity.
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