DeLores’ Story

DeLores Pressley, Motivational Speaker, Founder and Principal of DeLores Pressley Worldwide and the BornSuccessful Institute , brings an impressive blend of personal and professional experience to her presentations that allow her to connect with her audience, inspiring and energizing them to take their confidence and success to the next level.

Having spent 27 years teaching elementary school students, DeLores knows a thing or two about inspiring others to achieve their potential. During her teaching tenure, she also founded a successful modeling agency for plus-sized women. The experience helped her find the confidence she needed to succeed and served as a foundational experience for DeLores Pressley Worldwide.

• Appearances on every major TV network: ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX, including America’s top shows OPRAH and Entertainment Tonight
  
  

• Profiled and/or quoted in national publications; Glamour, New York Daily News, Ebony, Chicago Tribune, First for Women, Chicago Sun Times, Essence and People
  
  

• Speaking to more than 100,000 people in over 60 major cities and countries
  
  

• Presenting for such organizations as Procter and Gamble, First Energy, American Business Woman's Association (ABWA), eWomen Network, Farm Bureau Insurance, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Roche Pharmaceuticals
  
  

• Author of Clean out the Closets of Your Life and Believe in the Power of You
  
  

• President of Dimensions Plus Model Agency, representing over 100 models and placing them with companies such as Nordstrom, Lane Bryant, Just My Size, Dillard’s and Liz Claiborne
  
  

• Founder of the Plus USA Woman Beauty Pageant and Convention, providing an opportunity for hundreds of women to achieve dreams. This event was produced for 16 years in Cleveland, Washington, DC and Chicago
  
  

• Recipient of many honors, including Top Ten Business Owners by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) & Key Bank Corporation, Outstanding Community Service Award from the University of Akron (where she earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree), and ATHENA Finalist sponsored by Inside Business Magazine
  
  

• Vice-President on the Board of ABCD, Inc. (a non profit transportation and housing development)
  
  

• Host of The DeLores Pressley Show on internet radio www.latalkradio.com
  

American Business Women’s Association (ABWA)
Athena International
Caribbean Association of Secretarial Administrative Professionals (CASAP)
Charming Shoppers, Inc.
Cleveland Metropolitan School District
eWomen Network
First Energy Corporation
Kent State University
Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance
Nordstrom
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Roche Pharmaceuticals
Saks Fifth Avenue
Richard Simmons
Speaking of Women's Health
Procter & Gamble
Athena International
Nordstrom
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Speaking of Women’s Health
Bakersfield Women’s Conference
Wisconsin School of Business
Society of Human Resource Mgmt (SHRM)
First Energy
Roche Pharmaceuticals