Are you ready to end #DeathByPowerpoint?

…but you aren’t sure where to start?

Here’s a FREE 14-day bootcamp to help you create visually-engaging, accessible, professional presentations.

There’s a ton of information out there about creating better presentations… but it’s hard to find stuff that wasn’t written by bots 🤖

A lot of it is vague and inactionable.

Like, what does “use your voice effectively” even mean lol?

Or, it’s flat out wrong.

Seriously, the 10-20-30 rule is the WORST advice you can follow. 🤡

Or, when you finally find stuff made by a real person…there’s an overwhelming amount of info to sort through 🫠

There’s just…a lot of it.

I have over 59+ videos on my YouTube channel, and around 80-100 blogs.

…And it’s not clear what’s still relevant or what order to go in.

So you’ll probably run into decision fatigue and give up.

How about a guided training series that all starts with a
14-day bootcamp?

FOR FREE 👇

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Here’s what you get when you sign up

🤩 A FREE STARTER KIT 🤩

+ Short easy-to-digest emails with videos & other bonus tips.

By the time you finish this bootcamp you’re going be so much more confident that you’re taking the right steps.

(all for free) 👇

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Who is this for?

TLDR: I help professionals who want to create presentations that make a lasting impact.

    • Keynotes

    • Plenaries

    • Any type of invited talk, speech, seminar, etc

    • Class lectures

    • Training courses

    • Training workshops

    • Promotional book talks

    • Masters/Dissertation defenses

    • Job talks, teaching demos, chalk talks

    • Conference talks

    • Presentations to clients, stakeholders, etc

    • And so on…

    Basically, I help with any type of activity where you have presentation slides, and narrate them in some way (synch or asynch) to people.

    • Academics, researchers, scientists (people who teach or share data).

    • People in the non-profit sector, including coalitions and TTA centers (you do all kinds of different presentations, from training volunteers to fundraising to reporting your impact)

    • Evaluators or consultants who need to present proposals, updates, or final results to their clients or stakeholders.

    • People in the medical or legal fields who also teach or present in some way (e.g., nurse educators, doctors or attorneys who present at conferences).

    • People in the corporate or for-profit sector who need to present to colleagues, supervisors, and clients.

  • I can help you design engaging presentations regardless of format:

    • In-person

    • Synchronous webinar (online, virtual presentation)

    • Pre-recorded video

It’s a myth that every single aspect of a presentation needs to have a different strategy for every single professional title & every single type of audience.

Yes, tailoring is important. But my approach to professional development is that I teach people the fundamentals about design & human psychology.

I have a PhD in psychology, btw.

So, as you can imagine, I spent decades of my life suffering through #DeathByPowerpoint class lectures, workshops, and conference presentations.

It made learning material I cared about difficult (or impossible), and I was obviously not the only one struggling.

Yet, professor after professor…researcher after researcher…continued to recycle the same boring templates with the same boring speaking approach.

But even after finally being able to leave academia…there I was…still having to sit through more #DeathByPowerpoint!

I was so frustrated! Why was everyone, everywhere, forever giving such inaccessible, mindnumbing, time-wasting presentations?

How is it possible that the problem is so widespread that you see it in academia, the nonprofit sector, the private sector, the public sector, the medical field, and even from service providers?!

Meanwhile…starting as an undergrad (early 2000s just FYI), I received tons of compliments from students and professors about my class talks...and it all snowballed from there.

How is it that I was able to figure out how to do this as a young adult, when it’s such a widespread problem?

🙅‍♀️ It’s NOT because I was a natural speaker or an extrovert (I’m neither).

It’s because:

  • I had intense fear of public speaking, so I over-prepared.

  • I always had a lot of other creative interests and hobbies.

  • I got a PhD in psychology specifically because I wanted to understand human attitudes & behaviors.

  • I applied an interdisciplinary approach using strategies I picked up from books, comics, video games, and movies.

  • I experimented A LOT.

That’s how I was able to figure out that you just need to prioritize few universal aspects of what makes a presentation engaging to anyone. And that’s what I’ll be sharing with you in this email series.

I will share with you the primary problem you need to fix, and the one primary solution. There is one small catch, though:

I’m a perfect fit for professionals who want to do more than just check a box.

I wouldn’t recommend my resources if you only need to make presentations to check a box. AKA finish a presentation that's required for work, that you don’t really care about, and move on.

I’m here for people who have a burning need inside of them to be heard & understood. To see an audience that is fully captivated and hanging on their every word.

If you want to hear the magic words: “That is the BEST presentation I’ve ever seen!”

👇 start here today 👇

This free training is delivered through a series of emails. Unsubscribe at any time with one click. This series was created & delivered by me, Echo Rivera (bio below). No AI was used to put this together. I do not share your name/email with any else. privacy policy.

Hey there 👋🏻! I’m Dr. Echo Rivera & I can’t wait to help you become a powerful speaker.

I will help you:

🤩 Captivate your audience, so they don't even want to look at their phone

🤯 Blow your audience's mind with the new way of thinking you propose

😳 Convince your audience to agree with you, because it feels like the easy choice

🤬 Shake your audience awake (about an injustice, problem, etc)

...specifically so your audience:

📢 feels compelled to share the information with others

💪 is driven to take action to change their life, or the world

🤝 wants to collaborate with you in some way

💰 decides to hire you (or pay you to talk to their audience, etc)

(like, are you aware that people can get paid $10k+ per talk 👀?)

...all while YOU:

🥳 enjoy creating the slides & script

🎤 feel confident in your skills as a public speaker

🙌 feel proud of the presentation you deliver

That's who I'm here for.

Get access now >>

This free training is delivered through a series of emails. Unsubscribe at any time with one click. This series was created & delivered by me, Echo Rivera (bio below). No AI was used to put this together. I do not share your name/email with any else. privacy policy.

It doesn't matter who your audience is or what your profession is.

In the past, I specialized in helping academics, scientists, and evaluators with their public speaking skills (because I have a PhD in psychology & come from that world)...

...but I've now realized that these strategies apply broadly, across professions.