How do you go about choosing the right communication coach for yourself?

The process is as difficult as it can get as you have TOO MANY factors to take into consideration ranging from price to mode of learning.

Simply put, choosing a communication coach is like visiting an eye doctor to get the right glasses for yourself. As soon as they stuck your face in this machine called ‘The Better Machine’, phrases such as ‘Is this better?’, ‘Or is this better?’ throws you into a state of dilemma and you get all the more confused.

Eventually, you find the right glasses for you with the guidance of your doctor. And this is exactly where we can help you!

In this article, we shall analyze 14 different communication coaches to find the right fit for you!

Having said that, take a sneak peak into the list of communication coaches we selected:

Before we dive into an in-depth analysis of each of these communication coaches, here’s a quick table for you to refer to where we have compared these communication coaches based upon:

• Mode of Learning
• Fee Structure
• Who will benefit?

List of Communication Coaches

1. The Genard Method

To quote Amy from the Big Bang Theory, ‘In the performance paradigm, a good orator has the responsibility to inform the audience as well as entertain and engage.’

If you believe in this phrase as much as we do then, Dr. Gary Genard is the ideal communications coach for you.

Being an actor and a speech coach by profession, Dr. Genard follows a theater-based training approach to public speaking because speech delivery is just as important as speech writing.

Name of the Program

Online Executive Speech Coaching Course

Mode of Learning

Virtual One-hour Zoom Sessions

Coaching Program Details

The 1:1 Public Speaking Coaching at The Genard Method comprises 10 weekly one-hour sessions. These coaching sessions take place virtually over the zoom platform. For the purpose of practice, the recorded sessions are shared with the students.

What does the program include:

● Techniques to determine client’s strengths, weaknesses, personal goals, and areas of improvement to enable personalized learning.
● The add-on learning resources include recorded zoom sessions, vocal exercises, and role-playing simulations.
● Learning resources include Dr. Genard’s The Executive Speech Coaching Workbook and his book How to Give a Speech.
● Personalized feedback for the client’s upcoming public speaking journey.

Fee Structure

The fee for this exclusive 1:1 public speaking coaching is slightly on a higher side, that is, 3500$. All of the other programs are priced and formulated in a similar fashion keeping in view the requirements and strengths of the client.

Who will benefit the most?

Bearing in mind the course structure and fee structure, working professionals will benefit the most from this training program. To list a few-

• Entrepreneurs and Start-up Founders looking forward to putting their thoughts in a convincing manner to get the investors and stakeholders onboard, and at the same time, wish to win over the hearts of their customers.
• Public Relations Executive who wish to communicate a strong brand image and handle crisis communications for their clients.
• Business Professionals with key leadership roles in the workspace environment.
• Professional and Activist Organizations with the aim of inspiring people towards bringing a positive change in society.

Given the niche and fee structure, this course may not be an ideal choice for a student at the school or college level.

2. Speak By Design

Speak By Design offer personalized one-to-one coaching programs depending upon the client’s goals and areas of improvement. To discuss the needs and personalize the learning curriculum, one can get on a free call with one of the team members at Speak By Design.
These one-to-one coaching programs range from anywhere between 3-30 hours depending upon the client’s goals of improvement.

Name of the Program

Private Leadership Communications Course

Mode of Learning

Virtual One-hour Zoom Sessions

Coaching Program Details

This 1:1 wholesome public speaking course spans over a 6-month duration and includes two elaborate half-day sessions followed by two private coaching sessions per month. Although the program is tailored according to the client’s needs, one can refer to a sample program outline provided by Speak By Design to reach a decision.

What does the program include:

• Personalized curriculum based upon client’s goals of improvement
• The program is tailored twice throughout the course. First, when you book a consultation to discuss your goals of improvement, and second when you pass your initial launch days to tweak the curriculum as you deem fit.
• Exclusive access to video vaults and worksheets.

Fee Structure

The fee for this 6-month long private leadership communications coaching can range from $4,500 to $6,000.
As an affordable alternative to this course, Speak By Design also offers a monthly membership program for $397 per month but this course is not a 1:2:1 coaching session but an amalgamation of group training, live coaching calls, and two private coaching sessions of 45 minutes per month

Another alternative to this is a virtual crash course of 3 hours long group training that will cost a client $695. These half-day sessions are frequent at Speak By Design.

Who will benefit the most?

Keeping in view the fee structure and duration of the course, people who are looking forward to applying public speaking skills in their professional workspace will benefit the most from this course. To name a few-

• Business professionals with the aim of winning the hearts of stakeholders, investors, and even customers for that matter
• This course will also help the college students to mark a swift transition to the workplace environment and nail the job interviews.
• For a high school student with the motive of nailing the college admission interviews, this course is the best fit.

3. The Ginger Leadership Communications

Unlike other communication coaches, Ginger has a team of eight communication coaches, each with a different style of teaching and line of experience.

To help you choose the best one for you, the team at Ginger will send you the work profile of each of these communication coaches and have a chat with you to discuss your personal goals. Post this, a 15-minute long chemistry call will be set up to ensure that you’re an adequate fit for the course and are all set to commence the program.

Name of the Program

Under 1:2:1 Communications Training, Ginger has four different types of courses available for the client depending upon the requirements of the client. These are:

• Presentation, Talk and Pitch Coaching
• Speak with Confidence
• Conference Speaker 1:2:1 Coaching Package
• Speech Writing and Editing

Mode of Learning

Both in-person and virtual coaching sessions available.

Coaching Program Details

The Speak with Confidence Package is the ideal fit for people who fear public speaking and wish to overcome nervous body language traits in order to become confident public speakers. The Conference Speaker Program is perfect for someone who has an upcoming public speaking event lined up and needs guidance to ace the same by learning the nuances of effective communication. The Presentation, Talk, and Pitch and Speech Writing and Editing courses are the best fit for people who wish to improve the speech delivery and speech writing style respectively.

What does the program include:

● Carefully curated courses for the client to choose his best fit
● Access to a range of blogs and free resources
● The flexibility of sessions- Both crash courses of 1 day and elaborate courses of months are available to suit every client’s needs.

Fee Structure

At Ginger, they have fixed prices for courses depending upon the duration of the coaching sessions.
For a one-hour 1:2:1 coaching session, the price is £400 and a package of four sessions is priced at £350. Likewise, for 10 sessions of one-hour, Ginger will cost you £300 per hour.

Who will benefit the most?

Keeping in view the affordability and the structure of the public speaking courses, the following people will benefit the most out of these sessions:
● High school and college students with the aim to ace the public speaking events and leadership roles.
● Working-age professionals put forth their thoughts in a persuasive manner and win clients.
● Anyone in general who wishes to improve their communications skills.

4. Speak Up For Success

Started by Jezra Kaye, Speak Up For Success offers individual and group coachings, and online workshops.

When it comes to 1:2:1 public speaking coaching at Speak Up For Success, after a chat with the client, a personalized curriculum is designed based upon the client’s strengths, areas of improvement, and learning goals.

Name of the Program

At this institution, no specific course structure is given on the website.

Personalized courses are designed for each and every client as each one of us is different and share varied goals.

Mode of Learning

Both in-person and Skype coaching sessions are available. The choice is yours!

Coaching Program Details

The coaching program is extremely flexible and formulated based upon the client’s requirements.

What does the program include:

• The coaching sessions are scheduled at the convenience of the client so that they don’t have to adhere to a fixed timing and meddle with their existing work schedule.
• The coach will refer to the client’s experience so far and personal materials to help him/her become an excellent public speaker.
• Carefully crafted personalized courses will be tailored entirely based upon the client’s work and experiences so far to address his/her strengths and weaknesses in an effective manner.

Fee Structure

With the aim of making public speaking skill a necessity and not a luxury, Speak Up For Success charges a sliding fee scale.

The charges vary for:

• Students and unemployed people
• People with middle-class jobs
• Highly-paid professionals and executives

Depending upon your requirements and personal background, the institute will set the right price for you during a consultation call.

Who will benefit the most?

• From students to working-age professionals and everyone in between, Speak Up By Design serves as an affordable yet great public speaking course for people who wish to improve their communication skills.
• People of all ages, and from different personal and working backgrounds can benefit from the versatility of this course.

5. The Moxie Institute

This public speaking and presentation agency is entirely dedicated to imparting public speaking skills to anxious speakers to help them become confident speakers.

From personalized coaching to training workshops to special event guidance, you cite your requirement and you’ll be able to find a course structure for the same from their wide range of carefully-curated resources.

Name of the Program

1:2:1 Public Speaker Course

Mode of Learning

Choose between in-person and virtual training sessions

Coaching Program Details

The coaching program is highly customized based on the client’s requirements.

The client first book a time and get in touch with the team at Moxie to discuss his/her earning goals and areas of improvement.

What does the program include:

• Tailored Coaching Sessions with personalized feedback and learning reinforcements
• Get access to customized content keeping in view the areas of improvement of the client
• A clearly devised development plan that includes practice sessions and speaking exercises

Fee Structure

The course fee varies depending upon your level of skills and requirements. From a beginner to an intermediate, the price will also vary depending upon the duration of the course.

Who will benefit the most?

• All types of speakers from varied backgrounds can benefit from this wide array of courses and transform themselves into confident speakers.
• From students to working-age professionals, these tailored courses seem to be a viable option for every frantic speaker out there

6. Mindful Presenter

The Mindful Presenter offers 2-hours long one-to-one coaching sessions for its clients to work on their public speaking skills.

From prepping up for an upcoming event to enrolling for a full-on one-to-one public speaking coaching, the Mindful Presenter customizes the sessions based upon your requirements.

You can either book an individual 2 hour session or book a series of coaching sessions.

Truly, the ball is in your court!

Name of the Program

Online One-to-One Coaching

Mode of Learning

Live Zoom Sessions

Coaching Program Details

• Individual Personal Coaching Sessions

For individual personal coaching sessions, the session lasts for 2 hours. No fixed agenda has been prescribed by the Institute, the curriculum and training will be customized based upon the client’s personal challenges and learning objectives.

To get a better insight into the client’s personal challenges and learning objectives, a questionnaire is sent to the client. Based on the client’s response to the questionnaire, the coach will focus upon improving on certain areas as per the client’s requirements and sessions will be customized accordingly.

• One-to-One Public Speaking Coaching

The one-to-one public speaking coaching services offered by the Mindful Presenter entails 6, 90-minute one-to-one personal coaching sessions, scheduled over Zoom Platform.

These 6 sessions are further bifurcated into two categories:

a) the first four sessions focus on equipping you with all the essential skills you need to draft and deliver a killer presentation

b) the final two sessions include exclusive training on dress rehearsals to prep you for the time when you need that boost of confidence on stage

Fee Structure

The individual personal coaching sessions are priced at £395.00 + VAT for each 2-hour zoom session whereas the full-on exclusive one-to-one public speaking coaching programme consisting of 6 zoom sessions is priced at £1995.00 +VAT.

Who will benefit the most?

• Be your association with school, college, universities, high-end brands, PR Agencies or charities, this Institute can help you level up your communication game with the right guidance given their exquisite track record of working with a range of popular brands.
• From students to working-age professionals and everyone in between can benefit from this public speaking coaching.

7. Virtual Speech Coach

Founded by Diane Windingland, the Virtual Speech Coach aims to help the anxious speakers transform into confident speakers with its exclusive range of 6 public speaking coaching programmes.

Mode of Learning

Live Zoom Sessions

Coaching Program Details

The Virtual Speech Coach offers six different types of coaching options for the clients to choose from. To mention the list of programmes-

• Do it Now! Polishing Your Presentation, 1-hour
• Building a Better Presentation, 2.5-hour package
• Creating a High-Stakes Presentation, 4-hour package
• Developing Your Skills, 4 hour package
• High-Stakes Communication, up to 8 hours/month
• Unlimited Confident Speaking Laser Coaching

All of these programmes differ on the basis of their time duration and the areas of public speaking they can cover. Out of the above-mentioned six programmes, ‘High-Stakes Communication’ is the most popular amongst the clients. 

The details of each of these programmes has been mentioned in great detail here along with the curriculum and price list. 

Fee Structure

Below is the Fee Structure for each of these programmes-

Who will benefit the most?

Given the affordability and flexibility of the coaching programmes, the following people can benefit from it-

• High school and college students with the aim to ace the public speaking events and leadership roles.
• Working-age professionals put forth their thoughts in a persuasive manner and win clients.
• Anyone in general who wishes to improve their communications skills.

8. Public Words

Public Words was founded by Dr. Nick Morgon back in 1997 and has been committed ever since towards sharing public speaking learnings and experiences with everyone to help them become stronger communicators.

Name of the Program

Speaker Coaching with Nick Morgon

Mode of Learning

Live Virtual Sessions

Coaching Program Details

The coaching programme focuses on mastering the art of drafting and delivering a persuasive presentation.

As an additional add-on, it not teaches you to the essential marketing skills to market your ideas, brand, or even your piece of writing but also guides you on how you can build a sustainable communication community in your professional life.

The duration of each scheduled session varies between 1-2 hours and the frequency of these sessions will be decided based on the client’s schedule and availability to mark a certain level of flexibility.

Each coaching programme is customized based upon the client’s requirements and challenges.

Fee Structure

The fee structure is slightly on the higher side as each scheduled session of 1-2 hours with Dr. Nick Morgon is priced at $1000.

Who will benefit the most?

Keeping in view the high-end fee structure and niche structure of the course, people who are looking forward to applying public speaking skills in their professional workspace will benefit the most from this course. To name a few-

• Business professionals with the aim of winning the hearts of stakeholders, investors, and even customers for that matter
• This course will also help the college students to mark a swift transition to the workplace environment and nail the job interviews.
• For a high school student with the motive of nailing the college admission interviews, this course is the best fit.

9. The Ethos3 Empowering Presentation

The Ethos3 Empowering Presentation has been committed to bringing out that confident personality in you by imparting the required knowledge about public speaking skills.

Over the last decade, Ethos has worked with a number of American Brands and helped them narrate their respective brand stories through effective communication.

Name of the Program

The Presentation Mentor

Mode of Learning

Virtual Sessions

Coaching Program Details

This 7 Module Masterclass at Ethos will update you with everything you need to know about crafting a stellar speech or presentation from scratch.

Apart from this, the coaching sessions shall include practice activities, worksheets, and a training guide comprising of books.

In addition to this, 21 training videos will be shared with you for your better learning.

Fee Structure

Ethos is committed to offering public speaking guidance at affordable prices. The range may vary from 750$ to 1000$ per hour. If you feel that’s a little over your budget, feel at peace because Ethos is committed to working with any budget constraints that you may have.

Who will benefit the most?

• All types of speakers from varied backgrounds can benefit from this wide array of courses and transform themselves into confident speakers.
• From students to working-age professionals, these tailored courses seem to be a viable option for every frantic speaker out there

10. The Speech Improvement Company

Let’s introduce you to the very first speech and communication firm established in the USA. For over 50 years, this firm has been committed towards sharing their public speaking learnings and experiences with all its clients.

Name of the Program

Individual Coaching Programme

Mode of Learning

Choose between In-Person and Live Virtual Sessions

Coaching Program Details

With the goal of building a stronger communication community, this institution opts for methods like virtual reality training to combat the far of public speaking instead of the traditional teaching methods.

Personalized learning reinforcements including audio, video and CDs shall be provided to clients during these perfectly curated tailored coaching sessions.

From working on accent reduction to business presentations and writing to executive communication, no matter what your goal is, a personalized course will be designed for you based upon you challenges and learning goals.

Fee Structure

The firm involves two types of fee structure when it comes to these one-to-one public speaking coaching: a) if your firm pays for your professional development training, the charges are 500$ per hour b) if not, the charges can be lowered below 500$ per hour and the price can be decided bearing in mind your budget constraints.

Who will benefit the most?

Having mentioned the elaborate focus upon helping an individual ace his/her business communications game, following people can benefit the most out of these sessions-

• Entrepreneurs and Start-up Founders looking forward to putting their thoughts in a convincing manner to get the investors and stakeholders onboard, and at the same time, wish to win over the hearts of their customers.
• Public Relations Executive who wish to communicate a strong brand image and handle crisis communications for their clients.
• Business Professionals with key leadership roles in the workspace environment.
• Professional and Activist Organizations with the aim of inspiring people towards bringing a positive change in society.

11. Virtual Speech

“Online learning is rapidly becoming one of the most cost-effective ways to educate the world’s rapidly expanding workforce.”

Jack Messman

And we possibly couldn’t agree more. With the technological advancement reaching new heights, online learning has emerged as an inescapable reality.

Keeping the perks of online learning in purview, Virtual Speech offers its public speaking clients enhanced training with the help of features like virtual reality training so that the clients don’t feel burnt out at the end of the day, enjoy the learning process, and don’t miss out on the human touch.

Name of the Program

Public Speaking Coaching/Presentation Skills

Mode of Learning

1.5 Hours Session in Virtual Reality will be provided

Coaching Program Details

This one-to-one coaching in virtual reality involves a framework wherein the student will practice presentations/public speaking with a coach in the same virtual room and receive instant feedback.

Fee Structure

With a pocket-friendly fee range of $150, Virtual Speech comes off as an affordable yet skillful alternative for the students to level up their communication game with unique one-to-one coaching in VR.

Who will benefit the most?

Individuals from all walks of life can benefit from this course (quite literally!) due to its diversified range of courses and affordable prices. To cite a few specifics of its benefits, following categories of people will benefit the most-

• The students who wish to overcome the speaking anxiety in the virtual learning space
• The job aspirants and entrepreneurs who are looking forward to increase their placements and sales opportunities respectively.
• Business Professionals with key leadership roles in the workspace environment.

12. Duarte

With the belief of ‘shaping ideas into presentations that shift audience beliefs and behavior’, Duarte Training Methodology speaks volumes of its shared experiences and learning. Established in 1988, Duarte has impacted as many as 50 noteworthy brands, experts of varied fields, and global consulting firms. Moving forward, with its extensive public speaking courses, it’s widening its circle of influence with each passing day.

Name of the Program

Master Business Communication

Mode of Learning

Both Virtual and In-Person Coaching Sessions Available for the students

Coaching Program Details

To hone your communications skills all the better, the Duarte Method makes it a point to provide equal emphasis on strategy, visuals, delivery, and most importantly, your story to help you deliver a great persuasive presentation.

Depending upon the mode of learning, it has bifurcated its courses into

• Virtual training
• In-person training

Under each of these modes of learning, a range of courses have been specified to meet the public speaking requirements of the client in a professional working space.

Fee Structure

The fee range for each of its courses under in-person and virtual learning can be summarized as follows-

To have an in-depth look into each of these courses, check out virtual training cost structure and in-person cost structure.

Who will benefit the most?

With its dedicated niche towards business space, Duarte Communication Training is the most beneficial for the business professionals to help them become stronger communication skills by improving skills such as-

• Leadership
• Sales and Maketing
• Analytic Skills
• HR Essential Skills

13. Magnetic Speaking

From One-Day Public Speaking Training Bootcamp to Elaborate 3-Day Coaching Sessions, Magnetic Speaking strives hard to imbibe the essential skills of public speaking to every beginner.

Name of the Program

One-on-One Coaching for Professionals and Executives

Mode of Learning

Virtual Training Sessions

Coaching Program Details

If you are someone who doesn’t want to let public speaking hold you back in your professional career, this coaching programme is for you with its key emphasis upon imparting the necessary speaking skills for the professional workspace. The programme has been further categorized into the following aspects to best fit the client’s requirements-

1-Hour Free Live Virtual Session
1-Day Training Bootcamp
3-Day Personalized Coaching (1 hour/day)

While the 1-hour live virtual session and 3-Day Coaching Sessions are highly customized, 1-Day Training Bootcamp are carefully categorized into four areas of improvement for the client to choose from (Namely, Delivery, Messaging, Storytelling and Impromptu).

Fee Structure

While the one-day training bootcamps are priced at $897 per individual, the price range for the coaching sessions vary based upon the challenges and goals of the client.

Who will benefit the most?

Keeping in purview the high-end fee structure and key emphasis on business communication, people who are looking forward to applying public speaking skills in their professional workspace will benefit the most from this course. To name a few-

• Business professionals with the aim of winning the hearts of stakeholders, investors, and even customers for that matter
• This course will also help the college students to mark a swift transition to the workplace environment and nail the job interviews.
• For a high school student with the motive of nailing the college admission interviews, this course is the best fit.

14. Fearless Presentations

With a key goal to make the presentations all the more persuasive and engaging, Fearless Presentations has come up with an elaborate 1:1 Presentation Skills Coaching Sessions for the people to work on their public speaking skills every time they step on the stage to deliver an interactive presentation.

Name of the Program

Fearless Presentations: Public Speaking Course

Mode of Learning

The means of learning can be listed as follows-

1. In-Person Training
2. Virtual Coaching Sessions
3. On-Site Corporate Classes

Coaching Program Details

What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘PowerPoint Presentations’? For most of us, it reminds us of those extensive text-heavy slides with a monotonous delivery on the part of the presenter.

Well, so is the general outlook of each one of us. But every once in a while, we stumble upon a presentation so unique and a delivery so engaging that all of our expectations are shattered and we are left feeling absolutely amazed. And, that’s exactly what Fearless Presentations Coaching Programme helps you achieve!

Be it any mode of learning, the classes for Fearless Presentations are scheduled from 9 am to 4 pm every day. For the one-to-one coaching sessions, the client can have a free consultation session with the coach to discuss the expectations, tailor a customized package and proceed with the rest of the coaching sessions. To get a brief idea of what the curriculum would look like, click here.

Fee Structure

The fee structure for these presentation seminars has been summed up in the table mentioned below-

Who will benefit the most?

Having mentioned the elaborate focus upon helping an individual ace his/her workplace communications game with the help of persuasive presentations, following people can benefit the most out of these sessions-

• Entrepreneurs and Start-up Founders looking forward to putting their thoughts in a convincing manner to get the investors and stakeholders onboard, and at the same time, wish to win over the hearts of their customers.
• Public Relations Executive who wish to communicate a strong brand image and handle crisis communications for their clients.
• Business Professionals with key leadership roles in the workspace environment.
• Professional and Activist Organizations with the aim of inspiring people towards bringing a positive change in society.