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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy." Jerry Seinfeld

Executive Presentation Skills Workshops

You've been there. Hesitant in expressing your views at a meeting, another executive illustrates your ideas and is labeled 'brilliant'! Ayn Rand is quoted as saying, "The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity," but how often have you let those opportunities pass you by?

Many executives feel that they need to improve their presentation skills in order to climb to the next level. The Internet is filled with websites offering public speaking and presentation skills, but how many of these workshop coaches/trainers have ever been at executive level in their own careers? Outside of resourcing and demonstrating the basic tenets of public speaking, do they understand the pressures you face, managing a multinational business or the intricacies of dealing with international teams and clients?

How many coaches/trainers ever had to meet quarterly milestones or make revenue projections? Have they walked in your shoes? If they don't 'know your audience' - how much can they contribute to your success?

Bill is passionate about discovering Future Options for businesses and the individuals that make them great. He served as a mentor to numerous young executives and graduate trainees and discreetly met with Managing Directors who were seeking help with their speaking skills.

As an adjunct to his normal duties, BIll designed and ran speaking workshops for Citi staff and for the Citi Intern and Graduate Training Programmes in London. He also initiated the Citigroup Financial Education "Financially Speaking" Programme, which integrates the Citigroup Financial Education Curriculum with teaching students the art and pleasure of public speaking. Celebrating its fourth year, the programme ran in twelve London schools where over 1,000 students participated in public speaking competitions on money and finance topics.

Bill is also the founding father of Citigroup's highly successful Citi Criers Toastmasters club.

Bill is a thirteen-year member of Toastmasters International, a Founder Member of the Professional Speakers Association [1999] and a recipient of an Associate Public Speaking Diploma (ALAM) from the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) [1999]. Competing in 65 Toastmasters speech contests, he has grabbed the top honours 34 times, silver on 7 occasions and bronze a further 10.

Confident. Creative. Connected.