Perhaps you’re preparing for a bigger role. Leading a larger team. Or ready to speak with greater confidence in rooms where decisions are made.
We start with what matters to you.
Over twelve months, you’ll strengthen your communication through practical training and monthly cohort sessions. You’ll apply what you learn to the meetings, presentations, and conversations already on your calendar, with the option to add private coaching for personalized guidance.
Bring the recommendation you need to present. The conversation you’ve been putting off. The feedback you want to act on.
Together, we’ll build the communication skills to help you lead with greater clarity, confidence, and influence.
FINAL YEAR • REGISTRATION CLOSES DECEMBER 31, 2026
FINAL YEAR • REGISTRATION CLOSES DECEMBER 31, 2026
SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY 2027
SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY 2027
Your Next Level.
Your Next Level.
Our Final Year.
Our Final Year.
A year of focused leadership communication development to help you speak with clarity, confidence, and influence.
A year of focused leadership communication development to help you speak with clarity, confidence, and influence.
Registration closes December 31, 2026.
Enrollment will not reopen.
Registration closes December 31, 2026.
Enrollment will not reopen.
SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY 2027
SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY 2027
Your Next Level.
Your Next Level.
Our Final Year.
Our Final Year.
A year of focused leadership communication development to help you speak with clarity, confidence, and influence.
A year of focused leadership communication development to help you speak with clarity, confidence, and influence.
Registration closes December 31, 2026.
Enrollment will not reopen.
Registration closes December 31, 2026.
Enrollment will not reopen.
Your next level starts with how you communicate.
Your next level starts with how you communicate.
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Who is this program for?
For accomplished professionals who want their communication to support the responsibilities they have and the opportunities ahead.
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Designed for:
- Professionals preparing for bigger roles
Leaders managing complex teams
Directors and Executives strengthening influence
Talent identified for succession
Professionals preparing for high-visibility roles and high-stakes conversations
Professionals ready for renewed growth in their careers
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COHORTS ORGANIZED BY LEVEL
Accelerator - Emerging Leader - Director - Executive
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What makes SBDU different?
Developed by the coaches who help executives and leadership teams communicate when the stakes are high.
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A Focused Development Plan: Strengthen the communication skills that matter most to your role, your goals, and your next level.
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Peers at Your Level: Practice with professionals navigating similar leadership responsibilities.
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Communication Assets You Can Use: Build presentations, stories, messaging, and conversation frameworks for your real work.
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Practice with Specific Feedback: Strengthen your skills through coaching, cohort practice, and immediate application.
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Learning That Fits Your Schedule: Access on-demand training and bring what you learn into the meetings and conversations already on your calendar.
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Choose the Cohort That Fits Your Next Step
Choose the Cohort That Fits Your Next Step
Build the communication skills your next level requires.
From core speaking skills to executive leadership, each cohort focuses on the conversations and responsibilities you face. Practice with peers, receive guidance from a senior coach, and apply what you learn to your work.
From core speaking skills to executive leadership, each cohort focuses on the conversations and responsibilities you face. Practice with peers, receive guidance from a senior coach, and apply what you learn to your work.
ACCELERATOR
EMERGING LEADER
DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE
Communicate with Confidence and Clarity
Build Trust and Lead with Presence
Influence Across and Expand Your Impact
Articulate Vision and Shape Culture
Build the core speaking skills that make you poised, clear, and memorable in every meeting.
Strengthen relationships, set clear expectations, and inspire followership through warm, consistent, and credible communication.
Communicate strategically to align stakeholders, advance initiatives, and elevate your visibility as a business builder.
Use communication to define direction, unite teams, and create the leadership language that moves your organization forward.
1. Confident Mindset
2. Visual Leadership
3. Vocal Presence
4. Mastering First
Impressions, Your Self Introduction
5. Top-Down
Messaging
6. Strong Starts and Closes, Provocative Transitions
7. Handling Questions
8. Handling Objections
9. Influencing Skills
10. Virtual Meeting Excellence
2. Visual Leadership
3. Vocal Presence
4. Mastering First
Impressions, Your Self Introduction
5. Top-Down
Messaging
6. Strong Starts and Closes, Provocative Transitions
7. Handling Questions
8. Handling Objections
9. Influencing Skills
10. Virtual Meeting Excellence
1. Establishing Trust
2. Assertive Communication
3. Storytelling
4. Thinking on Your Feet
5. Delegation
6. Delivering Feedback
7. Clear Expectations
8. Ways to Increase Visibility
9. Managing Up
10. Art of Gatherings
2. Assertive Communication
3. Storytelling
4. Thinking on Your Feet
5. Delegation
6. Delivering Feedback
7. Clear Expectations
8. Ways to Increase Visibility
9. Managing Up
10. Art of Gatherings
1. Poise Under Pressure
2. Inspiring Followers
3. Commanding the Room
4. Business Impact Stories
5. Tough Conversations
6. Delivering Tough News
7. Campaign to Promotion
8. Expanding Your Circle
9. Stakeholder Mapping
10. Managing Down
2. Inspiring Followers
3. Commanding the Room
4. Business Impact Stories
5. Tough Conversations
6. Delivering Tough News
7. Campaign to Promotion
8. Expanding Your Circle
9. Stakeholder Mapping
10. Managing Down
1. Inspirational Leadership
2. Gravitas
3. Expanding Trust
4. Language of Leadership
5. Vision Setting
6. Communicating Mission, Vision, and Values
7. Communication Strategy
8. Articulating a Strategy
9. Incentivizing Behavior
10. The 10-Minute Talk
ACCELERATOR
Communicate with Confidence and Clarity
Build the core speaking skills that make you poised, clear, and memorable in every meeting and presentation.
1. Confident Mindset
2. Visual Leadership
3. Vocal Presence
4. First Impressions, and Self-Introductions
5. Top Down Messaging
6. Strong Starts and Closes, Provocative Transitions
7. Handling Questions
8. Handling Objections
9. Influencing Skills
10. Virtual Meeting Excellence
2. Visual Leadership
3. Vocal Presence
4. First Impressions, and Self-Introductions
5. Top Down Messaging
6. Strong Starts and Closes, Provocative Transitions
7. Handling Questions
8. Handling Objections
9. Influencing Skills
10. Virtual Meeting Excellence
EMERGING LEADER
Build Trust and Lead with Presence
Strengthen relationships, set clear expectations, and inspire followership through warm, consistent, and credible communication.
1. Establishing Trust
2. Assertive Communication
3. Storytelling
4. Thinking on Your Feet
5. Delegation
6. Delivering Feedback
7. Clear Expectations
8. Ways to Increase Visibility
9. Managing Up
10. Art of Gatherings
2. Assertive Communication
3. Storytelling
4. Thinking on Your Feet
5. Delegation
6. Delivering Feedback
7. Clear Expectations
8. Ways to Increase Visibility
9. Managing Up
10. Art of Gatherings
DIRECTOR
Influence Across and Expand Your Impact
Communicate strategically to align stakeholders, advance initiatives, and elevate your visibility as a business builder.
1. Poise Under Pressure
2. Inspiring Followers
3. Commanding the Room
4. Business Impact Stories
5. Tough Conversations
6. Delivering Tough News
7. Campaign to Promotion
8. Expanding Your Circle
9. Stakeholder Mapping
10. Managing Down
2. Inspiring Followers
3. Commanding the Room
4. Business Impact Stories
5. Tough Conversations
6. Delivering Tough News
7. Campaign to Promotion
8. Expanding Your Circle
9. Stakeholder Mapping
10. Managing Down
EXECUTIVE
Articulate Vision and Shape Culture
Use communication to define direction, unite teams, and create the language and leadership presence that moves your organization forward.
1. Inspirational Leadership
2. Gravitas
3. Expanding Trust
4. Language of Leadership
5. Vision Setting
6. Mission - Vision - Values
7. Communication Strategy
8. Articulating a Strategy
9. Incentivizing Behavior
10. The 10-Minute Talk
2. Gravitas
3. Expanding Trust
4. Language of Leadership
5. Vision Setting
6. Mission - Vision - Values
7. Communication Strategy
8. Articulating a Strategy
9. Incentivizing Behavior
10. The 10-Minute Talk
Your 12-Month Leadership Communication Portfolio
Your 12-Month Leadership Communication Portfolio
Over twelve months, you’ll build the skills to present your ideas with clarity, communicate with greater authority, and stay composed when the stakes are high.
Through practical training and monthly cohort sessions, you’ll turn what you learn into skills you can use in the meetings, presentations, and conversations already on your calendar.
Choose the option that includes private coaching for personalized guidance on your goals and the communication challenges that matter most to you.
Your 12-Month Leadership Communication Portfolio
Your 12-Month Leadership Communication Portfolio
Over twelve months, you’ll build the skills to present your ideas with clarity, communicate with greater authority, and stay composed when the stakes are high.
Through practical training and monthly cohort sessions, you’ll turn what you learn into skills you can use in the meetings, presentations, and conversations already on your calendar.
Choose the option that includes private coaching for personalized guidance on your goals and the communication challenges that matter most to you.
Month 1
Your Leadership Goals: Define What Excellence Looks Like for You
Month 2
Fundamentals: Strengthen Your Executive Presence
Month 3
Messaging: Craft Your Go-To 5-Story Set
Month 4
Applications: Design Your High-Stakes Communication Deck
Month 5
Mastery: Make the Case to Leadership with Clarity and Confidence
Month 6
Mid-Year Milestones: Measure and Analyze Your Communication Impact
Month 7
Journey: Build Your Repeatable Virtual Presentation System
Month 8
Achievements: Build Your Wins & Impact Story Bank
Month 9
Skills: Strengthen Communication for Project Leadership
Month 10
Operations: Create Your Difficult Conversations Toolkit
Month 11
Networks: Develop Your Influence Expansion Plan
Month 12
Integration: Compile Your Executive Communication Portfolio
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Month by Month, You'll Build the Behaviors of Senior Leaders
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1. Respond with poise under pressure
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2. Communicate with greater confidence in executive and board-level conversations
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3. Shape messages that move decisions
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4. Inspire teams with clarity and purpose
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5. Strengthen your credibility as a trusted leader
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Practice alongside peers who are working toward the same goal: communicating more effectively in the moments that matter to their leadership.
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Turn What You Learn into How You Lead
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Apply the frameworks to your real meetings and presentations
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Strengthen your communication habits through focused exercises and reflection
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Practice with peers in your cohort
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Build a communication asset each month
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Become the leader people trust, listen to, and look to for direction
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Join the program built for professionals who are ready to move from knowing to doing.
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"The combination of group learning, powerful frameworks, and personalized 1:1 coaching transformed the way I prepare for live presentations and webinars."
- Vishal, SVP
- Vishal, SVP
THE NEXT STEP
THE NEXT STEP
MAKE 2027 A YEAR OF INTENTIONAL & EXPANSIVE IMPACT.
MAKE 2027 A YEAR OF INTENTIONAL & EXPANSIVE IMPACT.
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BUILD YOUR NEXT LEVEL IN SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY.
BUILD YOUR NEXT LEVEL IN SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY.
THE NEXT STEP
THE NEXT STEP
MAKE 2027 A YEAR OF INTENTIONAL & EXPANSIVE IMPACT.
MAKE 2027 A YEAR OF INTENTIONAL & EXPANSIVE IMPACT.
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CONTINUE THE WORK IN SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY.
CONTINUE THE WORK IN SPEAK BY DESIGN UNIVERSITY.
*Registration closes on December 31st, 2026. - We will not accept late additions.
Real Stories. Real Change.
Real Stories. Real Change.
"Thank you, Speak by Design. Your coaches guided me through my transition and helped me develop my leadership communication skills.
This helped me get promoted to a new position. I am starting the new role and your program was one of the keys to my success."
Manmeet, VP of Finance
at Healthcare Company
"Speak by Design has an exceptionally talented team that truly stands out in the realm of speaking and coaching. Their strategic approach to crafting and delivering content is not only innovative but highly effective, ensuring that every session is actionable and memorable. I have benefitted from their support both personally and professionally. They should be your top choice for anyone looking to elevate their leadership capabilities."
Sharon, President
And Then Communications & Coaching
"I have worked with multiple coaches in the University. The variety of approaches and tools have helped shape my leadership style.
Thank you very much for all the help over the years."
Reginald, CFA, CAIA, Managing Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How is Speak by Design University different from other communication programs?
This is not a course; it’s a 12-month leadership communication operating system. You get private coaching, cohort practice, monthly deliverables, and the same frameworks we teach to executives, founders, and board-facing leaders. You don’t learn communication “concepts.” You practice leadership behaviors every month until they become habits.
What measurable improvements can I expect over 12 months?
You’ll build an executive communication portfolio with one high-impact deliverable each month: messaging, storytelling, communication strategies, leadership narratives, and more.
These improvements are visible to managers, peers, and cross-functional leaders. For people in sales, they see an increase in new business. For people in internal roles, they experience expanding opportunities and more career satisfaction.
How much time should I expect to spend each week?
Most participants spend 1 hour per week, which may include:
- One private coaching session
- One cohort session
- Watching a signature training in the vault, or
- A monthly challenge or portfolio deliverable
It’s designed for busy leaders who want maximum impact with minimal disruption.
How personalized is the private coaching? Will it fit my role?
Yes. Your coach tailors everything to your role and goals. We will present a survey as soon as you register to help us build your plan.
You’ll work directly on real presentations, real meetings, real obstacles, and real visibility opportunities in your actual job.
Can my employer sponsor the program?
Yes, most of our members use professional development funds. Email team@speakbydesign.com if you need a separate invoice or a sponsor-friendly overview PDF.
Who are the coaches, and what experience do they have?
All Speak by Design coaches are trained in our proprietary leadership communication system and have experience coaching executives, directors, and managers at fast-growing firms. Your coach has a deep understanding of how senior leaders evaluate communication because they’ve prepared leaders for board meetings, investor days, town halls, and executive transitions.
Is the content tailored to my career level or industry?
Yes, our communication frameworks are universal, but your coach helps tailor them to your specific role, industry, and level of responsibility.
How does private coaching work?
You can schedule up to two, 45-minute private coaching sessions per month with a leadership coach of your choice.
Sessions are personalized, structured, and focused on your real-world scenarios: presentations, interviews, difficult conversations, team meetings, or message development.
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