I love connecting with a live audience and get excited as I walk on stage. I find myself motivated by the energy in the room. My objective in working with each client is to understand the audience I am to address. I work to create a singularly unique presentation that directly speaks to each audience. As a result, it is important to understand the composition of the audience. I want to know whether I am speaking to interns, frontline employees, relatively new supervisors, mid-level managers, senior managers or all of the above? Are there specific issues challenging the workforce I will be addressing? This information helps create a relevant, focused presentation.
I enjoy laughing with my audiences and enjoy telling stories with a humorous component. Laughter helps lower defenses and tends to make audiences more receptive to the messages of the presentation. The driving force behind my presentations is my firm belief that life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we respond. I challenge audiences to be actively engaged in their work and reject the idea of becoming nothing more than tumbleweeds blown about by the vagaries of professional winds.
He served at Camp Pendleton, California in the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion and as an Officer Selection Officer in Washington, DC.
As an Executive Assistant Director (EAD) with the FBI, Mr. Mason was in charge of the Bureau’s Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services Branch. As a former EAD, Mr. Mason is one of the four most senior African-American executives in the FBI’s history.
After retiring from the FBI, Mr. Mason joined Verizon Communications where he served as a Senior Vice-President and the company’s Chief Security Officer. Mr. Mason was responsible for overseeing and coordinating global security efforts throughout Verizon.
Recent speaking engagements include the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defense Logistics Agency, and Verizon. Please send Michael your information via the form below or call 804-998-0409.
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Working in America – Spectator or Gladiator…You Decide is a book about navigating the sometimes white-water rapids of the American workplace. It is also about living life with intentionality, never yielding to becoming a human tumbleweed, blown from one position to another and lacking passion for any.
