“Kurt and Terry are the dynamic duo of communication ... up there with the greats! Like Sherlock Holmes and Watson, they’ve figured out the secrets of the trade; like Batman and Robin, they’ll save you from communication disaster; like Calvin and Hobbes, they’ll entertain you with imaginative solutions to your presentation challenges. You won’t regret investing your time with them! ”
— Dan Becker, Consulting Principal and Owner, Heritage Arts of NC, LLC
“I have been in leadership roles for 30 years, and executive roles for 12+. This is one of the best executive prep courses I’ve ever seen. Simple, logical, relevant, and easy to put into practice.”
— Bill Wosilius, CEO, NexusTek
“Terry & Kurt saved our business by coaching me to succinctly express our founding story in a compelling way. This awesome duo taught me how to fundraise over Zoom and thanks to them we had over 25 investors who tried to get into our seed round.”
— Max Greenwald, CEO, Warmly
“The Professional Communicators recently gave our associate lawyers a solid, well thought-through framework for planning and delivering verbal communications. These fellows know their stuff. The assorted tips and tricks scattered throughout their training approach brought additional value to everyone, including the more senior lawyers privileged enough to participate in their sessions. We will undoubtedly be working with The Professional Communicators on some specific future projects where persuasive speaking is critical to success.”
— John Eckstein, Director and Attorney, Fairfield and Woods
“Working The Professional Communicators was a game-changer! I left my sessions animated to engage with more clients and adjust my tactics to be the best salesperson I could be and reach my full potential! ”
— Ariel Guzman, Regional Director, Snappt
“The Professional Communicators’ class was perfect in so many ways. It was fun, engaging, educational and hit home perfectly for all of us in different ways. No matter what your role is, we can all learn and get better at our presenting skills.””
— Jeff Gorlick, Senior Client Executive, NexusTek
“I had an incredible experience working with these guys on delivering a perfect pitch for a competition! After such a great experience, I came back to use them to develop a video and was again thrilled with the product. Kurt is awesome to work with and I’ll continue to use them for perfecting the delivery of any message.”
— Melanie Adams, Founder & CEO, Embher
“All of it! The structure of starting with the best practices of the “3 Ps” and then having everyone take those tools into practice by presenting in front of one another was terrific. The environment felt very safe and supportive. I also found receiving the constructive feedback on our presentations was valuable. Finally, I believe the tools will be helpful with internal meetings and, even, one-on-one meetings.”
— Charlotte Min-Harris, Vice President Grant Operations, Daniels Fund
“I host workshops to help organizations improve their financial oversight and planning, with the goal of motivating individuals to change and improve their culture. Prior to coaching from Kurt and Terry I would get maybe 3 audience members following up with me after my speech. Then I hired Kurt and Terry to reshape my presentation. They recommended several small tweaks that had a huge impact. They helped to:
1. make complex ideas more digestible with better organization
2. make financial issues more meaningful with stories
3. create trust with the audience by showing my own vulnerability and telling my own stories
Now at the end of a workshop, attendees react immediately. There are approximately 30 people lining up to talk to me, not 3! It was a dramatic and tangible change. They line up to give me their business cards, ask insightful questions that demonstrate they really listened to my content, and send me emails describing their organization’s challenges and requesting to hire me. Kurt and Terry rock!”
— Wade Vagle, CFA, CAIA, Founder, Schools That Last
“I’ve known both Kurt and Terry for about 15 years and can personally vouch for what they do. In fact, I still use the tools they taught me in my presentations to clients and their expertise likely accounts for why I have this job in the first place.”
— Ben Dezen, Managing Director Commercial Banking, Denver, CO
“Terry and Kurt help you with every element of making an effective presentation from the quality of the script to the delivery of the speech. They build confidence through practical advice and simple steps without compromising your authentic voice.”
— Vicki Dansky, Senior Gift Planning Officer, Denver, CO
“Loved the course with Kurt and Terry. I am already a confident public speaker yet walked away with new things to focus on to take my skills to the next level. It is a great chance to stop and focus on the areas that make great presentations. Kurt and Terry made it fun, interactive and had great audio /visual examples to make the day dynamic. Highly Recommend...”
— Leith El-Hassan, VP of National Accounts, Longmont, CO
“In an increasingly competitive and fast changing world, the ability to effectively organize and communicate information is essential to individual and business success. Kurt and Terry helped me to build the skill set necessary to get ahead both personally and professionally.”
— Chris Safaya, Investment Analyst, New York, NY
“I really enjoyed this DF Leadership series session because of how interactive it was. It was nice to be pushed to go out of our comfort zones and really practice public speaking, as opposed to just learning about it. ”
— Mat Lichini, Accounting Associate, Daniels Fund
“Thank you! This was an awesome and valuable workshop that will definitely make a difference in my work.”
— Trish Franklin, Grants Administration Officer, Daniels Fund
“Working with Kurt and Terry helped me appreciate the power of presenting with confidence and authenticity—key ingredients that continue to help me successfully deliver presentations around the world.”
— Neil Joglekar, VP Product & General Manager North America, San Francisco, CA
“Kurt and Terry’s training is the foundation behind my business communication skills. They taught me how to corral my thoughts into concise chunks, and how to make it all ‘stick’ with my clients.”
— Will Miller, Management Consultant, Boston, MA
“We were fortunate enough to bring in Terry Rubin of Professional Communicators, Kurt’s business partner. We had sales people, account managers, product managers, marketing people and even engineering managers go through the training. We brought them back because we had some HR people who were giving presentations and wanted that extra training. I have example after example of how effective the training was for the team. The confidence in their presentations, the ability to communicate complex ideas was greatly improved. I would even say that some people saw promotions because they embraced the need to become better communicators and therefore better leaders in general!”
