What to Do When 1:1 Presentation Coaching Isn't in the Budget
👋 Hi, I'm Libby. I help rising leaders and executives communicate with clarity and confidence. Each month I share frameworks and real talk on presentation skills, storytelling, and executive presence. For more: The Slide Master | The Presentation Lab | LinkedIn.
I love executive coaching. Sit with me for four sessions and we build something completely custom: tailored to your needs, and to your company's presentation culture, and to the specific skill set you're trying to build. We ultra-tailor it to whatever you actually have coming up, not a generic case study, so you get repeated reps on exactly what you need reps on. I've watched people go from freezing up the second a VP asks a follow-up question to handling that same question without flinching, and the shift isn't some vague confidence boost, it's reps on the exact question they were scared of. That kind of personalization is what creates true, lasting behavior change, not just a good feeling for a week after the session.
Not everyone can swing that, and that's not a commitment problem. It's a budget problem. So I put together a few of my favorite free resources, plus the next best thing to 1:1 coaching, for anyone who wants to build these same skills without it.
I promise you this: you don't need to become the world's best presenter to see a real difference. You need to get good at two things, curating your data instead of dumping it on a slide, and telling one clear story instead of ten disconnected updates, and both are learnable whether or not you ever sit across from a coach.
Start here, and it's free
Your Own Personal Pitch Deck is a free webinar on building a 3-4 slide companion to your resume and cover letter, one you actually bring with you into interviews. If you're job hunting or angling for your next role, this alone puts you ahead of everyone else walking in with just a stack of paper.
Charts, Graphs, and Data-Heavy Slides is my free webinar on turning data into something an executive can act on at a glance, which is most of what a good chief-of-staff deck or business review actually needs. Not more charts. Better ones.
Analyst Academy on YouTube isn't mine, but it's a genuinely excellent channel if you want to learn to build slides the way a consultant would. Worth the subscribe.
The next best thing to 1:1 coaching
When you're ready for more than free resources, you don't have to jump straight to a full coaching package. The Presentation Lab is my membership community, and it really is the next best thing: every training and masterclass I've built, new material as I add it, and direct access to me, all for a fraction of what 1:1 coaching costs. It's not the same as four sessions built entirely around your deck and your goals, but it's real coaching, not a watered-down version of it, and it works whether you start today or wait until things loosen up.
Whichever path fits right now, start somewhere: watch one webinar this week, or take a serious look at the Lab. And if the budget opens up down the line for something more personalized, I'd love to talk about what that could look like for you.
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