Learn from the coaches who prepare TED speakers for the stage
Give your leaders a world-class communication and public speaking class, led by a TED speaker coach.
Help your leaders sharpen their narrative and drive impact with authentic, persuasive communication. From keynotes to presentations and company-wide addresses, TED Training applies the same coaching methods that prepare speakers for the TED stage.
This customized class is perfect for C-level executives, senior leadership and other leaders wanting to build trust and credibility with their audience.
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Designed by TED’s Head of Speaker Coaching, Briar Goldberg
Briar Goldberg has coached hundreds of TED speakers and advised leaders at Facebook, Ford, and Levi's. She's written speeches for Nobel Prize winners and government officials, and taught business communications at Stanford and Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Her team brings the same rigor to every TED Training engagement.
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TED has been refining public speaking for 40+ years
TED has spent four decades studying how ideas move people: how to structure a message, earn an audience's attention and make them lean in. TED Training brings that body of knowledge to your leaders as a communication approach they can use for the rest of their careers.
Designed for the public speaking skills your leaders actully need
A board presentation. A company-wide address. A keynote at an industry event. TED Training is designed around the specific speaking occasions your leaders are preparing for, not generic public speaking theory.
Participants explore the communication techniques that make TED Talks so effective, and learn to apply them to different scenarios.
A method participants will use throughout their careers
TED Training isn't a one-time feedback session; it's encompasses the full breadth and depth of communication science.
Participants leave with a repeatable approach to structuring ideas, opening with authority and delivering messages that connect — the same fundamentals TED speakers return to every time they step on stage.
Shaped to fit the speaker, the occasion and the platform
Half-day workshops, full-day intensives, 60 to 90 minute sessions, one-on-one coaching. TED Training adapts its format, curriculum and depth to the occasion, the participants and what your organization is trying to accomplish.
Every session is customized to ensure it is appropriate for the speaking engagement.
Contact Our Team to Get StartedAre your leaders preparing for a speaking engagement? Tell us more about it, and our coaching team will design a custom training session.
What your leaders will learn
TED Training covers the core communication skills that make TED Talks so effective, adapted for the situations business leaders commonly face:
Structuring ideas for clarity and impact: How to take a complex message and make it land with any audience, from a boardroom to an all-hands.
Opening strong and earning attention: The techniques TED speakers use to connect with an audience in the first 60 seconds.
Delivering difficult messages with confidence: How to communicate through change, uncertainty or tough news without losing the room.
Commanding a room or a screen: Presence, pacing and delivery skills that hold up in person and on camera.
Persuading without overselling: How to rally support for an idea by making your audience feel like collaborators rather than targets.
The moments TED Training participants prepare for
TED Training shows up when communication has real impact, when a leader's delivery will shape how a decision lands, a change is received or a cohort is remembered.
TED Training can support:
- A CEO or executive team preparing for a major company-wide address or external keynote
- A leadership cohort getting ready for a high-profile internal event or conference
- Leaders navigating a reorganization, acquisition or strategic pivot
- High-potential talent being developed through a premium, visible investment in their growth
- Speakers preparing for a TEDxBusiness event or other marquee internal stage