| GILLIEN GOLL holds a BA from Barnard College and an MA from Hunter College. She comes to the field of teaching Public Speaking and Presentation Skills from a background of over fifteen years directing and teaching actors. The ability to communicate and effect behavioral changes that she developed in that background translated naturally to working with business professionals to increase their abilities in presentation areas.
The techniques she teaches can be adapted to any communication medium, from giving a speech to job interviews, to being interviewed on-camera. She covers such areas as interacting with the audience (whether the "audience" is one person or a large crowd), eye contact, body language, use of notes, timing, vocal inflection, and combating nerves.
She has been teaching professionals for over six years and is a former professor at Fordham University at Lincoln Center. Currently she coaches for both corporations and private individuals.
She has lectured on Presentation Techniques for New York Women in Film and Television, the Rotary Club of NY, and Barnard Business and Professional Women, for which she served on the Board of Directors. For over a year, she taught a course in overcoming fear of public speaking for The Learning Annex.
Clients have come from such diverse businesses as The Conference Board, HBO, Random House, Kaplan Learning Services, the Thomson Corporation, numerous law firms, the United Nations, Service Employees International Union, New York Women in Film and Television, Newsweek, Back Stage, Prom Magazine, Time Out New York, Children's Television Workshop, J. Walter Thompson, Deutsche Bank Securities, and Chase Bank. She has also coached clients for television appearances on Oprah, Good Morning, America, Good Day New York, MTV, and Court TV.
Clients have included:
Lawyers, journalists, newspaper editors, magazine editors, economists, advertising executives, labor union leader, university administrator, professors, public school teachers, social workers, therapists, judge, researchers, computer consultants, clothing manufacturer, clothing designer, housing renovator, charity organizers, fundraisers, image consultant, radio announcers, producers, directors, artists, actors, ministers, authors, engineers, president of a major women's organization, consultant in alternative medicine, bankers, stock brokers, CPAs, real estate brokers, consultant in international development, market researchers, art dealers, art curator, singers, and translators.
| As her training teaches people how to communicate skillfully, these techniques can be applied to all presentation and interpersonal situations, regardless of profession. |
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