Speaking

Lela is available to speak to your group or conference session!

Topics include parenting, family relationships and work/life balance, social media, self-publishing, and freelancing. Recent speaking engagements:

  • Top 10 Reasons to Date Your Spouse
    Mothers of Preschoolers, Fayetteville, Arkansas “Both ridiculously funny at truly inspiring, Lela spoke to our local MOPS group about why it is vital to “date” your husband and how to go about doing it. We all left feeling ready to plan our next date. We laughed and we cried and we loved every minute of it.” ~Stephanie McCratic
  • Yes, You Have To: 3 Reasons To Use Facebook
    Northside Rotary, Fayetteville, Arkansass, “Lela Davidson stands out as one of our better programs as she quickly engaged the audience with questions, statistics and personal anecdotes on the topic of Social Media.  Although most of the audience was familiar with her topic, there were take-a-ways for both the novice and the savvy users of SM. I look forward to her return for Part 2!” ~H.B. Fink
  • Make Time For the Things You Really Want: 3 Things You Don’t Really Have To Do
    Women in Networking, Bentonville, Arkansas, “Thank you so much for speaking to Women In Networking. We had a great turnout and I think it has a lot to do with you being the speaker. The ladies had only great things to say about it. You are hilarious and I love that you are so brutally honest.” ~Rhonda Porter

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Lela also teaches the following classes:

Blogging Basics: Article Writing Workshop

Writing online content is not difficult, but there are a few tricks to creating content that gets read. Whether your goal is getting paid to write, or making your personal blog more engaging, learning how to write solid blog posts and articles will help you succeed. This 3-hour course teaches students how to generate and structure the top 10 types of articles, or posts, that online editors are looking for. This is the content that is most likely to bring traffic to websites. Students also learn the difference between current events and evergreen content, and why most websites benefit from a combination of both. This is a hands-on class where students practice the methods taught and leave class with work plans to advance their own projects or blogs, and a draft of one type of article. This class is designed for writers of all experience levels who are new to writing online content.

Beyond Blogging: How to Make Money Writing Online Content

Writing online content is a great way to hone your writing craft, get published, and make money. Lela left a traditional job to begin writing online in 2006. This 3-hour course covers the basics of where to find writing jobs (and determine if they are legitimate or a scam), how to write the most common types of web content, apply for work, and find your niche. Students also learn about the various types of revenue streams available to online writers, as well as how to use free blogging software as an online resume of your work. This class is designed for beginning and experienced writers.

Student Testimonials:

“Great workshop! I soaked up every word and the time just flew by. I am an elementary counselor by day and a computer nerd by night. God blessed me with a dab of writing talent and blogging is my drug of choice. I plan to retire in May of 2011 and your workshop has me so excited about blogging my days away after that.” ~Illene Stewart, School Counselor

“Lela’s enthusiasm and relatability were great. There was a lot of information to cover and though some of it was a bit overwhelming, she gave a great overview and gave just the right amount of information about various topics so that I feel like I have more of an understanding of what I want and a basis for how to get there.” ~Jenni Beeman, Public Relations Professional

“Ms. Davidson’s online writing class was very comprehensive and I thoroughly enjoyed it!” ~Lauren Galle, doctoral student, history, University of Arkansas

“Lela’s workshop was filled with practical, real-life information. You can walk out of the seminar and actually start following her advice. She did her research–providing a list of useful websites, worksheets to adapt the material to your own business, ending with Action Plan Exercises to keep you at your computer working. And starting to make money. Well worth the time spent.” ~Marilyn H. Collins, Editor, Proficient Writer NEWS, www.proficientwriter.com

“Lela Davidson is a teacher in the most professional sense of the word.  Her classes in online writing impart skills that can be used the moment a student leaves her class and sits at the keyboard. She mixes real-world experience and writing excellence with captivating examples, fruitful short cuts she’s discovered, humor, support and a dash of sass to keep her classes in constant, compelling motion.  I’ve already used a few of the tricks she passed along, and I’m not even close to the bottom of the bag.” ~Detective David Williams, Fayetteville Arkansas Police Department

“The class I took from Lela was a perfect introduction to online writing. I entered the class knowing nothing about how to launch an online writing career, and I left with all the tools and resources I needed to make it happen. Her ongoing support and guidance after the class was over has been invaluable! She has really brought me into the online writing community–something I would never have been able to do on my own.” ~Melanie Nolen, Non-Profit Development Director