Episode 158: How to Shift out of a Hunger Games Mindset in Small Business with Andrea Lyons

Andrea Lyon’s company, All About Presentation, didn’t just survive the pandemic, it flourished! With a dominantly in-person business, Andrea and her team needed to shift, pivot, and do whatever they needed to keep the lights on.

Now two years later, she is in a place to zoom out and see what might be holding her back in getting to the next level of her business.

What happens when we're in survival for so long?

How do we get addicted to stress?

And how do we break that addiction to get to where we want to go next?

Andrea Lyons of All About Presentation joins us for an honest discussion about the mindset that not only allowed her company to survive the pandemic but thrive and grow. Now looking forward, Andrea explores what it's going to take to shift her company and her team to the next level.

About Andrea Lyons

Andréa Lyons is the CEO and Executive Producer at All About Presentation, an international woman and minority-owned live and virtual event strategy and management company. Since 2007, All About Presentation has produced over 1500 events, designed the event experience for over 350,000 event attendees, and managed over 75 million dollars of event spend for clients that represent a variety of industries from banking to government and criss-cross the globe from Rhode Island to South Korea. Andréa leverages her understanding of brands, and the consumers of those brands, to design live meetings and online virtual events that support a brand and its image.

Andréa received a bachelor's degree at Central Michigan University, executive education at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and the University of Richmond, a certificate in event planning from the University of Virginia, and is currently completing a certificate in Film and Television from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. It’s no surprise that Andréa has mastered the art of understanding how to create events that stir emotion and guide attendees to positive change.

Her favorite hobbies are fine dining and making money. She is forever a sorority girl, life-long student, aviation enthusiast, and wannabe Chopped champion.

Andréa has been featured in Wall Street Journal publications, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, Richmond Times-Dispatch, SheKnows.com, and a host of other websites and blogs.

One of the coolest days she’s ever had is when she got a notification that Barack Obama started following her on Twitter.

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