Keynote
A shared leadership lens with reflection, recognizable situations, and a practical next step.
Flagship keynote & facilitated experience
The Power of Your Presence™
Help your leaders communicate clearly, respond more intentionally, and choose a leadership behavior to practice—especially when the work gets demanding.
A keynote creates a shared starting point. Related facilitated experiences give your team more room to turn reflection into practice.
Donna in the room
A moment with Donna
Unmute Your Authentic Voice
Hear Donna speak about finding and using your authentic voice.
When the pressure rises, how do your leaders respond?
The Power of Your Presence™ brings recognizable workplace moments into a practical leadership conversation. Participants consider how their words, reactions, and follow-through affect the people around them.
- A tense conversation needs clarity without losing empathy.
- A capable new manager needs support for leading people—not just completing tasks.
- Competing demands leave a team unsure what matters most.
- A leader’s reactions change with the pressure, making expectations hard to read.
Learning that can move into the next workday.
Your audience’s priorities shape the experience. Participants will have opportunities to…
- Recognize how pressure influences your leadership response.
- Create a brief space to choose a more intentional response.
- Practice communicating with clarity, empathy, and accountability.
- Identify one leadership behavior to apply and reflect on after the experience.
For people who lead people.
Designed for school nutrition and district leaders, conference and association audiences, HR and learning teams, government, and higher education. The consultation starts with your audience’s responsibilities, pressures, and desired learning—not a one-size-fits-all package.
Workshop or leadership lab
More time for facilitated conversation and practice with situations relevant to your team.
Continuing development
Explore coaching and team development to revisit priorities and support ongoing reflection and practice.
Explore leadership developmentExperience that understands service and responsibility.
Donna Davis brings approximately 30 years of public service and the perspective of a former South Carolina state child nutrition director. She understands that leadership happens alongside real deadlines, responsibilities, and people’s needs.
A leadership speaker, facilitator, and executive coach, Donna holds a master’s in Human Resource Development from Clemson University and is a Certified Public Manager.
The approach behind the experience.
Donna selects the tools and activities that fit your audience and agreed objectives.
The PRESENCE™ Framework
Eight connected keys for noticing how you lead yourself and others.
See the PRESENCE FrameworkPEACE Emotional Reset Formula™
A practical reset sequence for demanding emotional moments.
Explore PEACEPRESENCE™ Power Index
Take the Index and get your first 30 days of leadership actions for free.
Explore the Power IndexIllustrative scenario
A change in priorities. A choice in how to respond.
A team faces two urgent requests, and a manager’s first response is to give shorter instructions. Participants can examine different choices: name the shared priority, ask what needs clarification, and agree on a next step. One practical behavior to carry back to work is checking for shared understanding before closing the conversation.
Read school nutrition engagement feedbackDelivery shaped around your audience
Available nationwide and virtually. Your planning conversation defines timing, activities, takeaways, and any materials for the agreed session.
Participants work with recognizable leadership situations, examine the choices available, and identify a response to carry into their next conversation.
Questions from your planning team
Do you offer standard packages?
Engagements are tailored to the organization. We discuss your audience, goals, setting, and timeline, then recommend an appropriate scope. Your proposal confirms the details and investment.
What is The Power of Your Presence™?
It is Donna Davis’s flagship leadership keynote and related facilitated experience for clearer communication, intentional responses, and consistent leadership under pressure.
How do we inquire about an event?
Have an event in mind? Send an inquiry with your audience, possible dates, and goals. Want to discuss the right approach? Book a leadership consultation.
How is the experience customized?
Donna discusses your audience’s responsibilities, recognizable challenges, and desired learning objectives with your planning team before agreeing on scope.
Does every engagement include all eight keys or the Power Index?
No. Frameworks and tools are selected according to the agreed scope. You can take the Power Index separately and get your first 30 days of leadership actions for free; discuss team use during a consultation.
What are the duration, fee, and travel terms?
These depend on the engagement and are discussed in the consultation and proposal.
Is virtual delivery available?
Yes. Donna is available nationwide and virtually. Discuss timing, audience, and format during your consultation.
Continue exploring
Designed around your people and your priorities.
Your audience, goals, and setting shape the experience. We begin with the leadership challenges you want to address, then agree on the format, timing, activities, and materials that fit your organization.
Keynotes, workshops, leadership labs, and ongoing development offer different ways to support the work. Your proposal confirms the scope and investment.
Discuss Your Organization’s Goals(opens booking calendar in a new tab)Let’s talk about the leaders you are developing.
Start with a conversation about your audience, goals, and event.