Speaker Skills Academy for Teams is a corporate communication and public speaking training service for companies and their teams. It uses live, drill-based practice sessions instead of lectures, led by professional coaches including TEDx coach Cathey Armillas and global speaking champion Marc Williams. Formats include 60 minute live Power Drills, self paced recorded Skills Drills, team memberships, and on-site group training. Sessions build executive presence, leadership communication, and confidence. A 3-Session Skill Sprint starts at $4,500; memberships and custom programs are quoted by team size. Contact hello@speakerskillsacademy.com to start.
Speaker Skills Academy for Teams
Your people have the ideas. We make sure the room hears them.
We train your team through live drills, not lectures. So the pitch lands, the meeting moves, and your best ideas finally get heard. And the team increases its efficacy and its members feel heard.
Get your team in! Not ready yet? Book a 20-minute discovery callThe gap nobody trained for
Your best people were promoted for what they know. Then the job changed.
Suddenly they are presenting to the board, leading the all-hands, pitching the client, and representing your company on stage. Nobody taught them how. The talented engineer freezes. The brilliant strategist loses the room. The work is excellent and the message never lands.
Smart people who cannot communicate their value are an expensive problem. We close that gap with practice, the one thing a workshop never gives you.
Ideas worth spreading start with people worth hearing.
What we offer
Three ways to bring SSA to your team.
Start small or build a full program. Every option is the same practice-first method, scaled to how your team works.
Start here
3-Session Skill Sprint
Three live drill sessions built around one theme: Executive Presence, Leadership Communication, or Confidence. Up to 30 people. The fastest way to feel what we do and see your team change in real time.
Starting at $4,500Bring your team in
Team Membership
Your people join the same weekly Skills Drills our community runs all year, with full access to the replay vault and resource library. Speaking stops being an event and becomes a habit.
Custom, by team sizeBuild it around your org
Custom Program
Everything in membership, plus in-person training and custom online sessions designed for your group and your goals. A full year of practice, shaped to your organization.
Custom, let us build it with youHow it works
Simple to start. Built to last.
No binders, no theory dumps. We design around your people and put them to work.
Assessment
We learn how your team communicates now and where the stakes are highest.
Cohort Design
We build a drill plan around your people, your goals, and your calendar.
Ongoing Practice
Your team drills on a regular cadence. Skills build through reps, not slides.
How we compare
There are clubs. There are coaches. There are courses. We are built differently.
Each one does a thing or two well. We are the only option that does all of it, every week, for your whole team.
| Benefit | Speaker Skills Academy | Speaking Clubs | Private Coaches | Online Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live coaching in every session | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Your team drills, not just watches | Yes | Partly | Yes | No |
| Built to train a whole team at once | Yes | No | No | Partly |
| A community that shows up every week | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Practice that repeats, so skills stick | Yes | Yes | Partly | No |
| Affordable to scale across your org | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
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Who leads the room
Coaching from people who have done it at the highest level.
Speaker Skills Academy was built by two coaches who train speakers when the stakes are highest.
Cathey Armillas
TEDx Coach and TED stage speaker
Creator of the How to Rock a TED Talk program and author of The Unbreakable Rules of Marketing. Cathey has coached speakers onto TEDx stages and stood on the TED stage herself. She knows exactly what it takes to land an idea when everything is on the line.
Marc Williams
Global Speaking Champion
A national and international speaking champion who has built his craft in the most competitive speaking circles in the world. Marc brings that championship discipline to every drill, turning nerves into presence and presence into impact.
Who we work with
Communication is not a perk. It is good economics.
- Investing in your people is good math. Attrition is expensive, and skilled communicators are the ones who stay.
- When people can articulate their value, the whole organization moves faster.
- Communication is not a soft skill. It is the infrastructure under every other skill.
We work with teams across:
- Technology and software
- Financial services and banking
- Professional services
- Engineering and manufacturing
- Healthcare leadership
- Sports and entertainment
Return on investment
Small time in. Big returns out.
Picture one person on your team. Here are three ways they can engage, and what each one gives back. The time stays small. The payoff keeps growing.
Power Drill
60 minutes, live at lunch
One skill, drilled live with a coach. They walk out sharper the same day.
Recorded Skills Drill
90 minutes, on demand, their pace
They pause, replay, and practice a full session until it sticks.
On-Site with Coach Cathey
One day, in person, at your offices
The whole team levels up together, in the room, with Cathey leading.
A lunch hour becomes a habit. A habit becomes a team that speaks like leaders. That is the return on an hour.
Questions teams ask
Good questions, straight answers.
How much time does this take?
Sessions run 60 to 90 minutes. Most teams drill weekly or every other week, and the recorded sessions let people practice whenever it fits their day.
Does it work for remote and hybrid teams?
Yes. Drills run live on video, so distributed teams practice together in real time. When you want everyone in one room, Cathey leads on-site sessions at your offices.
How big can a group be?
Up to 30 people in a single live session. For larger teams, a membership gives everyone access to the full weekly drill schedule.
What does it cost?
A 3-Session Skill Sprint starts at $4,500. Memberships and custom programs are quoted by team size and cadence. Tell us your team and we will put real numbers in front of you.
Is this just another workshop?
No. A workshop happens once and fades. SSA is recurring practice, so the skills keep building long after the first session. That is the whole point.
How do we get started?
One short call. We learn your team and your goals, then design a plan that fits. You can also sit in on a session first to see how it feels.
Your team is ready. So are we.
We work with teams ready to do the reps, not just hear about them. They walk in sharper and win the room. Let's support your teams to be better speakers!
Get your team in! hello@speakerskillsacademy.com