Debra Eckerling is a goal strategist, specializing in Event Outcome Optimization. She helps individuals and teams come away from events with the resources, skills, and relationships they need to benefit their business. The award-winning author of Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals and creator of the D*E*B METHOD® for goal-setting simplified, Debra has spoken on stages for TEDx, VON3, Agorapulse, and more. She is the host of the #GoalChat Twitter chat, #GoalChatLive show, and The DEB Show podcast.
Debra offers online workshops, motivational mini’s (10-20 minute pep talks), and keynotes, as well as individual consulting. In her sessions, participants formulate a mission statement, set short- and long-term goals, prioritize the goals, and create a plan to set themselves – their events, their companies, etc. – up for success
Experience At-A-Glance
- Founder of The D*E*B Method & Event Outcome Optimization
- Author, Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals, Mango Publishing; Write On Blogging: 51 Tips to Create, Write & Promote Your Blog and Purple Pencil Adventures: Writing Prompts for Kids of All Ages
- Founder, Write On Online community for writers, creators, and entrepreneurs (a The Write Life Top Facebook Group for Writers since 2016)
- Host, #GoalChat Twitter chat, Sundays at 7pm PT, and #GoalChatLive Show, Mondays at 4pm PT, and The DEB Show Podcast, new episodes on Thursday
- Freelance Writer, StreamYard, Women’s World, First for Women, Social Pulse Community, Lioness Magazine
- Co-producer, LA #140 conference
- Editor, Social Media Examiner and My Kids Adventures
- Special Projects, Social Media Marketing World
- Senior Editor, Campus Explorer
- Director of Communications, Benefits Group WorldWide
- Production Editor, Publications International
- Event Coordinator, Barnes & Noble
Speaking Highlights
As a solo speaker, panelist, and moderator, some of the places Debra has spoken include:
- TEDx Almansor Park
- Agorapulse Social Pulse Summit: LinkedIn and Twitter editions
- The Von3 Summit and #140conference
- WordFestLive
- Barnes & Noble in Studio City, Pages A Bookstore, Bel Canto Bookstore, Mystic Journey, Books & Books, Mechanics Institute
- Greater Los Angeles Writers Society, Society of Professional Journalists, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Independent Writers of Southern California, Los Angeles Review of Books/USC Publishing Conference, UCLA Guest Speaker, TechMunch Conference, The LA BookFest, Women’s National Book Association – Los Angeles and San Francisco Chapters
- LA County Bar Association Lawyer Well-Being Project, Social Media Docs, Pacific Title Company Title Tuesday, Marketing Monday: Escrow Options Training Series, Palos Verdes Peninsula Association of Realtors
- LAX and Mar Vista Chambers of Commerce
- And More