Anna Dolce traded her Miss Georgia (Europe) crown and national fame for a $40 shot at the American Dream.
After getting her start in the restaurant industry, Anna observed that often the biggest missing piece in the hospitality industry is in fact, the hospitality.
Fueled by the deeply rooted culture of hospitality and social connectedness she grew up with in Georgia, Anna went on to help business owners lead from the heart and build businesses that last.
Today, leveraging her background in show business, hospitality and entrepreneurship Anna coaches celebrities, elite athletes and entrepreneurs solve their most complex challenges and achieve their most ambitious aims.
Anna has spoken from the TEDx stage, major conferences and industry shows on the topics of service vs. hospitality, entrepreneurship and leadership.
1. Tell us more about what you do and what led you to speak on this platform.
I am a coach to entrepreneurs, business executives, prominent artists and elite athletes. I help them solve their most complex challenges and achieve their most ambitious goals.
I also speak at major conferences and industry shows on the topics of entrepreneurship, hospitality, sales and organizational culture.
2. How do you chose and prepare for a talk?
I prepare for a talk by deeply understanding my audience. Once I know what my audience needs and wants to take away from my talk, I tailor my content and delivery accordingly.
3. What are the best public speaking tips that have worked for you?
Practice until you internalize your content, don’t memorize it. When you internalize and know your content in and out, you will not worry about the delivery of it.
Have an attention grabbing open and a dynamic end. When you open with a bang, your audience will want to stay and listen. Dynamic and strong statement at closing ensures your audience will remember your talk.
Your job as a speaker is not just to deliver information, but to make sure your information gets remembered. You do this through stories, humour and using your personality. People don’t remember information but stories and emotional moments.
4. How can one become a public speaker?
By deciding to become one, then speaking to the public. Public speaking is a whole business of its own, there is a lot to learn in order to reach the level at which you get paid (well) to speak. Start by making a decision and acting on it.
5. What impact do you want to make in the world?
Whatever impact I am making right now, which is elevating everyone who comes in contact with me.
I do this through my coaching, speaking and my sheer presence in the room.
6. Which is your favourite book and why?
Read too many, don’t have a favourite. My favourite will be the book I write.
Interviewed by - Srishti Udani
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