Coaching
Public speaking coach for executives, professionals and leaders
PIC offers a supportive atmosphere and proven coaching methods to help you succeed as a public speaker in all your business situations. A complimentary initial consultation is offered.
Laurie reads every inquiry personally and generally replies within one business day.
We help you prepare and practice to build a confident, successful presentation. Our public speaking coaching is offered one to one or in your corporate group.
We get great results with the video coaching experience, and we are happy to coach on site as well. There is more on how an engagement runs, including what it costs.
Preparing for a wedding toast, a class, an interview or a one-off talk? We help you become a high-impact speaker in all of those situations too.
What to expect from your public speaking engagement
- Assessment and goal plan
- Customized techniques
- Application to your ongoing meetings and special events
The same approach covers panels, moderating, town halls, webinars, podcast appearances and interviews. What changes is the format and the risk in the room; the preparation is the same shape. If the date is close, say so on the first call and we will tell you honestly what is realistic in the time you have.
Who this is for
If this is for you
You speak at conferences, run town halls, or are about to. You lead or take part in many meetings, you are visible, and you want to stand out.
- A named event and a date we work backwards from
- Narrative and structure first, delivery second
- Recorded rehearsals with specific, written feedback
- A session shortly before the date, where it counts most
If this is for your team
Several leaders speaking at the same event, or a leadership group that presents externally as part of the job. Group rates are quoted per coach so a larger cohort gets properly staffed rather than squeezed.
- Three to six ninety-minute group sessions
- Individual sessions for the people with the biggest slots
- Expert, peer and video feedback for every participant
- Presentation skills coaching covers the team-wide version
What’s included
Mastering your talk
Analyzing your listeners, building your messaging, developing your outline and notes, creating effective slides, and learning high-impact oral and nonverbal techniques.
Handling stressful situations
Controlling nerves, and developing strategies for diplomatic responses — plus pace, voice, gesture and expression worked on directly.
Questions and challenges
Methods for staying calm under pressure, and three techniques for handling questions — including the ones you cannot answer.
The Presence26© System behind this work
- Eight Catchy Openers
- Speed Control: 1-2 technique
- Vocalized Pauses: Eliminating Ums and Ahs
Replacing the filler with silence, which listeners hear as confidence.
- Vocal Variety: Sounding Interesting
Pitch, volume and length used deliberately, so the important words stand out.
Proof
Last Thursday at my all-hands meeting, I used the techniques that I had learned from Laurie… I got a call from one of our utilization management medical directors right after the webinar who told me, “not even 50 words came out of your mouth, and I knew that this was going to be an excellent presentation.
Client stories — two engagements told properly, with the identifying details removed
Related coaching
Fear of Public Speaking
One-to-one coaching, customized to add to your confidence and success with proven tools.
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.
Investor Pitch Coaching
Customized coaching for the meetings that decide the money — your story, your messaging, your delivery, and the nerves that come with a room that can say no.
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© SystemThirty 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 recordOther 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 ProgramThe 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 programCommon questions
We look forward to your speaking success
The results will lead to increased confidence and career growth. Enjoy a relaxed, complimentary thirty-minute conversation with Coach Laurie — we want to learn more about your role, your situations, and you.
Laurie reads every inquiry personally and generally replies within one business day.