Deborah Deras

Deborah Deras

CA, US
Deborah Deras, M.S. is a charismatic and engaging inspirational speaker, author, and social media marketing consultant. With over 15 years of experience speaking to audiences around the globe.

Deborah Deras, M.S. is a charismatic and engaging inspirational speaker, author, and social media marketing consultant. With over 15 years of experience speaking to audiences around the globe, Deborah is known as one of the top ten Latina speakers in the nation.

Ms. Deras has facilitated leadership and peak performance training, keynote speeches, and board retreats for Fortune 500 companies including J.P. Morgan, Kaiser, Macy's, State Farm Insurance, NASA JPL (Pasadena), NASA (Houston), General Electric, and British Petroleum. She has also facilitated leadership training for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Airforce in California and Arizona. Deborah customizes her approach based on the client's unique business needs and creates programs so that participants can immediately apply practical tools in the workplace.

The audience will walk away with:

  • Peak Performance tools to achieve more in half the time
  • Mindset for success strategies
  • Stress Management techniques
  • Social Media tools to grow your brand

Her book, Confessions of an Adrenaline Addict: How to Achieve More with Less Effort, contains powerful strategies to increase productivity in the workplace. She is also the author of several eBooks which provide readers with the tools necessary to be more effective, productive, and innovative.

Deborah Deras, M.S. is a charismatic and engaging inspirational speaker, author, and social media marketing consultant. With over 15 years of experience speaking to audiences around the globe, Deborah is known as one of the top ten Latina speakers in the nation.

Ms. Deras has facilitated leadership and peak performance training, keynote speeches, and board retreats for Fortune 500 companies including J.P. Morgan, Kaiser, Macy's, State Farm Insurance, NASA JPL (Pasadena), NASA (Houston), General Electric, and British Petroleum. She has also facilitated leadership training for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Airforce in California and Arizona. Deborah customizes her approach based on the client's unique business needs and creates programs so that participants can immediately apply practical tools in the workplace.

The audience will walk away with:

  • Peak Performance tools to achieve more in half the time
  • Mindset for success strategies
  • Stress Management techniques
  • Social Media tools to grow your brand

Her book, Confessions of an Adrenaline Addict: How to Achieve More with Less Effort, contains powerful strategies to increase productivity in the workplace. She is also the author of several eBooks which provide readers with the tools necessary to be more effective, productive, and innovative.

Maximize Your Potential: How to Achieve Your Goals with Less Resources

Maximize Your Potential: How to Achieve Your Goals with Less Resources

Are you having to do more with less resources? Is morale wavering because of all the changes and uncertainty?

During this powerful keynote or breakout workshop, participants will discover
  • How to take ownership of what they can control 
  • How to adjust their mindset to set themselves up for success. 
  • Participants will learn...
Audience ActivityInspirational / Life-changing

Going Beyond Diversity to Create Inclusivity

Is your company struggling with issues around diversity?
Would you like to create a more effective environment where the staff is productive and working cohesively as a team?

We live in an increasingly diverse world in spite of our differences we are more alike than we are different and our unique gifts make us a more powerful workforce.

In this keynote or breakout workshop, the audience will shift their perception from isolating themselves because of perceived...
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Power Networking: Secrets to Professional Success

We all know our network is our network but it is not just who we know but who knows us and will be able to refer us business and career opportunities.

In this interactive workshop, Deborah leads, participants to develop a 15-second elevator pitch. Participants will also discover the 6 steps to attract easily whether you are an introvert or extrovert. Participants will leave with tools to follow up more effectively, even more, clear and confident so they can grow in their...
Entertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny

Social Media Strategy 101: From Likes to Sales

Your business can transform likes to Sales, Shares to Raving Fans, and Comments to Customers.

Social Media Marketing can be overwhelming- from posting, to monitoring comments, to creating content. As busy small business owners we need to be efficient, lean, and ensure that our efforts lead to profit.

Deborah Deras, Social Media Marketing Trainer, for the Southbay SBDC, has used her Social Media knowledge to grow her small business and to coach...

Entertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

Work Life Balance: How to Expand Time

We have so much information coming at us non-stop with the internet and our wifi connection that we have become disconnected with our needs, wants and emotions which leads to feeling stress. Since emotions are energy in motion if we don't deal with them they get repressed in our body and can lead to depression if not released or anxiety or on the other end of the spectrum anger. We can learn to deal with these stressors and improve the productivity of our work, our inner peace...

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How to Speak with Confidence

  • In this course you will learn:
  •     How to calm your nerves in 60 seconds.
  •     The simple way to prepare your speech to nail it every time.
  •     How to set up the room to set yourself up for success.
  •     How to deliver your content to captivate the room.
  •     How to remember your...
Entertainment-basedAudience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / SpecificInspirational / Life-changingHumorous / Funny