Multi-format programs for organizations ready to transform how they pitch, present, and persuade
These are flexible, multi-session programs (anywhere from 3 days to 6 months) for organizations committed to changing how they communicate, present, and influence. Perfect for leadership development cohorts, sales teams, nonprofit staff, or organizations building a culture of storytelling.
Many organizations bring us back year after year to work with new cohorts—building communication excellence into the DNA of how they develop talent.
Investment: Most engagements fall in the $15K-$50K range for a single cohort (depending on scope, timeline, and group size). For larger organizations, multiple simultaneous cohorts, or enterprise-wide programs, we’ll design custom pricing that scales with your needs.
Our Learning Journeys
Custom Presentation Learning Journeys
For teams who present a LOT—and want to stop sucking at it
Does your team deliver client presentations every week? Pitch to leadership or funders monthly? Speak at conferences? This flexible program (3 days to 6 months) transforms how your entire team shows up on stage (or on Zoom) through group training, peer coaching circles, and targeted 1:1 sessions.
- Foundation Workshops: Core frameworks for storytelling, stage presence, and managing public speaking anxiety and delivery skills
- Regular Skill-Building Sessions: Advanced techniques in presentation structure, Q&A mastery, authentic presence
- Peer Coaching Circles: Small group practice with structured feedback (the safe space to fall on your face before you have to be great)
- 1:1 Coaching for Key Presenters: Personalized sessions for client-facing folks, fundraisers, and leaders
- Real-World Application: We coach on your ACTUAL upcoming presentations (not hypothetical BS)
- Progress Check-Ins: Track growth and adjust based on what’s working
- Client-facing teams (consulting, sales, account management, finance)
- Nonprofit fundraising and development teams
- Leadership development cohorts
- Technical teams presenting to non-technical audiences
- Organizations with frequent conference speaking
- Team speaks a shared communication language
- Confidence skyrockets (measurably—we track it)
- Presentations actually engage audiences instead of putting them to sleep
- Scaling & Continuity: Organizations often start with one team and expand to other departments, or bring us back annually to train new hires and emerging leaders.
Win rates improve because your pitches finally tell a story.
Custom Storytelling Learning Journeys
Turn your leadership team into master storytellers
This program (3 days to 6 months) teaches your leadership team how to craft and deliver narratives that move people to action—whether you’re communicating strategy, inspiring your team, influencing stakeholders, or mobilizing donors around your mission.
- Story Architecture Workshops: Learn the frameworks that make stories unforgettable and persuasive
- Personal Story Mining: Discover YOUR stories—the moments that shaped your leadership and make you credible
- Organizational Storytelling: Craft compelling narratives about company vision, values, transformation, or mission impact
- Story Practice Labs: Regular sessions to test stories, get feedback, refine delivery
- Leadership Story Coaching: 1:1 refinement for major presentations and keynotes
- Story Library Development: Build a repository of team stories for consistent messaging
- C-suite and senior leadership teams
- Nonprofit executive directors and development leaders
- Organizations going through change (mergers, pivots, growth)
- Foundations and social impact organizations
- Companies strengthening culture and employer brand
- Sales and business development leadership
- Leadership speaks with one compelling voice (not 12 different messages)
- Emotional connection with employees, donors, and stakeholders deepens
- People actually do the thing you’re asking them to do
Authentic presence replaces corporate or nonprofit buzzword lingo
Custom Pitch Labs for Incubators, Accelerators & Social Enterprise Cohort(s)
Turn your cohort into pitch-ready founders
Built specifically for accelerator programs and social enterprise cohorts, this multi-week intensive prepares founders to pitch investors, donors, and partners with confidence, clarity, and charisma. From Demo Day to late-night funder dinners, your cohort will master the art of the pitch.
- Pitch Architecture Intensive: Master the structure of a killer 5-minute pitch
- Storytelling for Pitching: Weave founder story with market opportunity, impact vision, and theory of change
- Stage Presence & Delivery: Command the room with authenticity (no fake Steve Jobs cosplay)
- Q&A and Objection Handling: Navigate investor or funder skepticism without melting down
- Pitch Practice Rounds: Multiple rehearsals with escalating pressure and feedback
- Demo Day Prep: Final polish before the main event
- 1:1 Founder Coaching: Personalized sessions for each cohort member
- Startup accelerators and incubators
- Social enterprise accelerators
- University entrepreneurship programs
- Corporate innovation labs
- Pitch competition organizers
- Cohort shows up to Demo Day confident (not terrified)
- Founders articulate vision clearly instead of word-vomiting features
- Investor and funder meetings turn into second meetings
- Alumni network shares a communication language
- Year-Over-Year Impact: Many accelerators and incubators bring us back for every cohort, building a legacy of strong communicators across their alumni network.
Custom Storytelling Retreat Design
Offsite storytelling work that brings your team together
Want your team retreat to be more than trust falls and forgettable keynotes? We design custom storytelling experiences that help teams connect authentically, find shared language about their work, and leave energized (not just exhausted from small talk).
- Pre-Retreat Design: We collaborate with you to understand team dynamics, retreat goals, and what actually needs to happen
- Story-Based Team Building: Activities that use personal storytelling to build trust and connection (not cringey icebreakers)
- Organizational Narrative Work: Facilitated sessions to craft shared stories about your team’s mission, values, and vision
- Individual Story Development: Help team members discover and share their personal “why I’m here” stories
- Performance Elements (Optional): Curated moments where team members share stories with the full group
- Post-Retreat Integration: Materials and frameworks to keep the storytelling momentum going back at work
- Leadership team offsites
- Annual staff retreats for nonprofits and social enterprises
- Organizations going through culture transformation
- Teams that want to deepen connection (remote teams, newly merged teams, etc.)
- Foundation and grantmaker convenings
- Team leaves with shared language and stories about the work
- Deeper trust and psychological safety (the real kind, not the performative kind)
- Moments people actually remember (and talk about months later)
Storytelling skills people take back to their day jobs
How Learning Journeys Work
Step 1:
Discovery
We talk about your goals, challenges, and timeline. What does success look like? Who’s involved? What transformation are you really after?
Step 2:
Custom Design
We build a program specifically for YOUR team—blending the right workshops, coaching formats, and support structures.
Step 3:
Delivery & Ongoing Work
Your Learning Journey begins. You’ll get group workshops, 1:1 coaching for key team members, practice sessions with feedback, and ongoing support between sessions.
Step 4:
Integration & Evolution
As you progress, we adapt. Need more confidence work? Deeper storytelling? We evolve the program as you do.
Investment
Most single-cohort Learning Journeys range from $15K-$50K, depending on:
- Program length (3 days to 6 months)
- Team size and number of participants
- Amount of 1:1 coaching needed
- Complexity of your goals
For organizations running multiple cohorts, larger enterprise-wide programs, or multi-year partnerships, we design custom pricing structures that reflect scale and long-term commitment.
Offerings can include:
- Custom curriculum design
- Group facilitation workshops
- 1:1 coaching sessions for key team members
- Ongoing support between sessions
- All materials and resources
- Progress tracking and adjustments
Year-Over-Year Engagements:
Many of our clients bring us back annually to work with new leadership cohorts, incoming classes, or rotating departments—building communication excellence as a core organizational capability.
What Clients Say
Eduardo, you are truly a phenom.
Huge thanks to you and your extraordinary team, for supporting, leading, and inspiring VISION INTO POWER. I am deeply grateful for your partnership.
—Kerry Washington
Actor, Producer, and Activist
We invited Eduardo Placer to host a hands-on pitching workshop for a group of 25 professionals from all industries.
He immediately put the group at ease, getting them laughing and on their feet within the first five minutes. Eduardo helped members of the group to articulate what they do clearly, and I witnessed people become more confident in their pitching skills in 45 minutes. Every piece of feedback from participants was positive – Eduardo is a true talent, and I would highly recommend hiring him for a workshop at your business!
—Mandy Menaker
Executive Director,
Shapr Connectors Club
Our law firm’s Women’s Leadership Forum invited Eduardo Placer to deliver a talk on public speaking, and we were delighted with his presentation from start to finish.
Eduardo is an engaging, creative, funny, energetic, genuine, unassuming but confident speaker who drew our audience of business professionals into his world, encouraged their proactive participation, and held their attention throughout. He shared some valuable insights and thought-provoking strategies for managing and conquering the common fear of speaking to a crowd. Our guests loved the program, and so did we!
—Diana Parker
Director of Marketing & Business Development,
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith and Davis LLP
Eduardo Placer is a tremendous asset to the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce New York (NGLCCNY).
Within moments of taking the stage, Eduardo captivates his audience in a fun, endearing and engaging manner. His methods quickly taught our members, many of whom are entrepreneurs, the importance and benefits of bringing one’s true self when speaking publicly, whether in a one on one elevator pitch or on stage in front of hundreds. Eduardo is a wonderful asset to our Chamber and the LGBT community at large.
—Robert Finkelstein
Executive Committee,
Supplier Diversity Chair, National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
I’ve now brought Eduardo to do several workshops with my teams, and every time I’m amazed at how he helps each individual connect —even if only for a moment—with something deeper inside him/herself.
I use that ‘moment’ to create a common language of courage in coaching my team with their business interactions. It’s not usual to see finance and accounting folks experience a spark of fearlessness, but Eduardo finds a unique way with each person.
—Jared Susco
Assistant Dean of Finance,
Penn Dental Medicine
Thank you Eduardo Placer for doing such a great job!
You made everyone feel so comfortable and gave them the confidence to push past their individual comfort zones and learn different ways to communicate with each other. It was such a great experience, we hope to have you back sometime soon!”
—Lisa Derig
Senior Financial Advisor,
Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management
Words cannot describe how impactful your session was for helping me finally relinquish past hurtful experiences and bring fear to the process, something I had never considered and am working to embrace!
—Karissa Avignon
DEI Consultant and HCC Intern,
Association of American Medical Colleges
Ready to Start Your Learning Journey?
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