Every workshop is customized so we can help your team learn the essential skills to improve their presentations.

Below are some of our most popular workshops.
Don’t see what you need? Get in touch and we’ll craft the perfect presentation for your team.

 
 

Present With Clarity + Confidence

Focus your message, get to the point, and speak confidently. This interactive workshop will strengthen your messaging and speaking skills, including handling and managing Q+A.


Level UP

For those with some speaking experience who need to “level up” and polish up their skills. Command the room, speak with confidence, manage nerves, and handle questions and unexpected issues like a pro.


Presentations 101

The basics of preparing, planning, and delivering a presentation for all communication styles. Whether you’re an extrovert or introvert, learn to use your natural talents to deliver a strong presentation and enjoy the process.


Managing Nerves – Online or IRL

Whether it’s a Zoom presentation or a live audience, be prepared to handle the last-minute jitters that can show up in any speaking situation. Reframe the experience, and utilize breathing and body-based techniques to calm the nerves and speak with confidence.

Data Tells But Story Sells

Learn to use story principles to strengthen your presentations. Using story principles creates an impactful message, helps listeners visualize, and makes a point in a way a pie chart never will.  


Think On Your Feet

This workshop takes you through a series of fun, engaging exercises that will develop the think-on-your-feet muscle. Perfect for people who field a lot of questions, expectations, or both. 


Women’s Workshop: Speak About Yourself With Strength

Sometimes we inadvertently undercut our credibility, lessening the impact of our words. Learn which speaking habits are not serving you well, and how to turn those around to present with strength in any situation. Avoid negative speaking habits such as apologizing and adding qualifiers. Speaking about yourself, your achievements, and your work with strength and impact. 

“It was a combination of the wide range of group presentation skill offerings, Marianna's experience, and proximity to the company, that led us to choose her for our team's workshop.

The team noticed changes in their audience participation after going through the workshop, and feedback in surveys from their customers indicated that they appreciated the methods of teaching and presenting, which were a direct result of Marianna’s workshop.

Her attention to learning about the specifics of our industry, along with the time she spent researching the tasks our trainers would encounter, allowed her to tailor her lessons to maximize the impact for our team.”

— NIKOLAS KLAKOW | SR. AUDIOLOGY & EDUCATION MANAGER | PHONAK

 

 

PRESENTATION SKILLS WORKSHOPS | CHICAGO + CHARLOTTE

Our workshops are fun and pack a punch! We love seeing people light up as they learn new ways to polish their speaking skills.

 
 

PRESENTING SKILLS FOR THE ZOOM ERA

Prepare and deliver skillfully on Zoom so your message lands with impact.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

✔︎ How to make effective eye contact

✔︎ A great approach to take and manage questions

✔︎ Best practices for your visual aids

✔︎ Pro tips for looking your best on camera

 

SUCCESSFUL + TIME-SAVING ZOOM MEETINGS

Running a virtual meeting can feel stressful — but it doesn’t have to be.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

✔︎ Best practices to plan video meetings

✔︎ Do’s + Don’ts for fun and effective Zoom group calls

✔︎ How to avoid cross-talk

✔︎ The best ways to field input from meeting attendees

✔︎ How to wrap up with an action plan and next steps

 

SPEAK WITH STRENGTH: EXECUTIVE PRESENCE + CONFIDENCE

For promotion-seekers or professionals who feel intimidated about presenting to executives and the C-Suite.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

✔︎ How to structure your talk

✔︎ Plan your message so it lands for your audience

✔︎ Speak with confidence

✔︎ Think on your feet

 

Excited about scheduling a workshop for your team?

“We hired Marianna to give a workshop to around ten small business owners. I was most delighted by Marianna's ability to read the room and make adjustments on the fly. She could really tell what parts of the workshop were hitting home for the participants … and as a result she was able to seamlessly spend more time in the areas of interest.”

— PAUL CAVALIERI | ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP | POLSKY CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

FAQs about our workshops:

  • We tailor each training workshop specifically to our client’s needs, so the investment varies. And that brings up a good point—a presentation skills workshop is an investment that ultimately pays for itself when you consider how much time, money, and headache are saved by improving the way your team represents your organization when the pressure’s on.

    For example, perhaps you have an employee who is lagging in C-level (or other important) meetings. It’s a great use of company resources to help team members, employees, managers, and leaders become excellent communicators.

  • Many of my clients and workshop attendees radically improve their skills and careers very quickly.

    CASE STUDIES:

    ✔︎ 6 mid-level managers at a Scientific Products corporation received training and one-on-one coaching to improve their executive presence and meeting facilitation skills. Within a year, all 6 were promoted.

    ✔︎ A mid-level senior employee worked with me one-on-one on his presentation and meetings kills, and in less than a year was promoted to a senior management role.

    ✔︎ One VP worked with me on his presentation skills for pitches, client meetings, and internal meetings. About a year later, he was sought out for promotion.

  • Workshops can be broken up into 1, 1.5, or 2-hour chunks. This gives participants the opportunity to digest what they’ve learned, and some time before the next session to practice their new skills and demonstrate it.

  • ✔︎ We’re flexible and adaptable. We can relate to just about any audience with our breadth of experience.

    ✔︎ We meet you where you’re at. We do not expect you to be anything other than yourself. We are not trying to turn you into Oprah Winfrey, Todrick Hall, or JoJo Siwa. The best thing you can bring to a presentation is yourself, and we’ll help you find ways to draw on your own strengths to make the process of speaking easier for you. (Yes, even introverts!)

    ✔︎ We do our research and take time to get to know the client, their industry, and their specific concerns. We learn to speak their language. All of our workshops are tailored

    ✔︎ We break concepts down so they’re easy to understand and approach. Our learning experiences feel easy and not so daunting.

    ✔︎ We show people how to make public speaking/presenting / communication EASIER for themselves by thinking about it in a new way and reframing it so it feels good to them. We help them find what works for them to craft a solid and impactful presentation.

    ✔︎ We help them become comfortable in speaking situations that can normally rattle nerves: called on last minute, presenting up, etc.

  • We help professionals:

    ✔︎ Build their confidence when speaking or presenting

    ✔︎ Develop an easy-to-implement preparation method

    ✔︎ Embody a strong, assured executive presence

    ✔︎ Improve their speaking skills—including tone and inflection—so they present in ways that feel natural

    ✔︎ Use stories and story principles to support and deliver impactful presentations

    ✔︎ Learn from a pro who’s approachable, caring, and funny

    ✔︎ Discover their own ways of improving their presentations and methods all around!

    Your team will enjoy learning from public speaking experts who are warm, caring, and funny.

  • ✔︎ Government-adjacent organizations and agencies

    ✔︎ Large Real Estate REITs

    ✔︎ Large finance departments

    ✔︎ Ed Tech

    ✔︎ Marketing Research & Insights

    ✔︎ Sr. Management levels and above, including  C levels

WE’D LOVE TO PROVIDE AN ENGAGING WORKSHOP FOR YOUR GROUP!

Schedule a quick call below. We’ll answer more of your questions and determine if our workshops are a good fit for your organization.

What our clients have to say…

 

“Marianna led an excellent workshop on public speaking and communication styles for a professional group that I'm part of. She is a great facilitator, connecting easily with the group and ran a productive session. I like her balance of presenting useful concepts and running activities that allowed us to engage, discuss, and practice them. I'd recommend Marianna for any audience looking to learn and improve their presentation skills.”

— SHAUN SLATTERY | DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS | LUMAPPS SOFTWARE

“You were very professional and approachable. I found your presentation informative (I picked up a bunch of tips), and I like how you made it relevant to what is happening now, by talking about ways to keep audiences engaged while online. You provided easy-to-implement tips. Woo hoo! Nicely done, Mare.”

— ALYSSA BURNS | PRESIDENT, ALYSSA BURNS COMMUNICATIONS

 

“I was impressed by Marianna's approach and her demeanor during our training sessions. She immediately puts you at ease and starts the process by digging in to learn about you. She is very collaborative and quickly identifies areas of opportunity to sharpen your story and delivery. She provides sound counsel on how to overcome challenges and shares that feedback in a way that is productive and respectful.”

— JENNIFER DAVIS | HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS, PR + CONSUMER AFFAIRS GLANBIA