Professional Presenter Support

Performance support sessions provide skills and techniques that enhance confidence, stage presence, and ease with any size group, from colleagues with coffee to breakout sessions and conference halls.

If you were one of those kids who had a trunk of costumes, a collection of recordings, and a troupe of friends to put on shows, you may wonder why so few meeting facilitators, academic presenters, and group leaders fail to understand the dynamics between an audience and the person at the dais or onstage. All too often, well-meaning professionals present as if the vaudeville boast, "we murdered 'em!" was about stupefying statistics and slow death by PowerPoint. Clowning, bad jokes, and pages of text on slides also undermine the effectiveness of presenters.

My experience with vocal and choral performance and direction, community theater production, as well as studio arts are the bases for my skills with one to one and group sessions coaching facilitators, presenters, and performers that improve "stage presence" and audience interaction and

• use visuals as compelling, moving, and memorable learning aids
• generate audience response, even in compressed time frames
  
• move panelist transitions smoothly and respectfully
  

Community/School Theater Support

Some of my happiest moments as an educator were mounting school and community theater productions. Applause students and volunteers receive is sweeter to me than any I receive as a performer. I bring a love of design, a practical approach to developing talent, and a keen awareness of available resources to work with emerging theater companies.

If you are

• dreaming of starting a theater group
• developing a production budget
• challenged to find appropriate scripts
• wondering how to adapt your ideas to available space
• looking for novel ways to train performers
• trying to merge ideas for scenery, costumes, and lighting

Please consider my experience when you need support

• facilitating meetings
• designing and directing productions

• coordinating fundraising plans
• training board members
• online and traditional marketing.
  

Let me offer you a playful, generative workshop or individual sessions that engage and expand your creativity as a performer, artist, or writer by

• developing audience awareness of body language, vocal inflection, and visual cues
• becoming comfortable in your space, moving to music, brightening your stage presence, and building your confidence
  
• learning to love your editors and editing for love of your audience
  
• sharing your passion for your work with presence and purpose