As CEO of Dynamic Vision International Inc., Eldonna Lewis Fernandez dispenses leadership, negotiation and communication training to corporate clients and small business owners internationally. Her business is built on a 23-year career as a contract specialist in the Air Force, where she negotiated hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of domestic and international contracts – everything from pens and paper to office machines, automotive parts and aircraft maintenance.
After retiring from the Air Force, Eldonna spent 10 years as a contracts administrator, negotiator and systems analyst for aerospace companies such as Raytheon, Sparta and Parsons. She worked with Raytheon and the U.S. Navy on the F-18 Radar program, and with Sparta and Parsons on satellite launch programs for the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Today, her corporate workshops and keynotes cover a variety of topics – everything from negotiating skills to leading effective meetings and becoming a self-leader, which she defines as “asking for what you want, and owning the power to stand up for yourself.”
The award-winning speaker and author is one of 69 Toastmaster Accredited Speakers worldwide. She enlivens every keynote, workshop or breakout session with games or simulations. “You remember it because you are experiencing the information rather than passively listening to it,” she says.
Eldonna has written two books: Think Like A Negotiator, 50 Ways to Create Win Win Results by Understanding the Pitfalls to Avoid and GoPINK Rules of Engagement: 5 Foundational Principles for Taking Control of the Handlebars of Your Life. She also co-authored Heart of a Military Woman, a compilation of stories by, for and about military women.
Among her many media credits, she has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox Business, Fox News and CNN, and been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes and The Huffington Post.
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Think Like A Negotiator Experiential Session
30+ Years Negotiation and Leadership Expert, Dynamic Speaker and Innovative Gamification Trainer Helping Your Audience Gain More Confidence, Improve Negotiation and Communication skills and be Motivated to Ask For Exactly What You Want.
Are your employees or conference/event attendees lacking confidence or are hesitant to ask for exactly what you want?
Have they ever missed an opportunity because they did not ask?
Do they perhaps hesitate to negotiate because they don’t want to seem pushy?
Let your audience learn negotiation and self leadership skills that will make them more confident, more productive, better negotiators and a better version of themselves both personally and professionally.
For over 30 years, I’ve been a keynote speaker, trainer, and consultant for Corporations, Conferences, Events, and Training sessions. As a result, I work with their conference and event attendees and employees become more confident, competent and productive through improving their negotiation and communication skills in their daily work.
Have your employees or conference attendees ever:
*Lacked confidence?
*Missed an opportunity because they didn’t ask for exactly what they wanted?
*Avoided negotiation because they didn’t want to seem pushy?
For your employees or conference attendees, do you want them to have:
*Increased level of confidence?
*Ability to communicate with clarity and purpose?
*Understanding of how to interact/negotiate with different personalities?
*Improved work environment where communication flows?
*Increased sales, productivity and bottom line?
Do you want them to actually implement what they learn immediately by experiencing the content instead of just passively listening to it?
Clients include Raytheon, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California Board of Equalization, California State University Fullerton, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Southern California Edison, Toastmasters International. Certified Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned Business – Veterans Administration
“Filled to capacity, standing room only, outstanding presentation. The Think Like A Negotiator session provided takeaways for attendees to hone their negotiation skills” Rachel Baranick, Deputy District Director U.S. Small Business Administration
►►► If you want your employees or conference attendees to become more confident, competent and productive in their daily work, please select me for your next conference or company training.
Takeaways:
In this highly-charged, content-packed presentation you will learn how to be more confident, find more power, and create win-win results. You will be energized, empowered and educated to be a better negotiator and understand the art and language of negotiation.
Your will learn:
• The 7 primary strategies to reach a negotiated agreement in business, employment and day to day life.
• How to go into any situation with 100% confidence that you will get the results you want
• Strategies to consistently and quickly build the “know, like and trust” factor fast and with integrity
• Know what to ask for and how to ask
• Understand strategies to turn a discussion or disagreement to a more favorable result
• The foundations of offer, acceptance, counteroffer and handling rejection
• How to determine if what you are being offered is fair and reasonable
Tailored for your audience, experiential in nature
Think Like A Negotiator Keynote
30+ Years Negotiation and Leadership Expert, Dynamic Speaker and Innovative Gamification Trainer Helping Your Audience Gain More Confidence, Improve Negotiation and Communication skills and be Motivated to Ask For Exactly What You Want.
Are your employees or conference/event attendees lacking confidence or are hesitant to ask for exactly what you want?
Have they ever missed an opportunity because they did not ask? Do they perhaps hesitate to negotiate because they don’t want to seem pushy?
Let your audience learn negotiation and self leadership skills that will make them more confident, more productive, better negotiators and a better version of themselves both personally and professionally.
For over 30 years, I’ve been a keynote speaker, trainer, and consultant for Corporations, Conferences, Events, and Training sessions. As a result, I work with their conference and event attendees and employees become more confident, competent and productive through improving their negotiation and communication skills in their daily work.
Have your employees or conference attendees ever:
*Lacked confidence?
*Missed an opportunity because they didn’t ask for exactly what they wanted?
*Avoided negotiation because they didn’t want to seem pushy?
For your employees or conference attendees, do you want them to have:
*Increased level of confidence?
*Ability to communicate with clarity and purpose?
*Understanding of how to interact/negotiate with different personalities?
*Improved work environment where communication flows?
*Increased sales, productivity and bottom line?
Do you want them to actually implement what they learn immediately by experiencing the content instead of just passively listening to it?
Clients include Raytheon, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California Board of Equalization, California State University Fullerton, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Southern California Edison, Toastmasters International. Certified Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned Business – Veterans Administration
“Filled to capacity, standing room only, outstanding presentation. The Think Like A Negotiator session provided takeaways for attendees to hone their negotiation skills” Rachel Baranick, Deputy District Director U.S. Small Business Administration
►►► If you want your employees or conference attendees to become more confident, competent and productive in their daily work, please select me for your next conference or company training.
Takeaways: In this highly-charged, content-packed presentation you will learn how to be more confident, find more power, and create win-win results. You will be energized, empowered and educated to be a better negotiator and understand the art and language of negotiation.
Your audience will learn:
• The 7 primary strategies to reach a negotiated agreement in business, employment and day to day life.
• How to go into any situation with 100% confidence that you will get the results you want
• Strategies to consistently and quickly build the “know, like and trust” factor fast and with integrity
• Know what to ask for and how to ask
• Understand strategies to turn a discussion or disagreement to a more favorable result
• The foundations of offer, acceptance, counteroffer and handling rejection
• How to determine if what you are being offered is fair and reasonable
Tailored for your industry
Think Like A Leader – Life Lessons to “Take Control of the Handlebars of Your Life”
Fly Fight and Win is the mission of the Air Force. Air Force veteran teaches self leadership as a key to being an effective leader. The best leaders have learned skills to handle their own life challenges and lead by example. Leading yourself first is a foundation for leading others.
FLY – First Lead Yourself is the most important aspect of leadership that many people do not focus on. The most successful leaders are those who have mastered the skills to lead themselves through life’s challenges enabling them to be effective leaders, communicators and motivators.
You cannot effectively lead others if you have no self leadership skills. Self leadership includes building confidence, handling stress, crisis and everyday situations with ease. How do you face the tough decisions whether in a supeConfidence goes hand in hand with success.
It requires engagement and connection with yourself in order to push past any roadblocks to your success.
What is stopping you from leaping over that hurdle to your success? Are you lacking confidence because of fear of failure or maybe even fear of success?
Confidence is not only one of the most important factors in being a great leader, it’s also important whether you are an employee, supervisor, business owner, parent, family member or in any relationship.
Lacking confidence and not having the power to stand up for yourself is one of the key things that holds people back from being successful or achieving their goals and dreams.
In this presentation, you will learn how to stop taking a “back seat” in your life and move to the front seat. You will be inspired you to “take control of the handlebars of your life” and “roll on your throttle” to success.
As an avid Harley rider for 20+ years, Eldonna uses motorcycling as an analogy for success to negotiate your way through life. You will be inspired, empowered and motivated to take action to own you power and achieve your goals and dreams both personally and professionally.
This session will take you through the examples of failures and how to turn those failures into life success and gain confidence, competence and steps to lead a fully engaged life.
Your audience will learn to:
• Go into any situation with 100% confidence that you will get the results you want.
• How to own your power and captivate people with your confidence
• Getting what you want and the keys to unlock the door to winning results
• Three hard-won lessons derived from learning to ride a motorcycle
• What to do to create the clear thinking and make room for the truth
• Stress reduction practices that eliminate the overwhelm
• How to construct your own sense of life balance.
Tailored for your industry/event. Experiential workshop. Keynote also available