Helping Private Markets professionals to speak better
Through one-to-one coaching, group speaker coaching and tailored masterclasses I can help you and your team to strengthen your key messages and deliver them with impact.
What is speaker coaching?
Refining your message
You know your subject inside out, but how can you stand out from the crowd? By helping you to focus on the messages that are most important to your audience, and bringing them to life using storytelling techniques, I can help you to have greater impact when speaking, pitching or presenting.
Polishing your delivery
Even the most powerful of messages can be lost through poor delivery. I can help you to speak with confidence and clarity to ensure your carefully crafted words create the audience connection you need. I can also help you to strike that vital balance between polish and personality!
Providing audience perspective
With 10 years’ experience of working in Private Equity investor relations I understand investors - what keeps them awake at night, what they need to hear at your annual meeting and what motivates them to invest in your next fund - and I can help you to tailor your pitches and presentations accordingly. Also having worked in and around the industry for most of my career I live by the language, the market dynamics and the personalities that make up Private Markets.
How does it work?
One-to-one speaker coaching
From a one-off ‘quick wins’ session through to a 6-month speaker development programme, if you are looking for a personalised speaker coaching experience then one-to-one coaching sessions are the most effective format. We work together to build on your strengths and improve your areas for development, all through the lens of delivering real-life content. Be it your upcoming annual investor meeting or your next pitch meeting, one-to-one sessions in advance will accelerate your performance on the day.
Group speaker coaching
Sometimes you want an audience, and this is where small group speaker coaching sessions are effective. They are interactive forums in which to practice, receive feedback and learn from shared experiences. Group sessions are particularly effective for individuals who tend to have shorter presentations, e.g. at investment committee.
Online speaker coaching bootcamp
By combining the benefits of group speaker coaching alongside a series of ‘how to’ videos and curated content, this 6-week speaker coaching development programme delivers the foundations to help you excel at speaking, pitching and presenting. The BOOTCAMP runs as a public programme 3 times a year, and can also be tailored to your in-house needs.
Tailored masterclasses
Where one-to-one speaker coaching delivers the biggest transformational change to the individual, sometimes you need to deliver a quick impact across your whole team, for example as you head into fundraising, as you roll out a new development programme, or as you bring everyone up-to-speed on best practices for pitching online. Through group masterclasses - in person or online - I work with you and your team in highly interactive sessions that are tailored to your needs.