Most meetings and events hire several non-paid speakers to present, moderate, facilitate or act as emcees. This is often budget-driven or to build the thought leadership of key host, client or sponsor executives and staff. Unfortunately, many are below average presenters. When there’s virtual forums, their deficiencies are amplified. A mediocre presenter scheduled near a polished professional speaker, further exposes them. Poor presentation skills are frequently the weak link in events, particularly online.

Attendees quickly notice shortfalls in capabilities like:

• Verbal presentation skills
• Lackluster content and visuals
• In-person content superficially repurposed for online, instead of intentionally designed for virtual from the start.
• Non-adaptation to shorter formats
• Virtual engagement tools and skills
• Storytelling
• Facilitation
• Data-Heavy presentations
• Executive presence
• Virtual tech savvy (modern, highly functional AV equipment, home/office environments, lighting)
• Social media skills and followings
• Ability to relate to non-US attendees, different generations, a variety of professions, genders, etc.
• Lack of humor, empathy and other vital soft skills.

The result is attrition, lack of engagement, word of mouth and reluctance to participate in future forums. Event organizers have realized big savings in travel, F&B and other expenses from virtual/hybrid meetings. Consider investing a fraction of those savings to plug your presentation skills gap.

Promenade has a network of experts who can quickly and sustainably build any of these capabilities.

Customized proposals offered based on budgets and scope of work. Our experts can bundle small group training and one-on-one coaching with a keynote speech, facilitation, emcee or other roles.

Services:

• Graphic Recorders, Visual Storytellers and Visual Note-Takers
• The Powerful Science Behind Visual Note-Taking
• One-on-One coaching and consultation
• Small Group coaching delivered virtually or in-person
• Assessments, including videotaping
• Train the trainer
• Masterclasses or bootcamps for larger groups
• Voice optimization
• Advisory or consulting to event planners/hosts delivered virtually
• Ongoing Distance Learning
• Speechwriting
• Technology advisory – e.g. what to buy for home/office studios, how to set up, how to use it
• Infusing Humor
• Customized services – contact us for details

Instructors and Coaches Follow:

Kristi Hedges – Virtual and IRL Executive Presence Authority, Author of The Inspiration Code on Leadership Influence

Vanessa Van Edwards – Author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People, Over 2 Million TEDx Views

Dr. Joan Pastor – Presentation and Communication Skills for Financial Managers, Accountants, Auditors and Startup founders.

Kenyon Salo is one of the top trainers, facilitators and keynote speakers in his field of inspiration/motivation, adventure, leadership, team building and sales.

Kerri Garbis – Learn immediately applicable professional presence, storytelling, and presentation skills techniques from a successful actress and entrepreneur.

Smiley Poswolsky – Expert on Belonging in a Hybrid Workplace, Author of Friendship in the Age of Loneliness  TEDx speaker with 1.5 Million views

Pam Didner – Business/marketing leader, author, & speaker specializing in business growth, digital trends, & sales/marketing alignment.

Julie Holmes – Inventor, Enterprise Software Exec on Using Technology to Connect for Sales, Leaders and Other Professionals

Anders Boulanger – Engagify your people so they can deepen connection and command attention with prospects, customers and team members.

Jeanne M. Stafford – facilitator, improvisor, author. Her methods infuse experiences from over 20 years in politics and improv comedy.

Carolyn Strauss – Communication Skills for Wicked Smart People – Help your people present ideas in a way that is so compelling that the audience wants to hear more and take action.

TJ Walker – Hosts the #1 rated YouTube Channel for Public Speaking Improvement, (3 million Views). Clients: Presidents of countries, Nobel Peace Prize winners, U.S. Senators, CEOs. Profile soon – Contact us. 

Allison Shapira – Former opera singer turned entrepreneur, Harvard faculty member, best-selling author, and expert in public speaking and leadership communication.

Greg Schwem – a hilarious (clean) look at today’s corporate environment and how to use humor in your presentations

Krista Neher – educator, best-selling author and international speaker on digital and social media marketing

Juliet Funt – Business Culture Speaker, Virtual Presentation Skills, Building Creativity, Engagement and Productivity

Diane DiResta – Author of the popular book, Knockout Presentations, Presentation Coach to celebrities

Ralph Petersen – High Stakes Presentation Coach

Jill Schiefelbein – Persuade Me: Communicate with Purpose, Speak With Results. Writer/Partner with Entrepreneur.com

Patricia Fripp – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance wrote, “One of the best investments in your career is to learn presentation skills from Patricia Fripp.”

Real World Applications For Serious Business From Social Media Marketing Speaker and Technology Expert Terry Brock!

Nancy Duarte – Secret Structure of the Greatest Speeches and Persuasive Talks

David Otey – Your scientific and engineering professionals will never approach their presentations the same way once this former engineer explains how to put Connection before Content and Empathy before Evidence.

Gilda Bonanno – Bold Presentation Skills for Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners; How to Present to Anyone

Joshua Seth – Celebrity Voice Actor: Present Like A Pro, Using Your Money Voice for Influence.

Evan Carroll – Beyond the Numbers: Using Data to Deliver Compelling, Story-Driven Presentations

Debbie Lundberg -Public Speaking Success & Remote Work Superstardom

Graphic Recorders, Visual Storytellers and Visual Note-Takers

Customized proposals offered based on budgets and scope of work. Our experts can bundle small group training and one-on-one coaching with a keynote speech, facilitation, emcee or other roles. Contact us for details.