If this is the year to polish everyone’s public speaking skills at your organization let’s talk.
Chances are there are some people in your organization who are naturally good presenters, many who are "meh" and some who really need help. Gigi meets each speaker where they are and creates customized company-wide, public speaking trainings. For teams of 3 to 100+. They focus on helping:
Salespeople present with authenticity and warmth (Yes, it’s possible!)
Introverts deliver their messages with clarity and authority (No, it’s not too late!)
Rising stars and millennials hone their conversation skills (Yes, it can happen!)
New employees, when they’re being onboarded, learn speaking skills to match the skill-level of everyone else at your company (Doesn’t this just make sense?)
Everyone at the company have a chance to participate in a scheduled (monthly or bimonthly) training so they can be honing their public speaking skills with a professional coach on a regular schedule. (Yes, practice is what makes all the difference.)
Participants leave Gigi’s workshop knowing how to:
Look and sound your best on both a real and virtual stage.
Engage an in-person or online audience with vitality and relevance.
Land your delivery and learn to “read the room.”
Make the best use of visuals including PowerPoint Dos and Don’ts.
Give constructive feedback to fellow team members.
Use techniques for keeping the audience engaged from the moment they join the meeting.
This corporate public speaking training comes in two formats:
company-wide WORKSHOPS
For groups of 20 to 100+ employees, a workshop helps company-wide groups level up their public speaking and online presentation skills in one or more sessions. A lucky few receive on-the-spot coaching while everyone learns by observing. Participants benefit from Gigi’s vivacious, condensed training and leave with tools they can use right away.
SMALL GROUP TRAINING
Your team gets personalized feedback without the intensity of a one-on-one session. Working in groups of 3 to 5 people, everyone receives on-the-spot coaching and also learns by observing others. This format is economical and still includes Gigi’s lively, hands-on training in presenting with clarity, confidence and warmth.
Would you like Gigi to customize a workshop for your company?
What people are saying about Gigi’s workshops:
“We recently partnered with Gigi for one of our Mulberry Talent Partners Job Search Workshops where she spoke on ‘How to Show Up Confidently Online.” She presented beautifully, was incredibly engaging, and her energy shone through the screen. It is easy, and fun, to learn from Gigi! ”
“Gigi is one of those rare individuals who can change people’s lives for the better. Her involvement with our professional group, ATD, has sharpened the networking skills of our members, including one person who landed a job right after hearing her presentation to our group!”
“Gigi helps our faculty take their years of research and turn it into an 8-minute talk. Wow! What a task! Gigi brings a sense of calmness and power to each meeting. We highly recommend Gigi, and can’t wait to work with her again this Fall! ”
“Gigi’s talk in Boulder was absolutely first rate. She brought excellent content, clarity, concision and enthusiasm to her talk. And a good time was had by all. I’m working on an exhibition and exchange in Kunming, China in early November and will use all her help.”
“If you are looking to up your team’s game or your own game, you found the right person to help! ”
“Gigi’s warmth and humor keeps her audience engaged and her amazing insights and advice help everyone who works with her take their public speaking to the next level.
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“Gigi brought insight and knowledge to my staff at MSN that dramatically enhanced their communication skills. She listened, observed, coached individuals to understand unique skills suited to their specific needs. She has an instructional mastery that I have rarely seen. Hire her.”
“The content Gigi created was incredibly engaging and even interactive, which is not always easy to achieve in a webinar format. I would highly recommend her and am very grateful that she brought her expertise to the PDXWIT community.”
“Gigi’s workshop was wonderful, informative and reassuring. I left with many ‘healthy presentation techniques’ for how to both physically prepare and to ensure the audience is getting my message. ”
“Gigi’s “Nail Your Elevator Speech” webinar was fantastic. In one hour, she provided valuable food for thought and did it all with warmth, humor and professionalism.”
“Gigi’s workshop helped me reshape my thinking about public speaking. I appreciated her advice about how to stay calm and especially her direction to expect imperfection. I left her workshop feeling re-energized about my next presentation. ”
“Gigi is a realist with an optimist’s heart. She knows fundraising is tough, but also how to get it done. Her workshop was concise and candid, and she teaches with warmth and humor. Time well spent!”
“I attended Gigi’s workshop at the Regional Arts & Culture Council. Since then, I’ve been awarded two fellowships, three professional development grants, and two project grants from local and state agencies. Gigi put all of that in motion for me a decade ago. Thank you so much!”
“Gigi’s class was fun, well-paced, and practical, and her observation about my elevator speech hook was astute. What works in writing doesn’t always translate well into spoken form. After I pitched the agent with the revised elevator speech, he requested my book proposal. Success! Thank you!”
“The lecture series Gigi presented in South Florida provided artists with such valuable lessons in how to succeed in the marketplace. Broward County artists learned to talk about their art, write about their projects and collaborate. We look forward to working with her again. ”
“Gigi’s keynote address truly grounded our Arts Symposium. Her down-to-earth advice, personable demeanor and entertaining presentation kept the audience rapt. People walked away buzzing with ideas and energized for the other sessions.
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“I met Gigi at an Artist Trust workshop in Tacoma, Washington in 2012 where she spoke about marketing. I had just sold my first piece and now five years later, using some of her advice, I’m a fulltime professional artist.
I fondly remember her New York-ish-ness and the feeling that I had chosen the right direction for my art. Her enthusiasm and information increased the confidence I felt in aggressively, strategically, and joyfully placing my art in front of a world audience.”
Banner photo by Chelsea Petrakis