Fact Sheet

Our Mission: ridding the world of boring presentations, one speaker at a time!

Results are critical, but to be truly effective, any training must also be interactive, engaging, and even entertaining in order to keep busy executives interested. When you bring in EMS Communications, you’ll get intensive, customized coaching providing tips, tactics and advice designed to make your team more effective as presenters and leaders. Participants walk away with tools they can use right away to increase their levels of confidence and conviction when delivering any kind of presentation.

Our clients engage us in a number of ways:

1. Our two-day, Customized Corporate Workshops can be conducted on-site with up to eight people. Each session combines a variety of group discussions and videotaped role-plays which enhance the participants’ skills in both formal presentations and one-on-one interactions. Group feedback and one-on-one coaching are key ingredients in the learning process.
   
   Follow-up training is the next step. Beginning six months after an initial workshop, we recommend continuing the process with more training, whether another two-day workshop, half- or full-day small group sessions, or individual coaching. This ongoing training is designed specifically for your team, focusing on the variety of ways that improved communications impact leadership style.
   
   
2. Our Large Group Seminars are a popular option for getting more people (up to 30) involved. These full-day interactive workshops are designed to give a “taste” of communication and presentation skills to employees, and always deliver education, entertainment, a bit of stress and a lot of fun. There are opportunities for volunteers to speak up in front of the group, captured on video for demonstration purposes, along with small-group breakout exercises in which each participant presents to 3-4 others around a table.
   
   As with all workshops, the agenda is highly customizable depending upon the target audience and their specific communication needs.
   
   
3. Our private Executive Speech Coaching service provides intensive training which is specifically tailored to individual needs. The process, involving self-assessment and videotaped exercises, combined with direct and brutally honest feedback from two EMS coaches, gives a participant the opportunity to see themselves from the listeners’ point of view. By experimenting with a range of different options while preparing for an upcoming speech or presentation, they’re able to determine which techniques work best to fit his or her personal style.
   
   Many of our clients compare our styles to the relentless coach they had in high school (think Lombardi, Knight, even Ditka) who provided hard-hitting guidance and made a real impact. The bottom line to our clients is this: you can count on EMS to dramatically improve your skills as a communicator and leader.
   
   A typical engagement begins with a full-day session, with subsequent follow-up sessions as needed starting 3-6 months later.
   
   
4. Long-term Executive Coaching is available for C-level executives looking to greatly enhance their leadership and communication style. Clients engage us for a six-month or one-year relationship, during which they have a series of one-on-one sessions and phone calls with their EMS coach. Interviews with peers and direct reports help direct the coaching by providing insights into the client’s everyday management style. We attend executive team meetings, go on the road to important presentations, and do whatever else is needed to get our clients to where they need to be.
   
   
5. We offer two-day public workshops at our offices entitled SELL It, Don’t TELL It: Taking Business Presentations to the Next Level. These sessions are held six times per year, with a maximum of eight participants, and are limited to no more than two people from any company. Videotaped exercises and one-on-one coaching are critical elements in helping participants see immediate and long-lasting results.
   
   This option works well for individuals, smaller companies, or potential clients interested in “checking us out” prior to making a more substantial commitment.

Pricing (not including out-of-town travel expenses if necessary):

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