Mastering Business Communications, with Pamela DeRitis, Connect and Captivate (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 802)
In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, John Ray interviews Pamela DeRitis with Connect and Captivate. Pamela discusses her background in acting and how it informs her approach to corporate communications, emphasizing authentic connection and captivating an audience. She details techniques like improv and structured storytelling to help clients enhance their speaking and video presentations. Pamela also shares client success stories, including overcoming personal challenges and preparing for high-stakes presentations. The conversation touches on the importance of emotional engagement, the impact of AI on communication training, and tips for effectively connecting with an audience.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced by the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Pamela DeRitis, Connect and Captivate
Pamela draws on over fifteen years of experience in acting and improv to help you create authentic and influential communications with your peers, employees, or audience.
Through coaching that builds confidence and character, Pamela will help you become a trusted partner to your clients and customers, whether you are giving a keynote speech, creating video content to help sales conversions, or networking in person.
Pamela’s coaching programs are formulated from her training in the Meisner technique, Practical Aesthetics, improv, and other neuroscience-based acting techniques, which have all shaped her life as an artist and entrepreneur.
Pamela brings her unstoppable creative momentum to the table to help your businesses gain an EQ advantage and become a captivating communicator, on camera, or off.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode
00:00 Introduction to North Fulton Business Radio
01:21 Meet Pamela DeRitis with Connect and Captivate
01:32 Pamela’s Journey and Connect and Captivate
02:10 Acting and Improv in Business Communication
04:41 Emotional Breakthroughs and Business Applications
08:14 Challenges in Business Communication
17:59 Storytelling Principles in Business
21:58 Client Success Stories
24:00 The Role of AI in Business Communication
26:56 How to Know You Need a Communication Coach
32:53 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio
Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions, with over $17 billion in assets and more than 180 banking, lending, wealth management, and financial services offices throughout the region. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.
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Renasant Bank supports the Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer
Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer (formerly It’s The Journey) is a registered 501c3 non-profit that strives to support Georgia’s breast cancer community by raising funds to support breast health and breast cancer programs throughout the state of Georgia.
GAABC’s mission is to engage with Georgia’s breast cancer community to increase access to care and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes.
Randi Passoff, a breast cancer survivor, founded GAABC in 2002. She created “the kinder and gentler breast cancer walk” based off the Avon 3-Day Breast Cancer Walk. Instead of a 3-day walk of 60 miles over 3 days and sleeping in a tent, the Georgia 2-Day Walk covers 30 miles over 2 days, and participants sleep in a hotel. Most importantly, what’s raised in Georgia stays in Georgia.
Renasant Bank is a major supporter of GAABC, both in corporately donated funds and employee donations and participation in the walk.
To learn more about GAABC and the 2-Day Walk, go to the GAABC Website.
About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray
With over 790 shows and having featured over 1,200 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!
The show welcomes a wide variety of business, non-profit, and community leaders to get the word out about the important work they’re doing to serve their market, their community, and their profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates business by sharing positive business stories that traditional media ignore. Some media leans left. Some media leans right. We lean business.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is recorded and produced from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.
The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.
John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants and bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.
John is the national bestselling author of The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices.
