BEST SPEAKER PROGRAMS TO CONVERT MORE CLIENTS.
You know when you were eight years old, at school and the teacher got you to come up to the front of the class to talk for two minutes about your summer break and when you turned around to face the 30-something kids looking at you... you froze.
Beads of sweat appeared on your forehead, and you felt your knees tremble. You stammered your way through your talk, and you vowed to never do a talk again.
Well, what I do as a speaker coach is to prepare you for your talk, business presentation or on video, so that innocent eight-year-old says with confidence, "That was easy, let's do it again."
I overcame a stutter as a kid to become a commercial radio broadcaster for 10 years; speaking live, on air, under pressure, to thousands.
I work with coaches and consultants to help them influence and convert clients when they speak.
When we work together, you don’t just learn techniques, you learn the mindset, skill set, and inner strength that helped me find my voice, and you’ll discover you can find yours too.
ONLINE GROUP SPEAKER PROGRAMS FOR INFLUENCE AND CONFIDENCE.
THE CONVERSION CODE: COACHES STORY STACK
This 20-week story group is designed to help you influence your prospects by mastering the kind of storytelling that sparks real conversations.
Anywhere you show up.
Whether you’re networking, posting on social, video, speaking on stage, or delivering proposals, you’ll learn how to share stories that connect instantly, build trust, and make people want to talk to you.
Through weekly coaching, live practice, and FIVE proven story frameworks, you’ll transform the way you communicate and have a storybank of over 20 stories that create opportunities and convert.
This successful 2023/24 program returns in 2026.
PERSUASIVE
PRESENTATIONS THAT PROFIT
For coaches and consultants 40+ who want to communicate with clarity, confidence and authority on camera in their organic client acquisition outreach, so prospects say "yes" faster.
If you want to level up your on-camera presence, deliver a message that lands and become the coach who effortlessly converts clients online, this is for you. Over eight weeks, I'll work with you to speak effectively and memorably on camera for;
- Direct outreach videos
- Video sales letters (VSL)
- Webinars and workshops
- Client discovery calls
- Online coaching sessions
Our goal is to have you win trust faster and convert 3X more clients by showing up with clarity and influence.
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING
My online, one-on-one speaker coaching spans every stage and style of communication.
I work with coaches, founders and business clients to craft and deliver messages that move audiences, whether that’s helping students and academics tell stories that stick, sales & engagement training for corporate, founder story development, refining business pitches that win clients, or preparing guests for podcast or video interviews that sound effortless and engaging.
Whatever the setting, my coaching blends storytelling, structure and delivery so you can speak with confidence, clarity and impact.
These are my most popular programs. Get a FREE consultation for the offer.
KENOTE DEVELOPMENT AND REHEARSALS
FOUNDER STORY DEVELOPMENT
PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS THAT PROFIT
Often speaker coaching starts with what to say; I start with how you show up. My approach begins with a personalised assessment to understand your natural speaking strengths and where your delivery holds you back.
From there, I intuitively work to give you what you need.
What is going to move the needle aligned to a business objective....
This might include;
Speaking presence and skills
Storytelling
Audience engagement
Visual aides
To transform how you communicate.
The goal isn’t just to make you a better speaker, but a more confident, credible, and captivating one every time you step up to speak.
Our coaching can be a mix of online and in-person sessions over 4–12 weeks, designed to fit around your schedule and priorities.
Each session includes practical rehearsals and tailored exercises that make a real difference to how you speak — helping you become both confident and competent in front of any audience.
If you’re ready to sharpen your message, presence and impact, schedule a free consultation to see if we’re the right fit to work together.
COACHING CASE STUDIES
Roma boosts her profile and client bookings as a successful public speaker with 1:1 coaching
Give me five minutes of your time to share the inspiring story of how Roma, a financial adviser from Roma & Co, learnt to be a more powerful presenter thanks to my 1:1 coaching.
Over the last seven years, Roma & Co have supported over 500 clients to achieve their financial goals. Before working with me, Roma was no stranger to public speaking. She’d been a member of Toastmasters and delivered dozens of presentations.
Clearly fab at what she does, waffling was holding her back. Ask her to talk about subjects like financial literacy, investing, and KiwiSaver, and she had a habit (like most people I coach) of diving into too much detail.
This meant her appointments could go over time, and her presentations were not as slick as they could be.
Unlike some of my clients, Roma’s not shy of the spotlight.
She regularly trains workplaces and inspires larger crowds of fifty or more at events, including Auckland Young Professionals (AYP).
She’s the first to admit:
“If you start talking to me about finance, I’m super passionate. You get me on a topic and I'm off."
While I’m not here to dull her passion, I knew that with some 1:1 coaching she could become a highly successful, succinct, and sought-after public speaker.
Let’s start with Roma’s top five goals:
- Be known and loved as an industry leader who supports her clients to achieve their financial goals.
- Learn powerful storytelling techniques to bring a technical subject to life, including hooks and analogies.
- Make her presentations more interactive and memorable.
- Have a repeatable structure for client appointments so they don’t run over time.
- Gain honest, personalised feedback from me, and have a sounding board to regularly test new ideas and presentation content.
Bringing out Roma’s inner storyteller
Even with our shoddy attention spans, a story holds our interest because it speaks to our emotional side. This is the part of us that convinces us that we can trust and relate to the speaker.
I coached Roma on storytelling techniques to deliver powerful intros and outros, and to leave her audience eager to work with her.
Storytelling devices also create a framework which Roma now uses to keep her client meetings on track, too.
Succinct, interactive, and memorable presentations
Following my advice, Roma regularly uses the online polling platform, Slido, so audiences can interact with her workshop content.
This is perfect for her younger audiences. AYP are typically 18-35 years old, and they expect workshops to be digitally interactive.
Roma used to speak too quickly, too. A problem I see all too often, she’d risk losing her audience’s attention, and they’d miss crucial details. After coaching, she now commands any stage by slowing down, repeating key points for emphasis, and pausing to allow information to sink in.
Adjusting habits starts with awareness.
Roma says my coaching has helped her notice when she uses filler words and be aware of how she sounds. Thanks to some adjustments, she is consistently making the ideal first impression.
How does working with me compare to group work?
Roma appreciates how my feedback comes from my professional broadcasting background, and it’s more direct and personalised than group-style coaching.
“With John, I can be myself. I can say this is how I feel. And then John will say let’s try this.”
I tell you how it is to bring out the best in you
I see too many presenters weaken their message with too many slides.
Roma reaches out to me when prepping for upcoming presentations. I tell her when she’s gone overboard on the slides, so she knows what content should stay and what should go.
She also catches herself in the moment when she’s speaking too quickly or going off topic, and she’ll adjust.
It’s like having me on her shoulder coaching her to:
“Take your time, steady your breathing, stay on topic, pause.”
Roma’s gained so much from coaching.
- More confident and impressive speaker – both at live events and on camera.
- More aware of how pace, pauses, pitch, volume, and breathing impact her delivery.
- Roma’s key messages are not lost to waffle.
- She’s using storytelling techniques to hold and inspire a crowd, which has led her to secure more bookings (and more paying clients).
- She adapts her presentations to resonate with different audiences, including using tools like Slido.
- Better at thinking on her feet during Q and A’s.
- Her presentations are cleaner, clearer, and more concise after deleting unnecessary slides.
- More confident when networking with HR managers and CEOs and putting her hat in the ring for speaking gigs.
- Roma is even better at translating complex information into language that’s easy to understand. Check out her Google reviews to read how fab her communication skills are.
- Her client meetings stay on schedule which creates a fantastic client experience. People love working with her and tell their family and friends all about it.
Want results like Roma for yourself?
If you’re ready to:
- improve your public speaking
- grow in confidence and clarity both at live events and on camera
- learn storytelling techniques that inspire your audience and give you structure
- create impactful intros and outros that leave your audience wanting more
- learn crowd-pleasing speaking techniques that secure you more client bookings (and boost your profits)
get in touch for a free consultation today!
COACHING WORKSHOPS.
Challenge:
Open ground provides a supportive environment that nurtures Year 13 students' entrepreneurial skills, encourages their personal growth, and equips them with the confidence and knowledge needed to pursue their entrepreneurial endeavors. It provides practical experience by creating and running actual business ventures - each student is tasked with creating a product or service, and they had a dragons den event upcoming where they had to pitch for legitimate funding.
Deliverables:
I was engaged to help the boys use stories to sell their products. I took them through some story structures and helped them create a story that introduced their product and the problem it solved. I provided ongoing online coaching for those that wanted post-workshop help. The Dragons Den event is in June 2025, so I'll update you about the winner and why the dragons chose them (hopefully because of their story).
Outcome:
Openground Director, Ant Ford 1 May 2025
"Well done today, John. You exceeded my expectations. The boys were engaged and delighted to learn the principles of storytelling."
Challenge:
Simon is the director of Elevate Sales and he wanted the direction and confidence to show up on video on LinkedIn. He knew that if he was to grow his business, he needed to invest in video to help his audience understand the value he could provide.
Deliverables:
I worked with Simon for 8 weeks on the fundamentals of video, including content planning, scripting, rehearsal, mobile phone and production set-up and editing.
Outcome:
Simon released his first video and received huge engagement from his first post and has subsequently gone on to consistently post videos to LinkedIn.
Challenge:
A program by Cheil, Samsung's global marketing agency, aimed to put sales ambassadors into retail environments like JB HiFi, One NZ, Noel Leeming, Harvey Norman, Spark and 2 Degrees, to educate and sell products direct to the public. For the categories of TV and mobile.
Deliverables:
I was engaged to deliver this training on the back of my successful campaigns training brand ambassadors for Sony, LG and Huawei, and again I trained 65+ young people in face-to-face sales and engagement over three days. This started with the S24 mobile model and the 2024 range of TVs.
I incorporated storytelling into the training with games, exercises and training structures to ensure they were retail-ready. This training has continued throughout 2024/2025.
Outcome:
Retail Experience Director at Cheil, Annette Loughnane, 18 Jan 2024
"Day one concluded here in NZ for the S24 and the brand ambassadors have been welcomed overwhelmingly positively by the stores. They integrated well and have made some amazing pre-sales.
Samsung visited the stores and the feedback has been positive. They tested them and their product and sales knowledge was second to none, thanks to you. Some stores now have a TV expert and a mobile brand ambassador, and they are bonding well. A fantastic result given the challenges of you training them online in India with the technology we faced along the way. You have again helped with a great result - thank you"
Retail Experience Director at Cheil, Annette Loughnane, 9 July 2024
"I just wanted to say thank you for delivering the sales & engagement training for the Samsung experts last week. You were honestly amazing, and the brand ambassadors absolutely loved you. The expertise in your work is exceptional."
Retail Experience Director at Cheil, Annette Loughnane, 27 September 2024
"Thanks again John for your outstanding training this week for the Galaxy phone launch. Your content and knowledge is amazing, and the brand ambassadors love you. 45 of the 53 ambassadors rated you 10/10. Congratulations".
Retail Experience Director at Cheil, Annette Loughnane, 20 December 2024
"Superior skills and always an honour to have John leading our Cheil/Samsung BA program coaching the team and teaching them to master sales and engagement in stores".
Retail Experience Director at Cheil, Annette Loughnane, 30 January 2025
"You have a unique skill of building a rapport with our brand ambassadors, and you have them eating out of your hand. All 65 of them. They ranked your training 8.5 out of 10. With an average of 9.5. "There are not enough words to say how impressed the team are by your training".
Challenge:
Russell Clark was a feature presenter at the 2023 Auckland Home Show, and he wanted to get his presentation right.
Deliverables:
Over 8 weeks, I helped Russell with the structure of his talk, which included storytelling, audience engagement and public speaker training.
Outcome:
Watch the video below but he garnered over 100 leads from his stand and stage presentation, which was over 5 million dollars in business growth.
Challenge:
In late 2022, well-established NZ accountancy firm Gilligan Sheppard wanted to use podcasting as a tool to deliver their expertise online to their future and current customers. But they didn't know where to start.
Deliverables:
Over 12 weeks, I worked with their marketing team on planning, studio set-up with microphones and recording equipment, editing, presenting and distribution, so they had a plan to deliver one 30-minute podcast per week.
Outcome:
Hosted by Lisa Garrud, they delivered 52 podcast episodes of their podcast Boxers & Briefs.
Challenge:
Phil Hall was the 2024 President of Eden Rugby, and he wasn't confident when he talked to members every Saturday after the game.
Deliverables:
Over 6-8 weeks, I helped Phil develop the right content that would resonate with his members, to share stories of members and his overall public speaking skills, so he was both confident and engaging.
Outcome:
Watch Phil talk about some of his challenges prior to working with me and the outcome he has moving forward.
Challenge:
A mix of under-grad, post-grad and business community students pitched their proposed business to a panel of eight judges in the six-week Velocity program, and they needed help with their presentation.
Deliverables:
A storytelling and presentation workshop for 30 students to help them uncover their "why" or "insight" stories to better connect them and their business idea with the panel and some practical presentation tools to use on the day of their pitch.
Outcome:
The students all had time in front of the room telling their personal insight stories. They did group work to record their stories and we finished with exercises on warming up, gestures, body language, voice, breathing and pausing.
The workshop you did today was eye-opening. It makes me realise the importance of using your voice and body, and telling things as a interesting personal story to make a connection. I hope to not forget the confidence you showed today so I can channel some of it!
Thank you so much John! The workshop was amazing - feeling a lot more inspired about the pitch now.
Thank you, John. You'll be pleased to know we heeded your advice and opted for a story! And we won.
Thank you John! Really appreciate it and your motivation today. Super inspiring and amazing to hear your story. My cousin also has a stutter growing up and reminded me of that. Thank you for your time, love your charisma and capability of your confidence to captivate an audience!
Thanks John. That was an entertaining workshop. Loved it.
Challenge:
Help the Connector community experts better understand each other so they connect with each other on a deeper level.
Deliverables:
A two-hour storytelling workshop where I helped the 14 experts tell personal stories to help them bond.
Outcome:
Team members emotionally connected with each other and the measure of success was delivered due to an uplift in member meetings.
Great session John! Exactly what I needed yesterday! It was refreshing to get to know each other on a deeper, authentic level, and go beyond what we would talk about everyday.
Really good session, John. It was awesome getting to know the team on a more personal level and developing deeper trust. Well done.
Challenge:
Help the finance team at AUT tell stories for connection and understanding.
Deliverables:
A one-hour workshop with exercises, games and interplay to help communicate the value of storytelling and teach the participants simple frameworks for how to tell stories for better business outcomes.
Outcome:
The 25 in-house finance, CA's and department heads left with a framework to share stories in a complex world of accounting and finance.
Thank you John, I really enjoyed your session, very useful and yet simple to remember.
AUT Participant
Auckland 2023
Loved the use of acronyms to get your message across today - I think I might just be thinking about your session each time I see an ABS Braking sign... 😂
AUT Participant
Auckland 2023
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