Lorraine Lee is a top-rated global keynote speaker, a consultant, and an instructor for Stanford Continuing Studies and LinkedIn Learning. She is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice and has more than 300,000+ LinkedIn followers and over a decade of experience leading editorial teams at the world’s top tech firms.
Lorraine has been invited as a guest speaker to Zoom, Cisco, Atlassian, Amazon, and McKinsey and Company, among others. She covers a wide range of topics including creating engaging virtual presentations, growing your following on LinkedIn, effectively communicating in a virtual world, leading collaborative remote and distributed teams that thrive, and designing impactful virtual and hybrid meetings.
She was named a Top Virtual Speaker by ReadWrite and was a finalist for Global Conference Speaker of the Year by WomenTech. She was also named a Top 15 LinkedIn Expert in San Francisco by Influence Digest and was a finalist for Content Marketer of the Year at the Women in Content Marketing Awards.
Before starting her own company, Lorraine led teams at Prezi, SlideShare, and LinkedIn. She was a founding editor at each of these companies, where 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 Inc., ReadWrite, and Entrepreneur, and has also been a guest on many podcasts.
She received her BSJ from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and currently resides in San Francisco.
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Supercharge Your Executive Presence: A Leader's Guide to Managing Your Brand At Work
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:
- Uncover common communication pitfalls that undermine your presence — and learn strategies for turning them into your strength
- Define your UPI (Your Unique and Powerful Introduction) that succinctly captures your professional identity and value
- Discover the most impactful methods for managing up that boost your credibility and foster stronger relationships
How To Build Influence in the Hybrid Office
For General Audiences and AAPI Groups
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 virtual session you'll learn:
- The RAVE Model and how to apply it to your daily life
- Simple yet actionable ways to boost your influence, in-person and virtually
- Mistakes you may be making that are hurting your influence
How To Lead With Impact: Strategies to Build Collaboration and Trust On Your Team
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 virtual session you'll learn:
- Essential elements to include when onboarding your team
- How to leverage all different types of meetings to connect with each other and move work forward
- Strategies for facilitating collaboration across functions and geographies
9 Essential Tips For More Effective Hybrid And Virtual Meetings
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:
- How to drive engagement and create a productive meeting
- Ways to ensure all voices are heard and included in the meeting
- What you need to properly plan and prepare for your hybrid meeting
How To Build Your LinkedIn Presence
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 virtual session you'll learn:
- How to optimize your profile to get more opportunities
- Best practices for sharing content to grow your audience and visibility
- Techniques to build credibility and be recognized as a thought leader
Make a Memorable First Impression On Video: THE TEA METHOD
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 virtual session you'll learn:
- What the TEA Method is and how it can help you capture attention
- Ways to appear more professional, memorable, and confident on video
- How to create the perfect video setup
BONUS: Follow along with your TEA Method checklist to make sure you’re set up for success.
How To Present Like a Pro
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 virtual session you'll learn:
- How to feel and exude confidence during your next presentation
- Why presenting virtually is different — and how to leverage its benefits
- The 5-Step Presentation Attention Framework to build and deliver a captivating and persuasive presentation
Communicate with Confidence In a Virtual World
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:
- How to appear more confident and competent on video
- Tips and tricks to keep your audience engaged with your content
- Best practices to optimize your video presence
How to Stand Out Virtually: Video and LinkedIn Essentials
In a world that’s increasingly relying on video, knowing how to present yourself and your message over video is going to be critical to your success. The problem is, being on video can be scary and overwhelming.
Fortunately, with a few simple tips, you can ensure that you stand out, whether you’re leading a team meeting, hosting a webinar, presenting on the virtual stage or building your brand on social media sites like LinkedIn.
Join Lorraine Lee, a top-rated virtual keynote speaker, former LinkedIn editor, and popular LinkedIn Learning Instructor, for a webinar designed to help you become a more effective virtual presenter.
In this virtual session you'll learn:
- How to be more confident on video and keep your audience engaged
- Best practices for video meetings and events
- Tips and tricks for sharing video content on LinkedIn to reach a larger audience
"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!"
"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!"