COACHING
Are you ready to learn…
Captivating storytelling techniques?
Better audience connection?
How to compose content for brevity and clarity?
Masterful look and sound for in-person and virtual stages?
Aspiring professional/paid public speakers ready to boost their presentation skills.
Anyone booked for or looking to book a TED or TEDx talk, but unsure of how to fine-tune a presentation.
Experts in unique or niche industries who want to present more digestible content to a larger audience.
Introverted leaders who want to amplify their expertise and exert more confidence in their personality.
Any professional with limited time who prefers focused, customized coaching.
Any speaker who wants to learn to memorize talks easily and frequently.
WHO WE HELP
THE TRAINING
One-on-one coaching sessions to rehearse and refine your next speech. This program may be coached in person over a multi-day (and/or multi-session) schedule or via Zoom over a schedule curated to meet your needs—always with the goal of learning to deliver a compelling talk or presentation.
Training will include practice and finalization of in-person staging and/or virtual presentation skills with on-camera delivery, including testing settings for lighting and background.
Paula will provide real-time feedback and strategize about the final product of your next great presentation.
Meet your trainer…
Paula Stone Williams has served as a Speaker's Ambassador for TED at TED's main event in Vancouver and TEDWomen. She has served as a Memorization and Delivery Coach for TEDxMileHigh, the largest TEDx in North America and one of the largest in the world. She works with these speakers on everything from script finalization through final presentation speaking to sold-out audiences of between 2,200 and 5,000 people. She also frequently serves as emcee for the TEDxMileHigh events.
Paula is a speaker herself, speaking to in-person crowds of up to 20,000 people, in venues ranging from corporations to universities, churches, government agencies, conferences, and TED events. She’s taught speech as an adjunct professor at three universities—two in the United States and one in Europe.