Sophie Painchaud works with individuals and groups who wish to explore and improve their public speaking and self-presentation skills.  

While mindfully looking inward and outward, clients refine their message and their image, develop self-confidence, positive outlook, and enlightened vocational goals and outcomes. This further assists them in cultivating the sharing of ideas, expanded world views, and ultimately optimizing their personal and professional lives.


ServiceS

Public Speaking Coaching

Speech preparedness for all occasions

Anxiety reduction & self-confidence

Voice & Breathing techniques

Speech editing & translating (French/English)

Career Advancement

Interviewing strategies

Portfolio, resume and written self-presentation


TESTIMONIALS

“Sophie walked with me through the process of speech preparedness. She helped me build confidence and showed me how to turn what I thought were shortcomings into positives.”
— Craig Cates, Key West Mayor 2009
“To teach communication skills, one must be a terrific communicator, and Sophie is prodigiously gifted in this respect. As a teacher she has at her fingertips the multiple technicalities on which communication depends; as a trainer she possesses a degree of insight into each individual’s needs that is almost uncanny. That she is also generously open-minded and ruthlessly critical only makes her effectiveness the more irresistible.”
— Harry Mathews, Writer, Poet, Editor, Lecturer, Paris editor of the Paris Review (1989-2003). Member of the Oulipo (Paris)
“When the time came to revamp my career, Sophie coached me through the interviewing process. I was offered the job I wanted!”
— Lisa Mesker, NYC
“Ms. Painchaud is a remarkably gifted communicator. It is with great intuition that she spontaneously senses the needs of her clients, as she listens to them and advises them with keen understanding, regardless of their field. She can do so because of her extensive professional, cultural and social experiences. She is balanced and open-minded and welcomes any new projects and ideas, while also offering her own creativity, awareness, and humanitarian qualities.”
— Marie-Claire Blais, Author