You’re an expert. A specialist. A professional.
A communicator.
And the success of your career and your organization depends on connecting with, influencing and offering real value to your clients and your audiences.
Clear, effective communication is critical.
Your brilliance may come from years of experience and hard work but if you cannot deliver your message to the world you only have half of the equation. It is essential that you elevate your skills while delivering effective online and in-person presentations that will win new clients and audiences.
Without these skills and strategies your expertise and your amazing products and services may go unnoticed.
A simple formula: A clear, compelling presentation plus confident, practiced speaker skills equals success
Most speaker coaching mistakenly centers around teaching “stage skills” — how to act, move and speak when you are in front of a room or on screen. This is simply putting the cart before the horse.
My step-by-step approach shows you how having a clear, well-designed presentation structure and flow is the critical first step. It will give you a powerful tool that elevates your confidence, will be easier for you to remember and deliver and be so much easier for your audience to “get.”
Add to that, learning advanced practices strategies while refining your stage skills and you will have an unbeatable presentation that will set you far ahead of others in your field as a true pro. A leader who can communicate your brilliance while changing lives and organizations.
If this sounds like your goal, when you’re ready, let’s schedule an affordable one-on-one Presentation Review Call. We will discuss your skills and your goals and how we may be able to take those to a much higher level. This call will be all about you and your presentation. No selling. If you feel that together we could help you elevate your game way beyond your current level then we can discuss coaching possibilities.
Either way, I promise you: this call will be the best 60 minutes you could possibly spend on your personal or organizational communications.
I work one-on-one with a limited number of business leaders, professional speakers and subject matter experts. If you are ready to elevate your presentations far above your competition and present yourself and your organization as true leaders in your world, I urge you to book that call.
How a presentation comes together…
Depending on its importance and the time available there can be three main considerations for each presentation.
First, clarity and structure
Without a crystal-clear message and a logical path to deliver that message presentations are often fatally damaged right from the start. I help many of my clients establish a single thread or “through line”. This will allow them to lead their audience from a powerful beginning to logical and practical take-aways and finally to a clear call to action.
Second, visuals that match a number of needs
There are multiple parameters that determine how the visuals are created. Knowledge of the audience is a critical foundation. As is the skill and comfort level of the presenter. Add to that mix the message to be delivered and the goals to be accomplished.
Often logical compromises must be made, but the best presentations are a skillful blend that satisfy all aspects of the offering.
Finally, smart practice makes everything work together
Years of working with seasoned professionals and high-level executives have taught me their secret weapon: practice. As a result, I have created a simple but powerful smart practice system that helps presenters at any skill level rehearse their material, finetune their words, structure and delivery and ultimately build their confidence.
Coaching and one-on-one practice time is built into every one of my projects.
It’s not for every presentation
If your upcoming presentation is critical to you or your organization or if you want to elevate your abilities and your message far ahead of your competition, I would encourage you to connect.
Email me at TomN@TomNixonDesign.com
Here’s what my clients
have to say…
“Anyone creating a critical presentation would be very foolish not to work with Tom Nixon and Ready2Speak.”
Ken Futch, CSP, CPAE, Member, Speaker Hall of Fame, and author of Take Your Best Shot
“Tom is a master at presentations.”
Gene Griessman, Ph.D., Internationally respected speaker and New York Times best-selling author of Time Tactics of Very Successful People and The Words Lincoln Lived By
“Tom ‘gets’ the challenges I am faced with. He helps me create presentations that sync with my audiences and has been instrumental in my success.”
Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D., CSP, bestselling author of The Introverted Leader, Building on Your Quiet Strength and Quiet Influence, The Introverts Guide to Making a Difference
“Tom helped me deliver a top-notch presentation that brought my content to life in an amazing and entertaining way.”
Paul Schempp, “The Expertise Expert,” award-winning researcher and professor at the University of Georgia
I’m Tom Nixon. My goal with all of my clients is to help you connect with and motivate your audience and clients on a professional level. To present you and your ideas, products or services as world-class leaders in your world.
Over my career I have worked for senior executives at international corporations like Visa International, Georgia Pacific, Coca Cola and Tata Consultancy.
For many years I was a speaker coach at 2 major Atlanta area TEDx events. And for the last few years I have mentored and coached up and coming minority journalism entrepreneurs on their investor and business presentations for the Maynard Foundation in California.
I have coached leaders and teams at major non-profits like The Centers for Disease Control, Emory University and Habitat for Humanity. And I have worked directly with countless subject matter experts — even with a corn maze farmer from South Georgia who wanted to tell the world’s farmers how they can increase their earnings while providing “agri-tainment” to their communities.
Today, I specialize in helping presenters at all levels take the run of the mill presentation they may have struggled with for years and turn them into brilliant experiences for their clients, their audiences and for themselves.
I look forward to helping you deliver your amazing expertise as well.
— To your success,
Tom Nixon, Ready2Speak