Executive Communications & Storytelling
I help executives, experts, and communications teams turn complicated and partially formed ideas into clear, engaging messages. Once we find the core story, we can shape it into speeches, presentations, corporate narratives, and copy that people can understand and remember.
The work can begin with a rough idea, a dense set of facts, or a draft that isn’t quite *there* yet. We work together to identify the molecular structure of the real message, determine what the audience thinks they want, what they really want, and what they need.
From that foundation, we build a strong narrative while refining the language and delivery without sanding away the speaker’s voice.
When you’re meeting on Zoom, you’re competing with the entire Internet.
The people you need to connect with are 30 seconds away from shopping in another browser tab while you’re trying to sell your point.
If you give a great PowerPoint presentation, people might remember the presentation.
If you tell a great story, people will remember YOU.
Corporate Experience Meets Live-Performance Craft
I spent five years as director of digital communications at Time Warner Cable, translating complicated technical and corporate information for customers, journalists, executives, and internal teams.
I’ve also spent 18 years writing and performing storytelling and stand-up comedy, with work featured by This American Life, The Moth, and PBS. That experience taught me how to earn and keep an audience’s attention, find the human core of an idea, and recognize when something that works on paper won’t work with actual people.
I bring both sides of that experience to my work with organizations including CGI, the Inter-American Development Bank, InVision Communications, PagerDuty, and NYU.
I help executives and teams replace vague corporate jargon with direct, specific language. I can teach you tight, compelling storytelling and scrub the jargon out of your mouth like an angry nun with a bar of soap.
These are some of my corporate clients:
Tell Me What You’re Working On
If you’re developing a speech, presentation, corporate narrative, or some other complicated message that just isn’t bearing fruit, tell me what’s going on and what the story needs to convey. I work on individual projects, ongoing engagements, and collaborations with communications teams.