Book me for your upcoming event.
You can book me as a speaker for the following topics:
Why it’s so important to design visually engaging, accessible, and effective presentations.
How public speaking and presentation skills are one of the best ways to future proof just about any career.
Concrete strategies to deliver an effective [specific] presentation (e.g., sales webinar or sales pitch, internal reporting, conference presentation, academic job talk, etc).
Example talk titles
Small effort, big ROI: The effective presentation strategies absolutely worth your time.
How to deliver effective presentations with data in a society where facts don’t seem to matter anymore.
How to end #DeathByPowerpoint for good and make your presentations more interesting.
Planting a seed: Why visual communication skills are secret career weapon I wish everyone knew about.
Curious what my talk might look like? You can see my slide design portfolio here 👇
Effective communication skills are consistently rated as one of the most important to skills for employees to have across industries and careers—while also being rated as the skill most employees need to improve. My talks bridge that gap.
You can book me as a speaker for the following audiences:
Professionals who create slide presentations (e..g, PowerPoint presentations, Canva, Google Slides) to create presentations as part of their work.
Business owners who create online courses, educational videos, or marketing presentations.
And others! If they make presentations, I can offer insights and tips to help them.
I have a PhD in psychology, so the strategies I share are grounded in research about what actually captivates & inspires people.
Hey there 👋🏻! I’m Dr. Echo Rivera & I can’t wait to speak at your event!
Dr. Echo Rivera is the owner and founder of Creative Research Communications LLC, a creative research communications company that specializes in visual communication. She has a PhD in psychology from Michigan State University and specialized in community-based research. After earning her PhD, she was a Research Associate at a non-profit research and evaluation center. With 14 years of research, academic, and evaluation experience, she is well-versed in sharing complex data with a variety of stakeholders and audiences—from the public, to academics, and state/federal staff. In 2016, she founded her company to improve the quality and impact of research communication. Clients include state departments, universities and research labs/teams, evaluation centers, and technical assistance centers. Dr. Rivera also helps thousands of professionals learn this skill every day through her YouTube channel, More than PowerPoint!, and through her professional development program, The Presentation Skills Masterclass Program. Learn more and connect via her website (echorivera.com) and on LinkedIn (@Echo Rivera, PhD).
1,000+ individuals from universities, nonprofits, industry (or entrepreneurs running their company) have taken my professional development training or worked with me 1:1. Additional reviews and testimonials can be found in my LinkedIn profile.