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Invite Daena as Your Keynote Speaker!

Many organizations have invited Daena to participate as a motivational speaker or to create keynote presentations that help "kick-off" an event. Her presentations are specially designed to to reflect the focus or theme of your event. Many companies and non-profit groups throughout the U.S. have used her wit and wisdom to kick off conferences, conventions, organizational meetings and corporate events. Her presentations highlight the program themes with a skillful blend of motivational insights, organizational anecdotes, and hilarious comedy. Drawing on her expertise as a teacher and master of improvisation,

Daena has designed presentations on a variety of topics including:

  • PUBLIC SPEAKING
  • THRIVING IN TIMES OF TRANSITIONS & CHANGE
  • STRESS MANAGEMENT
  • HEALTH/FITNESS
  • CREATIVITY/INNOVATION
  • EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
  • LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  • VALUES/ETHICS/INTEGRITY IN BUSINESS
  • OVERCOMING SHYNESS AND STAGE FRIGHT
  • NEGOTIATION SKILLS
  • CONFLICT RESOLUTION
  • MANAGING PEOPLE
  • ENHANCING PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY
  • CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENCE
  • EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
  • WORK/LIFE BALANCE

DAENA’S CLIENTS INCLUDE:

  • BENTLEY COLLEGE
  • BOSTON CONSERVATORY
  • CELLULAR ONE
  • CITIBANK
  • EASTMAN KODAK
  • EMERSON COLLEGE
  • FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
  • FORUM CORPORATION
  • GNOMON COPY
  • HEALTH NEW ENGLAND
  • IDF – ISRAELI ARMY
  • IMAGINE FOODS
  • KANTOR FAMILY INSTITUTE
  • LISA VANDENBURGH INTERIOR DESIGN LTD.
  • MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL ALLIANCE
  • NEW MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
  • OMEGA INSTITUTE
  • OXYGEN TV
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
  • SHERATON
  • U.N. CONFERENCE ON WOMEN
  • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

DAENA’S BIO

Daena Giardella is a motivational speaker, communications consultant and professional actress who has been inspiring audiences for more than twenty years with her custom designed training programs and performances that entertain and educate. As a prolific producer and writer, Daena has created and starred in a variety of one-woman shows about the challenges we all face in everyday life. Her shows have taken a light-hearted and poignant approach to everything from dealing with the difficulties in our relationships, to the stress of living in a high-tech, fast paced world, or the internal and external limitations that prevent us from fully living our lives.

Daena’s talents were featured in the reality based television series called The Life Makeover Project with Cheryl Richardson for the Oxygen television network. She appeared in the PBS series Discovering Psychology (which aired for over a decade), and A New Voice, a WGBH television series about inner-city teenagers and teachers. As a member of AFTRA she has recorded numerous commercials, narrations, and videos and, she was a faculty member of Emerson College and Boston Conservatory. Daena also received a special invitation to travel to Poland to work with legendary theatre director Jerzy Grotowski, who was featured in the film “My Dinner with Andre.”

Daena has presented workshops and seminars to thousands of participants from all walks of life. Her unique method for teaching improvisation to theatre professionals has been successfully adapted to business and educational settings for more than two decades. Daena also coaches corporate executives to dramatically improve their leadership skills so they are able to speak and act with dynamic presence and authenticity.

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