Executive Presentation Coaching

This one-on-one training helped clients prepare for an up-coming important event or enhance their public speaking skills more generally.  

I worked with C-level executives, directors, managers, lawyers, scientists, accountants, engineers, academic staff, trainers, human resources and sales professionals.

Clients typically came to coaching for reasons like: 

  • Preparing to deliver a high-stakes presentation to clients or senior executives
  • Preparing to speak at an industry or trade conference
  • Having been told that they needed to improve their presentation skills
  • Wanting to position themselves well after joining a new company
  • Needing to speak more often following a recent promotion 
  • Wanting to take already-good presentation skills to the next level
  • Investing in their career growth
  • Deciding, after years of nervousness presenting, that it was time to address it
  • Wanting to stop wasting valuable time worrying about upcoming presentations
  • Preparing to deliver a TED or TEDx presentation

Coaching typically included:

  • Guidance in finding the most appropriate structure for their message and developing a clear flow for the talk
  • Help crafting a powerful opening and ending
  • Pointers for developing smooth transitions from one point to the next
  • Help eliminating extraneous information and using the appropriate level of detail
  • Help crafting a story by incorporating the building blocks for good storytelling
  • Raising awareness of body language when presenting
  • Advice on improving body language to project confidence
  • Tips on avoiding reading slides to the audience
  • Help owning the message and sounding conversational
  • Tips for maximizing impact and executive presence in the front of the room
  • Help determining and incorporating the "WOW factor" into content
  • Learning how to project credibility and authenticity as a speaker
  • A redesign of PowerPoint slides for a polished, professional look
  • Video taping of the presentation, with a personal recording provided
  • Strategies for "speaking off the cuff" when called upon
  • Advice on boosting authority and avoiding a hesitant tone when answering questions