Speaking

“If you are looking for a speaker to inspire, entertain, and enlighten, look no further than Sara Carbaugh.”-Frank Armstrong

 

Conferences, events and workshops are a great match for me because I LOVE meeting new people and when I get the chance to help them it’s even more awesome. I have spoken to large and small groups so whatever you’re group’s size I’ll be sure to rock it out.

My quirky brand of teaching makes the presentation one that your audience will enjoy and remember.

Previous Presentations and Workshops:

Organization: Woman Writing for a Change Date: Nov, 8th 2011 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Topic: Join the Conversation Description: Social Media is here to stay and through it the opportunities to communicate, influence, inspire, and inform are offering us ever expansive ways to sustain relationships, build new ones, connect with like-minded others we would otherwise never meet, and to participate at a higher level in what’s happening in the world. In this session you  will  learn  the  basic elements of the  top  social  media sites today and  get the  knowledge you need to start  up your  profiles and start creating  your  online presence right  away!
Organization: International Virtual Assistant Association Date: June 16th 2011 Location: Virtually via GoToWebinar Topic: Expert of the Month Session – Be Creative! It’s Not a Waste of Time Description: How do you feel about your current marketing and your business communication style? Does it get the point across but lacks the unique feel of your personality? Maybe it’s time to add a bit of YOU into your business! Being creative and being a business owner do not need to be separate parts of your life! In this session we will discuss 7 simple ways you can start bringing more fun and energy to your business marketing and communication while still bringing in the clients.
Organization: University of Dayton Date: April 18th, 2011 Location:  Dayton, Ohio Topic: Marketing your Self Published Book Online Description: I had the privilege of being a guest speaker for a class of creative writing students who were learning about how to usee online marketing tools to promote their self published books.
Organization: St. Lawrence College Date: Multiple appearances in 2010,2011,2012 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada via Skype Topic: My Life as a Virtual Assistant Description: I have the great opportunity to speak to a class of office administration students on a regular basis on how I started my business, find my clients and other topics that have to do with being an entrepreneur!

Some Other Topics I love to speak on:

How to be Social on Social Media

Introduction to Facebook

Introduction to Twitter

Bringing your Creativity into your Business

Promoting your Book on Social Media

Goal and Business Planning for Creatives who Hate to Plan

Working on your Business when you are a Work at Home Mom

I can also create custom programs based on your audience! Contact me at sara@yourcreativeally.com so see how I can help make your event a success!

Here are a few thoughts from some organizers I have had the pleasure of speaking for:

“Sara got rave reviews from the group of social media newbies gathered for her stellar presentation at Women Writing for a Change! In her high energy and humorous way she was able to move the group from puzzlement or fear of social media to a greater level of comfort and understanding. In her thorough explanation of the social media networking sites, Sara expertly detailed the uses and benefits of each. She was thoroughly prepared; shared lots of content and attended to the individual needs and questions of the group gathered. She made it fun, entertaining and very informative. Sara is great to work with and we’ll be asking her to come back for more!”

-Nan Fischer, Board President of Women Writing for a Change

 

“Awesome. That’s how my students summed up Sara’s recent visit, via Skype, to our classroom. Sara was an inspirational and articulate orator who spoke with great knowledge, humour, candour, and charisma to my office administration students on the subject of careers in virtual assistance.”

-Frank Armstrong, owner of WordStrong Consulting and business communications professor at St. Lawrence College – Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

 


Here are some of my recent presentations for you to view and enjoy!

Understanding social media
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Be creative!
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Headshots:

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Bio:

Sara Carbaugh is the main magic worker at Your Creative Ally where she helps to create torture-free online marketing plans and training programs to help Creatives create an online presence they love. Well known for her humor and her sparkling personality, Sara brings a fun and quirky feel to her work. Sara is a Certified Virtual Author’s Assistant and loves to work with new, up and coming authors. She is also an active member and volunteer with IVAA as well as The Buckeye VA Connection in real life.

Sara lives in Hamilton, Ohio (near Cincinnati) with her husband Josh and her beautiful daughter Aerith.

Long(ish) Bio:

In March of 2009, Sara Carbaugh realized that she was not cut out for the “stay at home mom eating bon-bons all day” life style and decided to create a virtual assistant business called Right Click Office Services. She offered WordPress, email newsletters, document creation, contact management and many more services to help entrepreneurs with their everyday tasks.

You may say, “But I thought her business name was Your Creative Ally!” and you would be correct because after a year or so of working with anyone and everyone who fogged up a mirror and wanted to give her money, she realized that her true audience was the fun, creative people who she really connected with like authors, artists and actors. She re-branded and focused her message so that now her business focuses on creating online marketing strategies as well as creating training packages to help Creatives create an online presence that they love. By using her fun and quirky personality she is able to train clients on using Facebook, Twitter, Google+, email marketing and WordPress websites to create a marketing plan that will engage their audience in a way that doesn’t feel like torture for her client.

When she’s not writing her blog/newsletter and sharing fun stories and tips, tweeting and Facebooking about her love of Doctor Who or checking her email for the 500th time that day (she has a problem and we have an intervention scheduled…) you can find her on stage in local community theater, playing online games, re-watching Princess Bride for the umptenth time or reading fun and interesting books about business, science fiction/fantasy or fun biographies.

Sara lives in Hamilton, Ohio (near Cincinnati) with her husband Josh and her beautiful daughter Aerith, who is both her reason for working AND her reason for drinking. (Please send her rum and Cokes if you see her out; she deserves them…)