The Practice Space PRO provides professional services to clients that want to strengthen their social impact through improved oral communication for teams and individuals.
Professional Development for Teams
Outcomes
Oral communication skills translate to better job performance, stronger internal communication and team leadership, higher likelihood of advancement, and deeper social impact.
Our Approach
Our approach is innovative in our commitment to authenticity and inclusivity. We address the systemic and cultural influences on public speaking while guiding people to tap into their superpowers.
Our Work
Our workshops improve communication clarity and audience engagement in the form of prepared presentations, job-embedded communication on the spot, and facilitation techniques.
Meet Asma...
Asma took multiple workshops within her organization: “I’m a regional pharmacy director across Northern California and a large part of my work is facilitating meetings, presenting to peers, presenting to leaders, and getting buy-in from stakeholders. If I wasn't able to communicate well, then innovation would definitely be impacted. The Practice Space highlighted how you can bridge being true to yourself with being professional. I learned to bring transparency and honesty into communication so my audience will receive me as so much more genuine and capable and credible as a leader.”
Past Clients
Selected examples include large and small companies and nonprofits in:
Health Care
Live workshops for managers and directors, standalone or integrated into retreats or embedded in leadership programs - select examples: Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health
Social Impact & Corporate Responsibility
Custom curriculum tools and workshops for mission-aligned organizations – select examples: Dolby Media, Capital Group, Title Nine
Education
Series of workshops for staff and interns to prepare remarks for external audiences and funders and improve team communication and confidence - select examples: Richmond Promise, First Graduate, Summer Search, One Goal
Kaiser
Title 9
Richmond Promise
Aliance for Girls
Students Rising
Hewlett
SF Foundation
Latina Center
Safe Return
Richmond Art Center
Confidence and Preparation for Individuals
Public speaking is a social and emotional journey that is different for everyone. We help newer public speakers build a confident mindset and practice foundational techniques and support experienced speakers with content and delivery preparation for upcoming public speaking events. Our lessons combine guided reflection, goal-setting, practice activities, and run-throughs with feedback.
Meet Jessica...
Jessica took 3 private lessons to prepare for her first TEDx talk: “I'm a systems person and a management analyst by trade. My experience in private lessons was very relaxed and I never felt an extreme amount of pressure. It was very interactive, structured, and the systems and methods helped me. I was only requested to be myself and unfold some of the layers and get to the heart of the story. And I was encouraged to tell my story in a way that was colorful, bright, open, compassionate, and most of all vulnerable. I was already confident and knew the material, but I needed to expand it. The material needed to grow. My performance abilities needed to grow. And I believe that I accomplished that through working with The Practice Space.”