About BostonSpeaks

We help professionals overcome the fear of public speaking and become influential speakers.

BostonSpeaks is a public speaking coaching company that specializes in public speaking anxiety. Since 2016, our coaches have helped professionals, leaders and teams speak with confidence, in Boston and online around the world.

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Since 2016Founded in Boston. Coaching Speakers around the world.

Teams we've trained

BostonSpeaks by the numbers

75+Organizations trained or coached since 2016

308+Workshops, events and gatherings in Boston and online

10,000+People trained through our coaching, training and events

5.0Google rating across 166 reviews

94%Success rate reported by Speakers at the end of their program

Who we work with

Smart, capable professionals who dread one thing.

Most people we work with are good at their jobs and have lived with speaking anxiety for years. 85% have dealt with it since school or for 10+ years.

Where people are in their careers

Role when they reached out

Individual contributors and technical experts48%
Managers16%
C-suite, founders and owners15%
VPs and directors11%
Academic and medical professionals6%
Students and job seekers4%

Industries we see most

Listed roughly by how often they come up

Tech and AIFinance and bankingConsultingBiotech and healthcareNonprofit and educationReal estateSalesLawEngineering and constructionGovernmentResearch and academia

Speakers from 15+ US states and DC, plus clients abroad on Zoom.

Our philosophy

Mindset before skillset.

You are always speaking to two audiences: the people in front of you, and the voice in your head.

Most speaking coaches only work on the first one. We start with your inner world, because before you learn what to say and how to say it, you need to master what you're saying to yourself.

Once your mindset is aligned, we build the craft: message development, body language and audience engagement that make your delivery polished and powerful.

The room

The voice
in your head

We start at the center and work outward.

How world-class speakers grow

Mindset. Manner. Matter.

Once you're grounded in the right mindset, we help you grow in the three areas that make a speaker confident, compelling and convincing.

Mindset

How you communicate with yourself: the thoughts, emotions and beliefs that shape your confidence and presence.

Manner

How you show up: voice, body language and the presence that makes a room listen.

Matter

What you say: clear, structured messages people remember and act on.

Meet the team

The people behind BostonSpeaks

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Our coaches work 1:1 with Speakers from Philadelphia, Berkeley and Seville. The whole team works together so every Speaker has a smooth experience from the first call on.