Gilda offers one-on-one, in-person presentation skills coaching supplemented by phone coaching. Current locations include Fairfield County, CT (including Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, Norwalk); Westchester County, NY and New York, NY. She offers individual sessions for focused, immediate coaching in preparation for a specific presentation as well as coaching packages of five or ten sessions for more general improvement needs.
Through her supportive and interactive presentation skills coaching, Gilda has helped a:
- Medical professional redesign his slides for a presentation to his peers
- Designer improve her non-verbal communications for an industry conference presentation
- Computer programmer overcome his fear of public speaking so he could give the toast at his brother's wedding
- Life coach design and deliver her first workshop
- Sales manager organize her material to lead a global webinar for a key client
- Graduate student design her final class presentation
- Sports coach practice her presentation for an awards banquet
Next Steps
If you would like to learn more about how Gilda's training and coaching programs can help you reach your goals, email Gilda today.
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Testimonials
Professional manner, calm presence and sense of humor "Gilda Bonanno took me from A to Z in the process of preparing and delivering presentations. Her professional manner, calm presence, sense of humor and encouragement helped me to overcome my fear of the public speaking experience. Gilda supported me through the planning, writing, visual, presenting and follow up segments. She provided a wealth of information and ideas - always keeping in mind not only my needs, but also those of my audience. It has been my pleasure to recommend Gilda to my peers because of the high quality of her service."
Ruth Ann DeSantis, Certified Life Coach, www.radesantis.com
Gilda was great and very effective
"As much as I was terrified to stand up and present, I actually really enjoyed the process and the feedback. I thought Gilda was great and very effective. We accomplished a lot in a short amount of time."
Laura Houser, Assistant Controller, Heidmar Inc.
Gilda helped me see the LIGHT
"If you want a good presentation and you need to start from zero, get Gilda as your coach. She talks you through it, gets you into the process and helps you see the LIGHT. As I begin my fourth semester of Columbia University's Master's program, I still get butterflies, but I know I can get through it by engaging in the process of learning how to do things the right way and getting better at them. Practice, practice, practice - that was the key that Gilda taught me."
Pat Miller, Landscape Designer
Gilda gave me confidence
“I just want to tell you that my speech last night went well. I felt more confident this year than last year. Last year this event took over my life for two weeks; I couldn't sleep at night because I was so worried. This year, I was worried, but not out of control. Everybody liked my speech! Your private lesson helped me a lot and gave me confidence. I never thought that I would get better at speaking in public, but as you said - it doesn't have to be a nightmare, and it really doesn't. Thank you.”
Kristina Lewis, YMCA
Gilda showed me how to engage the audience
"Your class, Public Speaking: How to Talk to Strangers, has helped me tremendously. I had a 10 minute presentation to my networking group recently and in advance, practiced the skills and advice you suggested. Keeping my discussion to 10 minutes, I engaged the audience, we had a few laughs and the end result was good. I'm definitely improving my skills. Thanks so much!"
Kallie Gordon, Owner, Curtain Call
Clear, funny and a great listener
“Thank you for being so clear, open, funny and a wonderful listener. When you made your points on improvement, they were very thought-out and easy to receive.”
Sandy Progano, MediaCom, Inc
Gilda is an outstanding speaking coach!
“The instructor was able to effectively connect individual perspectives for group feedback. Gilda is a great instructor! She has excellent feedback for all of the students and is extremely insightful and entertaining. An outstanding speaking coach!”
Katie Murphy, Continuing Education class participant
Incredible ability to speak to, train and motivate a group
“The exercises were fun and interactive while still delivering a very important message. Thank you for your time and energy in, once again, delivering a top notch presentation. If there ever is a time I can recommend you and your incredible ability to speak to, train and motivate a group, please feel free to have your client contact me. ”
Nancy Margiano, Asst. Vice President, Director of Sales Training & Development, Family Security Plan; Instructor, Southern CT State University Communications Department
Educational and entertaining
"Congratulations on the excellent presentation given at the SNEC conference. Presentation skills are so basic to what a project manager does it continues to amaze me that there is so little emphasis on such a critical PM tool. Your presentation was very entertaining as well as educational - the best kind! Thank you for your excellent contribution to the conference attendees."
Dick Kennedy, Director of Corporate Sponsorship, Project Management Institute (PMI) Central Mass
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