Adele Cehrs

Adele Cehrs

CEO

VA, US
Author of SPIKE Your Brand ROI delivers insights on real-time communications strategies to produce a motivational high-impact experience proven to get attendees more influence and results.

Adele Cehrs is the #1 bestselling author of SPIKE Your Brand ROI: How to Maximize Your Reputation and Get Results and is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal's Crisis of the Week. She is a respected as an authority on how organizations can get into the news and get out of the news. Her 16 years of business success guide Epic PR Group, a boutique agency with world-class expertise using public relations, digital and social marketing to boost profits for corporations and nonprofits.


• Adele has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business News, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
• She has keynoted and developed PR programs and strategies for organizations of all sizes including Lockheed Martin, Monster and DuPont.
• Epic PR secured a reality show on TLC for Georgetown Cupcake and created the line experience that is as famous as the cupcake shop founders.
• Adele has spoken at top marketing conferences including ASAE's Annual Conference, PRSA International Conference, American Marketing Association as well as presented at training conferences for Fortune 500 companies.
• Early in her career, she worked for George Magazine and the Asbury Park Press.
• Epic PR Group delivers not just PR, but crisis communications to some of the most recognized brands in business.


Adele's decade-long entrepreneurial journey, cutting edge insights, background in journalism culminate into a keynote speaker and trainer who leaves every audience not only entertained and motivated, but armed with powerful strategies and tactics to get much bigger ROI immediately.

Adele Cehrs is the #1 bestselling author of SPIKE Your Brand ROI: How to Maximize Your Reputation and Get Results and is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal's Crisis of the Week. She is a respected as an authority on how organizations can get into the news and get out of the news. Her 16 years of business success guide Epic PR Group, a boutique agency with world-class expertise using public relations, digital and social marketing to boost profits for corporations and nonprofits.


• Adele has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fox Business News, Inc. Magazine, and Entrepreneur Magazine.
• She has keynoted and developed PR programs and strategies for organizations of all sizes including Lockheed Martin, Monster and DuPont.
• Epic PR secured a reality show on TLC for Georgetown Cupcake and created the line experience that is as famous as the cupcake shop founders.
• Adele has spoken at top marketing conferences including ASAE's Annual Conference, PRSA International Conference, American Marketing Association as well as presented at training conferences for Fortune 500 companies.
• Early in her career, she worked for George Magazine and the Asbury Park Press.
• Epic PR Group delivers not just PR, but crisis communications to some of the most recognized brands in business.


Adele's decade-long entrepreneurial journey, cutting edge insights, background in journalism culminate into a keynote speaker and trainer who leaves every audience not only entertained and motivated, but armed with powerful strategies and tactics to get much bigger ROI immediately.

The Power of Suggestion: How to Get and Gain Influence

Too much information is just noise - until a suggestion by a friend, a post or a viral campaign makes an impact. The trouble is most business people have no way to measure why a suggestion works or doesn't work and they often keep throwing content out to see what sticks.

Do you know what suggestions have worked for your brand? How can you measure the ROI of what worked and what didn't? This keynote session will use real-world examples of brands and people that do more than just communicate...

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How to Protect and Defend Your Brand

Preparing and navigate potential crises is more art than science.

While tricky to navigate, these situations are ideal growth opportunities to demonstrate your leadership, internal and external communication, and collaboration skills.

Through live role play with the audience you will see how to prepare for effective communication with crisis,  flare-ups, and CEO woes. Walk away with improvisational techniques to solve real-life crisis communication conundrums...
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The CMO Playbook

In this session, we will zero in on effective marketing strategies through exclusive, behind-the-scenes visits with top marketers at national and international brands. You will learn consumer and association CMOs' secrets for effective strategic plays that you can use to gain compliance, respect, and authority for your marketing efforts.

Learn how to get buy-in from the chain of command to launch and implement award-winning campaigns. Come ready to demonstrate your marketing...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeHumorous / Funny