Carmie McCook
Want 9 guaranteed quick tips to make you a more commanding and engaging speaker?
Public speaking training, executive speech coaching, and B2B presentation skills training that produce real results in just one day!
Possibly you need presentation skills training from the ground up. Possibly you are in a leadership role and want executive speech coaching to ensure you captivate your audience for a major speech – or even a TED Talk! Or, maybe, you just want to take your overall public speaking skills to a higher level. Whatever your goal, Carmie McCook’s comprehensive public speaking training and presentation training method works! It has helped thousands of professionals become more engaging, memorable, and effective speakers.
Our secret for success? Customization, attention to details, and genuine interest in ensuring noticeable development in your skills. We aren’t just your presentation skills trainers, we are your partners. Your goals are our goals. So, we tailor every public speaking training and presentation skills training class to address your specific audiences, topics, concerns, and objectives. We guarantee you will be a more engaging and effective speaker by the end of the class! Clients have called our public speaking training workshops “transforming” and “career changing.” That’s a compliment we are proud of!
Speaking Internationally: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
For non-American business professionals, effective B2B presentation skills differ vastly from country to country. Presenting information effectively to American business leaders and U.S. news reporters requires more than speaking English. Cultural differences in body language, word usage, and the way content is organized can determine how well you connect with your American audiences and the success of your presentation’s outcome.
Giving this extra attention to our international clients, our public speaking training and presentation training classes have helped business leaders from South Korea to South America, from Finland to France learn how to make stronger and more engaging presentations to American business leaders. Contact us now for a free consultation.
Here’s a sample of what you will learn in our public speaking training program and presentation training classes:
- Analyzing your audience and learning how to best connect with them
- Learning how to grab your audiences’ attention immediately – and keep them engaged
- Creating closing statements that inspire, motivate, and resonate audiences
- Developing overall winning presentation/speech content from opening words to closing remarks
- Creating PowerPoint slides that will truly enhance your message and not be a brochure on the screen
- Using body language to be a more commanding presence
- Learning vocal delivery techniques to strengthen your message and enhance your credibility
- Developing an overall presence that is confident, credible, and knowledgeable
- Speaking to large audiences or small groups with the same level of engagement, confidence, and credibility
- Wearing and using microphones properly
- Handling Q&A sessions effectively
- Creating effective and engaging PowerPoint slides
- Overcoming nervousness and becoming a more confident speaker
- …and much more.
All classes for public speaking training and presentation training include multiple video recorded practice opportunities and detailed, individual, professional feedback.
Whatever the forum or the format, we cover it all:
- Speaking from notes
- Speaking from a prepared scripts
- Reading from Teleprompters
- Using confidence monitors
- Preparing for a TED Talk or TEDx Talk
- Speaking from podiums and without podiums
- Using PowerPoint and other visual aids
- Speaking on a panel
- Preparing for Q&A sessions
- B2B sales presentations
- Presentations for Board meeting
- Keynote addresses
- Motivational speaking…and much more!
We’re flexible
Classes are arranged to suit your schedule. We provide public speaking training and presentation training for individuals, groups and large groups. And, we can train at your site or a site of your choice, anywhere in the world, or in our Washington, DC location.
Do you have a big conference coming up and want to offer your attendees a professional development workshop guaranteed to please? Our conference-style public speaking and presentation skills workshops are a favorite for annual conferences, sales summits, and other large events. We promise you’ll get high praise for quality and enjoyment from the participants.
Let’s get started with a free consultation!
Our 5000+ success stories started with a free consultation.
Your needs and goals are unique, so the best training program for you should be unique too.
In a brief consultation we’ll discuss customized communication training and coaching solutions guaranteed to produce the results you want!
"Carmie, you were a major contributor to the success of our conference. Evaluations from all 300 attendees were consistently in the 'excellent' category."
"Carmie is great at teaching and coaching you on how to draft and present a memorable presentation. She transformed my talk from a somewhat boring one to a presentation that captured the audience from the beginning to end. She helped me to be myself while maintaining focus on the audience. I strongly recommend her for individual coaching as well as group business presentation classes for any organization. Both are fantastic and produce great results.”
"Carmie gave our team the tools to both prepare our message properly and to execute it with conviction. Since then, each speaking opportunity has been better than the one before. It took my abilities to a new level."
"Carmie gains the confidence and trust of the audience and connects them with the subject matter in a very effective way. We are still getting rave reviews of the presentations she gave at our Business Expo."
"I have attended other media training workshops at national meetings and this was by far the best and the best instructor. Carmie was fantastic!"
"Your program, 'You're Talking but is Anyone Listening?' was a big hit. Immediately following your presentation we were flooded with e-mails regarding how much the attendees enjoyed themselves. We look forward to seeing you again."
"Carmie's interactive and thoughtful training to key members of our staff really made a positive impact. She reminded us of the value of having a structured, strategic approach to handling the media. Her energetic, personable program helped us build a successful plan and her interview training allowed us a unique way to evaluate our personal skill sets."
"The research Carmie had done on my company and the industry was painstaking and proved quite useful. The difference she made between the before and after was remarkable. Her style is engaging and personalized. I highly recommend her services."
"Your approach to communications training has proven invaluable to me. I know I will be a more dynamic speaker in the future. I look forward to our future sessions. Thanks so much!"
"Anyone who has to speak to a crowd-whether it's a crowd of 5 or a crowd of 500-should call Carmie. She is funny, puts you right at ease and gets results quickly."
"Carmie's focused approached to communications training insures success.
"Carmie's techniques are very subtle yet extremely effective. The instruction was very precise for each person. Most important is the results were evident in practice when presented with the opportunities."
"Carmie is fabulous. Enthusiastic and well-prepared, she works easily and effectively with everyone, from the CEO, to scientists, to policy types. We were particularly impressed with her aptitude for helping us develop strong messages. We look forward to having her back for refresher courses in the future."
"Carmie is absolutely fantastic. Some instructors are experts in their field but cannot convey their knowledge effectively and produce results. Carmie has the special talent of being able to apply her wealth of experience in presenting/public speaking to make her students successful. One session with Carmie gave me more insights into my personal speaking and presenting style than years of experience in school and at work. Thanks so much Carmie!"
Public speaking is something I have always struggled with, and I was genuinely convinced that at this stage in my career it was something I would just always struggle with. I feel so empowered by what I’ve learned in your training, and have been volunteering to give as many presentations as I can to practice and hone my skills. Thank you again for helping us help others!
Carmie McCook provided an excellent training session on developing and delivering effective presentations with relevant material. Our group found the session extremely insightful and worthwhile. The tips for planning a presentation were invaluable. The group was pleased with how she was able to tailor the session, specifically tor what we do for the region. The breakout practices and the exercises were very helpful.
"Carmie McCook is a truly engaging Keynote Speaker. She spoke on the impact of storytelling in sales presentations at our annual sales conference. She is a funny storyteller, and her stories are relevant to the topic at hand. She presents articulately and intelligently, yet creates an intimate, almost familial atmosphere. We enjoyed Carmie tremendously and will be inviting her back!"
"Carmie, the public speaking tips and coaching you gave me really upped my skills! I’ve been through a few presentation classes before, and while they helped some, I definitely gained the most improvement from your coaching. I look forward to next time. I will absolutely recommend you to anyone looking to improve their presentation skills."
"Carmie is an absolute pleasure to work with and her public speaking training goes far beyond what most expect…Among other things, she helped me methodically think, and in much greater detail, what different audiences want to get out of my speeches or business presentations, then crafted my content and delivery to suit. I would have told you I was doing this already, but she helped me see there was significant room for improvement!"
Carmie is the absolute BEST! I had done lots of public speaking before working with Carmie, but I always felt nervous and uncomfortable. I didn't think I'd ever be comfortable in front of the camera until I worked with her. She taught me things that I would've never thought of on my own. Her experience and knowledge are second to none. She has the most comprehensive content on the planet and really shines on helping you deliver the most effective presentations in the most authentic way. She is worth every penny and more! Carmie's course was my best training investment since medical school!
"Carmie is by far one of the best media trainers in D.C. Her individualized training techniques help both novice and experienced spokespeople enhance their media interview skills and comfort level. I recommend her highly."
"Carmie strikes tremendous balance in her approach to media coaching. She pushes trainees to their limits in the all-important 'worst-case scenario' while keeping them actively engaged with her charisma and enthusiasm. To the surprise of many, even our most apprehensive senior executives walked away feeling far more confident and better prepared to meet the media. To make that big of an impact on members of our senior management speaks volumes about her abilities."
"Your presentation training program was informative and extremely beneficial for our executive management team.
"If you have a key audience to reach and want to make sure you do so effectively, call Carmie McCook.
"Excellent at teaching what you really need to know when meeting the media! Carmie has really done her homework on our subject!"
"I learned more about giving strong media interviews and delivering engaging business presentations in the two-day intense workshop with Carmie than I had in 7 years with my PR department. She had very carefully prepared for the sessions by learning an impressive amount of information about my field of activities beforehand. I would highly recommend her training to anyone who gives media interviews, important business presentations, and keynote speeches. She is in a class all her own!"
"Carmie is top-notch at public speaking, presentations, and media training! She is passionate about her work, engaging for the audience, and her enthusiasm is contagious. Her tailored workshop on public speaking and media presentations was so well-received, I booked her for a professional networking seminar the following month. I highly recommend Carmie!"
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