Coaching

Coaching for the fear of public speaking

Almost everyone, including experienced speakers, is nervous before getting in front of a group. You are not alone.

30years: Coaching executives and their teams since the 1990s
15,000+clients: Across biotech, healthcare, finance and technology
3books: Published, the first two translated internationally
Top 15coaches in Boston: Voted by Influence Digest

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Almost everyone we coach has felt some version of it: the tight chest before a town hall, the voice that goes somewhere unfamiliar in the first sentence, the meeting you contributed less to than you meant to. Fear of public speaking is not a character flaw and it is not rare. It is a set of physical and mental habits, and habits respond to practice.

Our coaching programs are customized to add to your confidence and success with proven tools. We focus on three areas, known as the Three C’s:

Physical comfort
Thinking confidently
Making connection with your listeners

When one-to-one coaching is the better fit

When you have a communication situation coming up soon
When the stakes are high and you have to do well
When you would benefit from a program designed for your needs

Coaching runs one to one over Zoom, usually alongside the practical work of preparing the talk itself, because a solid piece of material is one of the most effective anxiety treatments there is. Group sessions exist too and are quietly powerful: it is a relief to discover the confident-looking person opposite feels exactly the same. How an engagement runs sets out the stages, the two program structures and the prices.

Who this is for

If this is for you

You are a leader, or an aspiring one, and nervousness is costing you something specific — airtime in meetings, opportunities you decline, or time lost to a presentation that should take an hour to prepare. Your program will include:

Practical control of the physical symptoms, taught as technique
Preparation for your event, with proven tools for organizing and delivering
Practice in a supportive environment
Video rehearsal, so you see what the room sees rather than what you fear
Ten to twenty one-hour sessions, or fewer if desired

What’s included

Physical comfort

Breathing and visualization, and techniques to use during your presentation.

Confidence — thinking in helpful ways

Your coach will guide you toward realistic thinking and a new mindset.

Communication tools

A toolbox for preparing, organizing and delivering that adds to your control and confidence in a stressful situation.

Laurie Schloff and a client in unhurried conversation in armchairs beside a tall window.

The Presence26© System behind this work

Breathing to relax
The physical route into a steady voice when the stakes are high.
Vocalized Pauses: Eliminating Ums and Ahs
Replacing the filler with silence, which listeners hear as confidence.
Your Sound: Finding your Best Voice

Proof

Client stories — one of them is an executive who came to us with high nervousness before investor meetings

Related coaching

Public Speaking Coaching

We love coaching for your important events — keynotes, conference talks, panels and town halls.

Executive Communication Coaching

One-to-one and group coaching incorporating the best practices leaders actually use: shaping a message and delivering it with confidence, whether you are presenting to a board, running a meeting, or handling challenging situations.

Why people choose us for work that matters

A named system, published in full
Twenty-six competencies with names, grouped into five categories. You can read the whole thing before you spend anything — most firms will not show you their method.
See the Presence26© System
Thirty years, and the receipts
The Today Show, Oprah, the Wall Street Journal and Women’s Health. Three published books, all of them translated. Fifteen thousand clients.
See the press record
Other firms send us their coaches
The Train the Presentation Coach Certificate Program is one of the few of its kind — organisations pay to have their own HR and L&D people trained and credentialed by us.
About the Certificate Program
The prices are on the website
No discovery call required to find out what it costs. Both programme structures and the rates are published, along with what happens if those numbers are a problem.
See how an engagement runs

Investment

Our top priority is adding to your communication and presentation excellence. The investment is designed flexibly around your needs, resources, and the scope of the program.

Group Day Session: $5,900per coach
Group Half-Day Session: $2,900per coach
1:1 Corporate Coaching: $475 / hour20-hour package: $9,500
1:1 Individual Coaching: $375 / hourWhen the cost is not corporate-sponsored

All programs include an assessment and goal plan, materials, follow-up notes and an action plan, and unlimited texts between sessions.

Discuss your program

Common questions

One-to-one coaching is $475 an hour, or $9,500 for a twenty-hour package, when a company is paying; $375 an hour when you are paying for yourself; group sessions are $2,900 for a half day per coach. Most engagements are scoped rather than taken off a shelf.

We want you to succeed. Speak with us to explore a reasonable pricing solution.

We want you to experience comfort and control

Share your speaking concerns with Laurie on a complimentary, confidential thirty-minute call. She is here to be helpful in any way.