Dear Faculty Members,

Back by popular demand!  Learn the tips and tricks that professionals use to make communicating on video look easy!  We have invited award-winning television news anchors Sharon Delaney and Melanie Saunders, both formerly of NBC 17, to present “Top Tips for Successful On-Camera Presentation” and share their proven secrets to being effective and relaxed in front of the camera.

Here at the School of Nursing, we are using video more and more often to communicate to external audiences via our website, in direct outreach efforts and on social media, especially our YouTube channel. We have numerous opportunities to incorporate video into how we market our programs, recruit new students, promote our research and attract new faculty and donors; therefore, our ability to communicate in an interesting, compelling and authentic manner will be crucial to the success of our future communication efforts.

You only need to attend one session, and no more than six people will be in each one.

Here are three important facts about the growing importance of communicating well with video and why this presentation is important for you to consider attending:

1. 93% of online experiences begin with a search engine and YouTube is the #2 search engine with more than one billion unique visits each month.
2. As computing devices get smaller and smaller (desktop to tablet to mobile phone), 20% of people will read text while 80% of people will watch a video displaying that exact same content.
3. Over the past six months, over 1/3 of the traffic to our website was on a mobile device or tablet.

Our goal for the workshops that will is to help you present your messages with power, poise and persuasion. These are not media training sessions on interviewing; they are presentations on effective communication using video.

Please mark your calendars for:

Small Group Workshops

(You only need to attend one.)

Wednesday, July 13, 9 AM - noon, Pearson 2062–OR–Thursday, July 21, 9 AM - noon, Pearson 2062–OR–Thursday, August 4, 9 AM - noon, Pearson 2064

Secure your spot today!  RSVP to Amy Baskin (amy.baskin@duke.edu). 

Our Presenters

Sharon Delaney

Sharon is an Emmy Award winning journalist who brings 20 years of media experience to her clients. She reported on the news in markets across the southeast, with her last stop in front of the camera at WNCN-TV/NBC 17 in Raleigh, NC.

From the Persian Gulf War to John Glenn's historic return to space to the Super Bowl to hurricanes, floods, politics and entertainment, Sharon has covered thousands of stories that have affected people's lives on a daily basis. She has moderated gubernatorial and mayoral debates, and she's done one-on-one interviews with the likes of Martin Sheen, Jerry Orbach, Nick Lachey, Martha Stewart and Diane Sawyer.

Melanie Saunders

Melanie has been working as a television journalist for 20 years. For the past 11 years, she has anchored the evening newscasts for the NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina. During that time she also launched a popular series called “What’s Next,” which showcased the latest innovators and inventors in the region. These segments consistently garnered some of the station’s highest viewership on the air and on the station’s website.

Before moving to Raleigh, Melanie worked as an Anchor/Reporter in New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama and Dothan, Alabama and Panama City, Florida. Her experience is vast from non-stop hurricane coverage to Mardi Gras parades to interviewing top elected officials.