Experience

Burriss Consulting, Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• I guide sales teams on the use of LinkedIn & Sales Navigator ◦ Strategy - Advice - Training

  • 2009 - Present

  North Carolina, United States I truly enjoy helping business professionals who want real value from their use of LinkedIn. I design, create, and deliver LinkedIn Training, Keynote Speeches, and Consulting to business professionals. Being a LinkedIn trainer allows me to help individuals master LinkedIn as a business tool in order to create real business value. Too often sales teams are given the tools with no worthwhile training and/or coaching to be able to use them effectively. This is a challenge I love to… Show more I truly enjoy helping business professionals who want real value from their use of LinkedIn. I design, create, and deliver LinkedIn Training, Keynote Speeches, and Consulting to business professionals. Being a LinkedIn trainer allows me to help individuals master LinkedIn as a business tool in order to create real business value. Too often sales teams are given the tools with no worthwhile training and/or coaching to be able to use them effectively. This is a challenge I love to solve. If you're using LinkedIn and/or Sales Navigator in your Lead Generation or prospecting processes, I can help you and your team master the philosophies and technical tactics of using these business tools. I'm fortunate to be building relationships with lots of people in broad ranges of industries, countries, and regions. Through these fabulous connections, I get to help lots of people create success using LinkedIn while I discover different ways to use these tools. I am called upon to provide LinkedIn and Sales Navigator training as well as Social Media strategy, consulting & training on other social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. I have well defined LinkedIn Profile, Networking, Engagement, and Prospecting processes I love sharing with business professionals and students. Businesses also hire me to provide training & keynote speeches related to Networking and Social Networking. My training, webinars, seminars, and content are designed to guide & excite my clients to use social media to create real value in business, career, and life around the use of LinkedIn as a business tool. Being your LinkedIn Trainer, LinkedIn Coach, Consultant or Instructor can be rewarding for your sales team and your company. My experiences as a Leadership Coach, Career Coach, Dale Carnegie Graduate Coach, and Sandler Sales Trained continue to help me be a better Trainer. LinkedIn Training Sales Navigator Training Social Prospecting Social Networking Social Listening

• Google Workspace & Gmail Strategist & Trainer

  • 2021 - Present

  In this division of the company, we guide individuals and teams on the use of Google Workspace as a Business Tool. We produce videos on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GoogleWorkspaceandGmail/videos and answer questions on Quora - https://www.quora.com/profile/tlburriss We can guide an organization in the conversion from Microsoft Office products and transitioning completely to Google Workspace tools, including: Google Gmail Google Contacts Google… Show more In this division of the company, we guide individuals and teams on the use of Google Workspace as a Business Tool. We produce videos on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/GoogleWorkspaceandGmail/videos and answer questions on Quora - https://www.quora.com/profile/tlburriss We can guide an organization in the conversion from Microsoft Office products and transitioning completely to Google Workspace tools, including: Google Gmail Google Contacts Google Calendar Google Drive Google Docs Google Sheets Google Forms Google Slides Google Contacts And more

• LinkedIn Webinar Design, Production, Recording and Training

  • 2015 - Present

  Global Webinars are an effective and efficient method of delivering LinkedIn Training to your business development and sales teams. I design, develop and deliver webinars across the globe using either my webinar tools or my client's tools, WebEx, GotoMeeting, Zoom, BlackBoard, etc. To provide the best possible programs I develop and deliver customized LinkedIn webinars focused on the attendees. My customized LinkedIn webinar programs include attendee evaluation of LinkedIn SSI… Show more Webinars are an effective and efficient method of delivering LinkedIn Training to your business development and sales teams. I design, develop and deliver webinars across the globe using either my webinar tools or my client's tools, WebEx, GotoMeeting, Zoom, BlackBoard, etc. To provide the best possible programs I develop and deliver customized LinkedIn webinars focused on the attendees. My customized LinkedIn webinar programs include attendee evaluation of LinkedIn SSI Score, Network, Profile views and engagement prior to delivery of the webinars. This help my clients to understand their employee needs and potentials related to using LinkedIn as a business tool prior to the webinars. All of the LinkedIn webinars I deliver include the related webinar notes, ebooks, articles and videos sent directly to the attendees after the session. All of the Burriss Consulting LinkedIn Webinars are recorded for attendee use after the session. All attendees have access to the LinkedIn trainer during and even after each LinkedIn Webinar so they can continue improving their skills using LinkedIn as a business tool. If you want to expand your sales team or business development team's skills and results using LinkedIn as a business tool, let's discuss your needs. Contact me here or through the office - 336-283-6121 or info@burrissconsulting.com

• Leadership Coaching, Training, Speaker, Facilitator

  • 2011 - Present

  North Carolina I enjoy working with business professionals who want to develop their leadership skills in order to impact their teams and organizations positively. I design, develop and deliver leadership training classes, 1:1 coaching and keynote speeches. I help individuals and teams uncover and enhance their leadership skills with new ideas, philosophies and tactics necessary to manage diverse and underperforming organizations. Some of my most saught after classes… Show more I enjoy working with business professionals who want to develop their leadership skills in order to impact their teams and organizations positively. I design, develop and deliver leadership training classes, 1:1 coaching and keynote speeches. I help individuals and teams uncover and enhance their leadership skills with new ideas, philosophies and tactics necessary to manage diverse and underperforming organizations. Some of my most saught after classes include: Communications Motivating your workforce Coaching your workforce Managing Conflict Time Management Ideation vs Brainstorming Meeting Management and many more. Using my training from: Certified DDI Facilitator HRDQ Certified Career Coach Dale Carnegie Graduate Coach Sandler Sales President Club training Toastmaster training, it's a privilege to help business professionals transform into leaders in part through my training and coaching. My Leadership coaching and training work is rewarding for me also because I get to refresh my own skills as I am training and coaching others.

• Career Transition Coach | Career Guidance | LinkedIn Trainer for Job Seekers

  • 2011 - 2022

  United States As a Career Transition Coach I focus you on the critical areas of career transition. I helped people with Career Guidance discussions and research. My career consulting services are focused on these areas of career transition: 1 - Discovery of who you are - Without clearly knowing who you are the journey can be difficult. 2 - Building the relevant marketing material. Anyone can cobble together a resume, many do. However, I coach and help you build meaningful resumes, cover… Show more As a Career Transition Coach I focus you on the critical areas of career transition. I helped people with Career Guidance discussions and research. My career consulting services are focused on these areas of career transition: 1 - Discovery of who you are - Without clearly knowing who you are the journey can be difficult. 2 - Building the relevant marketing material. Anyone can cobble together a resume, many do. However, I coach and help you build meaningful resumes, cover letters, networking profiles, LinkedIn Profiles, business cards, about.me pages and any other necessary marketing material. 3 - Staying on task and focused on the best practices of career transition. Anyone can get distracted. I help you stay the course and work on the important task while managing the energy and time you put into all that other stuff that is not as important, but still needs to be done. It's a pleasure to provide LinkedIn Training and overall career coaching to my clients in career transition.


Davidson-Davie Community College
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Interim Small Business Center Director

  • 2023 - Present


SCORE Mentors NC Piedmont Triad

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Score Mentor

  • 2020 - Present

  I get to help start-up organizations and young/small businesses who want to move their businesses to the next level. I enjoy doing Zoom calls and guiding these business owners and entrepreneurs around all types of topics, including Being clear about their purpose and goals. Business Planning Developing focus on their target audience. Developing best practices and tactics of outreach to their target audience. Developing marketing and sales tactics. Finding other… Show more I get to help start-up organizations and young/small businesses who want to move their businesses to the next level. I enjoy doing Zoom calls and guiding these business owners and entrepreneurs around all types of topics, including Being clear about their purpose and goals. Business Planning Developing focus on their target audience. Developing best practices and tactics of outreach to their target audience. Developing marketing and sales tactics. Finding other resources that can help them in their business goals. I fully enjoy the time I get to spend with these mentees and seeing them become successful in their business goals. If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Score Mentor, ask me. Show less



outsourceIT

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Business Developer

  • 2005 - 2010

  It was a great job with lots of rewards - the biggest reward is the connections and then friends with whom I created fabulous relationships. I was successful with Strategic Technology Consulting and Contract Staffing solutions and learned a lot about people, processes & systems. In this role, I began experimenting with and experiencing the benefits of using LinkedIn as a business tool. I began seriously using LinkedIn in my networking and prospecting activities and began… Show more It was a great job with lots of rewards - the biggest reward is the connections and then friends with whom I created fabulous relationships. I was successful with Strategic Technology Consulting and Contract Staffing solutions and learned a lot about people, processes & systems. In this role, I began experimenting with and experiencing the benefits of using LinkedIn as a business tool. I began seriously using LinkedIn in my networking and prospecting activities and began developing my own best practices using LinkedIn to Network and prospect. Many of the people I connected with during this job soon became great business partners and even friends. This was very rewarding for me professionally as well as personally. Show less



The Budd Group

• Facilities Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP Organizational Development

  • 1997 - 2005

  I managed Field Employee development & training initiatives, the Internal Brand Marketing activities as well as IT and ERP systems. This career step began my journey of continually growing a meaningful network of professionals and passionate people who have become friends and business partners in many different ways.