Diane Windingland | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Bio

Diane Windingland, the author of several books on communication skills, was originally trained as an engineer. Since 2011 she has been speaking for organizations that want to help their people have better, more profitable conversations and presentations. She also coaches subject matter experts on how to present with clarity and confidence, shaping what they know into presentations that engage and get results. Diane dedicates much of her spare time as a volunteer for Toastmasters International, an organization that empowers people to be better leaders and communicators.

Current position (1)

Chief Presentation Consultant and Speaker

Virtual Speech Coach

Achievements (2)

Distinguished Toastmasters

Highest educational designation for Toastmasters International

Author of several books on Communication Skills

Amazon Author page: https://www.amazon.com/Diane-Windingland/e/B004AXXPXW

Degrees (1)

Engineering

San Diego State University

1980 to 1984

Presentations

Presentations (5)

Leading Change: The Power of Asking Questions

In this interactive keynote, participants will discover the power of asking questions as a change management strategy to not only increase engagement, but also to avoid disaster, to gain clarity, and to shape the future in an ever-changing landscape.

Beyond Bullet Points: Business Storytelling

Storytelling isn’t just for kids! Storytelling is powerful in business. Properly conveying a story helps business people not only grow their business through sales, but helps them connect, collaborate and lead. In this presentation, participants will learn why and how to incorporate storytelling in business communications to get their messages heard, remembered and acted on!

Speak with Confidence

In this interactive workshop, participants will learn key ways to speak with confidence. This presentation can be customized to cover more or fewer topics for shorter presentations.

Create a “bumper sticker” defining statement to position yourself to your audience
Start and end with a bang
Keep your audience engaged with stories
Develop your points clearly
Maintain eye contact, even when using notes
Power up your PowerPoint with easy ideas!
Deliver with confidence

Speech Zero to Hero in One Hour: How to Create a Presentation in an Hour that Will Wow Your Audience

Save time and money by learning how to create a clear, audience-focused speech in a snap. Participants will learn and work through a repeatable 7-step process for quickly creating a presentation. By the end of this fast-paced workshop, the participants will have created a presentation outline (on a topic of their choosing) and practiced parts of it.

Communicating with Data: Choosing the Best Visual

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in business and technical fields, you often need to present data so that people can make informed decisions. In this workshop, an introduction to data visualization, participants will learn how to select the best visual to communicate data to make it meaningful.