Ellen Crafts

Ellen Crafts is a life, executive and speaker coach who helps women through career reinvention, leadership challenges and high-stakes speaking moments. She founded Life Crafts Coaching in 2019 and works with clients online across the United States. Before coaching, she worked in social work, corporate marketing and events, and film production. She won an Emmy for the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street. She has more than 30 years of experience across boardrooms, production sets and nonprofits.

What Ellen helps with

Ellen helps women who feel stuck, are ready for a change, or face a big moment at work. She also works with women managing the mental load of motherhood alongside their careers.

• Choosing a new direction when the next step is unclear
• Leading with clarity in high-stakes work settings
• Getting clear on your vision and value and how to explain both
• Preparing for a board presentation, keynote or pitch
• Building executive presence and message
• Managing work and the mental load of motherhood
• Preparing for scholarship interviews and video showcases

Who Ellen works with

Ellen works with women who are leaders, professionals and career changers. Some are doing well at work but feel something is off. Others face a career transition or an important presentation. She also serves working mothers who want to reach personal goals while carrying a heavy mental load.

How Ellen works

Ellen offers individual coaching, executive coaching and speaker coaching under a program called The Stage. New clients can try a free 30-minute sample session first. She co-created The Presentation Shift, a full-day executive speaker coaching program. She also offers organizational programs and executive presence workshops.

Background and qualifications

Ellen began her career as a clinical social worker, working at a runaway and homeless youth center and a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. She then produced live entertainment events and built a performing arts nonprofit. She spent seven years as Merck's outsourced partner for global meetings, leading product launches. She later joined Union Bank's marketing team. She co-founded Macrocosm Entertainment and won an Emmy for Street Gang. She then worked as a freelance producer and speaker coach before founding Life Crafts Coaching. She holds ICF membership.

Ellen Crafts pricing

Programs and services

• Individual life coaching
• Executive coaching
• Speaker coaching (The Stage)
• The Presentation Shift full-day program
• Organizational programs
• Free 30-minute sample session

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