I need your help...

I need your help...

I love feedback, especially when the feedback is great ;-) Monday I received a phone call from a customer. They had done their event for which I had coached some of the speakers and he told me you could see such clear difference between who had been coached and who didn't receive coaching. I just received feedback from another group which was so welcome today as I was in a car accident yesterday (which I caused) and I still feel terrible and shaky about it. One girl had written it was the best training she ever got and this should be a mandatory training for management too to change the presentation culture, and I was moved to tears (still emotional me after yesterday I guess). 

But now I want some feedback from you. In 2000 I called myself a Presentation coach as this is what I do. I changed it a few years ago to Storytelling Coach because people had the wrong idea when I told them it was a presentation training. They thought it wal all about body language and PowerPoint which is just part of what I do. I help people mainly to build their story. However when I communicated a while ago on a site that I did storytelling al lady reacted 'I already had such a course'. Of course, storytelling has been a hot topic the past few years. Though storytelling is very different depending on the angle you choose. My angle is my model to communicate in a crystal clear way but of course the lady did not know that. 

So now I have been struggling with the question 'how can I make clear in my 'title' what I do?' I figured in the end I help people to communicate in a confident way focussing on body language/stress, my model to build the story and insights on how to use visuals like PPT. So how does this sound to you: CONFIDENT COMMUNICATION COACH. Or do you have other suggestions?.... My eternal gratitude for your feedback :-) #Work #womeninbusiness #womenempowerment #storytelling #presentation #powerpoints #bodylanguage #stress

Gabriela Casteels

Consulting Operations Specialist bij SAS

6y

Crystal clear story improver (4.0)

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Geert Vermeir

Een verkoper die kickt op deadlines en halen van resultaat. Ik luister en scheid kern van detail, analyseer, maak van problemen bedoelingen en beweeg als een spin in elk netwerk!

6y

Crystal Communication Catalyst 🖖

Deborah van den Bos

Transformatie naar meer lef & leiderschap | Presenteren & Positioneren | Van ego naar eco: systemisch leiderschap

6y

Ik herken je struggle maar geef je toch wat hersenspinsels mee: Story design & empowerment coach? Professional speaker coach? Confident Speaking expert? Clear & confident coach...ik kan nog even doorgaan 😉

Frija Leunens

Head of corporate sponsoring and brand activation at AG Insurance

6y

I suggest : “Crystal clear connector”

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