WHAT WE DO
PRESENTATION Skills
PRESENTATION Skills
PRESENTATION Skills
At some point in your career, probably many, you will be called upon to give a presentation.
If you need to inform, inspire or influence your team, your success or failure will be determined in large part by your ability to speak in public. Whether in person or using visual conferencing, it is one of the most critical skills for leaders.
Our goal is to change business presentations from tedious, uncomfortable situations into opportunities for managers and executives to showcase their passion, expertise and competence.
We do not produce “Barbie and Ken Doll” spokespeople. Rather we help you develop your authentic voice, create a true connection with your audience and enable you to present with the impact and confidence that inspires people to action.
EXECUTIVE PRESENCE
PRESENTATION Skills
PRESENTATION Skills
Exuding confidence, credibility and professionalism is widely seen as the most important communications need in executives.
The key to this is the ability to perform “in-the-moment”, where thoughtful, informed and polished statements are required immediately in response to questions and requests for information, opinions and advice.
Our executive presence program was designed to specifically target these areas and help executives develop the ability to deliver clear, focused and compelling messages in-the-moment.
MEDIA TRAININIG
PRESENTATION Skills
MEDIA TRAININIG
Effectively communicating your story and your message to the public via the media is as critical a skill as it is complex. Quite frankly, the stakes are high and training is essential.
Our media training begins with an in-depth analysis of the brand image and how to best align your personal voice with the message and vision. We then work to execute the image through compelling, media friendly content and mediagenic delivery.
The goal is to leverage the power of the media to your advantage so your vision can be communicated accurately to a wider audience.
LeeAundra Keany
LeeAundra Keany is the Founder of Keany Communications. She is an executive communications coach specializing in public speaking, media training, high-level presentation training and executive presence. LeeAundra is a member of the faculty of the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
In her twenty-five years as a coach, she has worked with former heads of state, Nobel Laureates, best-selling authors, award-winning producers, directors and actors, Olympians, high ranking officials in the U.S. Government and the CEOs of public, private, and not-for-profit organizations.
LeeAundra is a national award-winning public speaker and speech writer honored by the National Forensics Association. She was a speech writer and aide to former Under Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams and served in the Speakers Bureau in former Michigan Governor James Blanchard’s administration.
LeeAundra has published numerous articles in on-line journals and provides regular expert commentary and analysis on public speaking and debate for TV and radio such as CNN, BBC World Service, NPR, ABC Radio, and WOR (New York). She has been quoted in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Times (of London), The New York Times, The Boston Globe, New York Newsday, Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, and has been featured in Smart Money Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine’s “The Best of LA” issue.
LeeAundra graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Rhetoric, Communications and Journalism from the Honors College at Oakland University. She earned her Master of Arts in Politics from New York University.
LeeAundra is based in Los Angeles and works with clients around the globe.
