Debbie Mayo-Smith
Productivity Expert, Business Strategist, and Author
Corporate strategist, best-selling author, and mother of six, Debbie shows audiences how to work smarter, not harder. With practical tips, engaging stories, and a warm style, she turns stress into control and ideas into results.
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With a career spanning finance, marketing, and business development, Debbie brings a unique, practical perspective to every speaking engagement. She earned a Double Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Geography from Southern Connecticut University before launching a successful career in the corporate world. Starting as a Financial Analyst at Aetna Life and Casualty and later as a Market Analyst for AIG on Wall Street, Debbie gained a solid foundation in data-driven decision-making and strategic market analysis.
In 1985, just days after her wedding, Debbie and her husband Steve relocated to Wellington, New Zealand, where she made a major impact in the local business community. She created the first-ever Marketing Manager role at Tower Trust Services (the unit trust arm of Tower Corporation) and went on to help found Jardine Fleming New Zealand as the Director of Marketing.
Debbie’s speaking style is both insightful and practical, bringing real-world experience to the table. Her presentations focus on customer-centric strategies, offering actionable advice for business development, marketing, and CRM. She’s known for demystifying complex software and internet tools, showing audiences how to leverage the resources they already have to achieve greater efficiency and success.
As a passionate advocate for using everyday desktop software and CRM systems effectively, Debbie’s approach is refreshing and grounded in real-world application. Her talks are known for their engaging storytelling, where she shares not only her own experiences but also those of her clients, helping listeners connect deeply with the material. Debbie’s goal is always to leave her audience inspired, informed, and ready to apply practical strategies to their own business challenges.
You’ll love Debbie’s warm, relaxed style. In the training environment, Debbie moves individuals from feeling stressed to empowered; overloaded to in-control. Teams find her content entertaining, practical. plain talking; full of how-to’s and tips focusing on helping them with time management; communication and technology. A best-selling author of sixteen books, Debbie was labelled Ms Productivity by the media not just for her work; she is also a mother of six children including twins and triplets.
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Productivity How to Free Up ½ An Hour A Day!
So much work today is computer/tablet/smartphone oriented. Work volumes are stressful. Overwhelming. Most individuals are self-taught, software is continually evolving. In a very entertaining, motivating, memorable, story filled manner Debbie will give a selection of software quick tips that will help free up at least three working weeks a year!
Productivity Email: Ease Your Pain. Enhance Your Gain
This critical business communication channel is stressful, and a significant time drain. Yet working with it on computers, tablets or phones can be accomplished much, much more effectively. Debbie will move delegates from overwhelmed to empowered In an entertaining, motivating and ‘WOW! inspiring way. Debbie will show how to manage, automate and respond to email better as well as improve communication and follow through.
Online Presence: Smarter. Faster. Cheaper. Better.
A mixture of wonderful tips and tricks on how to better use everyday business tools and cloud software to achieve freasy (free and easy) gains in business income, time management, communication and customer service.
Sales: How to Win More Sales. Find More Clients
A stunning session filled with awesome ways and means to improve sales success; deepen existing client relationships and find perfect new prospects. Delegates will discover secret Internet diamonds that will give them a competitive advantage.
Communication How to Be More Memorable and Persuasive
Powerfully Persuasive People, Proposals, Presentations
Whether talking to a customer; someone on staff; interviewing a potential employee; or just entertaining around the dinner table – delegates could benefit greatly by knowing essential secrets for ’persuasive discussions’. Normally one of the highest-ranking speakers at conferences, Debbie will share how to’s, insight and tips to getting the message across persuasively and memorably
Work/Life How to Ease Your Work Life Imbalance
Work life balance how-to’s and tips from a business owning mom of six including twins and triplets. Debbie will share secrets to achieving personal and business goals while successfully balancing the 1001 pulls on time without dropping the ball.
