Mary Gannon
Executive Vice President, Edelman Media & Presentation Coaching
- Role
- Executive Vice President at Edelman
- Location
- Elmhurst, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Mary Gannon
Mary leads Edelman’s U.S. media and presentation coaching services. She is a dynamic, nationally recognized communications professional who delivers outstanding executive coaching on media relations and presentation poise. Mary strategizes with C-level executives at Fortune 500 companies, managers and sales teams to identify appropriate messaging, effectively engage audiences and convincingly communicate key points. Her confident and positive style invariably brings out the best in her clients.Mary\'s background as a producer and on-air reporter for CNN Television in Atlanta, WGN-Channel 9 and WBBM Radio in Chicago positions her to help CEO’s, CFO’s, Sales executives and other management and client-facing personnel vastly improve their communications skills.Clients include AbbVie, Adobe, AstraZeneca, Boeing, General Mills, Google, HP, Kroger, lululemon, Mitsubishi Power, Motorola Solutions, Snapchat,Target,The Home Depot and Walmart.• Presentation coaching focuses on content organization, executive presence and effectivecontrolling techniques for handling questions from internal and external audiences.• Media and crisis training is customized to help clients deal effectively with reporters, including realistic practice with print, radio and television interviews.Strengths and weaknesses of style are addressed to give clients increased confidence and hands-on tools for improvement in communicating key messages to customers, employees, analysts, shareholders and media. Mary is a responsive and flexible facilitator if your company or organization needs strengthening on presentation skills, media training or simply improved overall \"executive presence.\"Specialties: Executive Coaching, Media Training, Crisis Communications, Presentation Skills
Experience
Executive Vice President
Jun 2014 — Present · Chicago, IL, US
Edelman’s U.S. lead for media, messaging and presentation coaching for the corporate reputation practice.
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Journalism
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