Best speaking coaches
The 25 best speaking coaches, ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization. Most charge $80 to $250 an hour.
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- 25 speaking coaches ranked.
- Ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization.
- Most speaking coaches charge $80 to $250 an hour.
The 25 best speaking coaches
- Hilary Spreiter, Communication and public speaking coach for leaders. She is a Stanford GSB coach who has trained more than 1,000 people in communication and leadership.
- Michele Moreno, Communication and public speaking coach for leaders. She blends Silicon Valley writing, Hollywood acting and corporate training experience into her communication coaching.
- Inès Schinazi, Communication and public speaking coach for leaders and professionals. She was Instagram's first hire in Latin America and also created an award-recognized audio fiction series.
- Debonné Nelson, Communication and public speaking coach in the Bay Area. Former Chief Communications and Marketing Officer who has written speeches for city mayors and executives.
- JJ van de Vyver, Communication, public speaking and career coach with consulting background. Combines a Big 4 accounting and strategy consulting background with personal experience of burnout and rebuilding a career.
- Anne Skelly, Communication and public speaking coach, former Chevron speechwriter. Anne is a former speechwriter for Chevron and the U.S. Department of Defense who also coached senior executives at Chevron.
- Natalie Ihrman, Public speaking and communication coach for Hill and government careers. She is a former Senate press secretary who teaches both public speaking and how to land government jobs.
- Aileen Pincus, Communication and public speaking coach for professionals and thought leaders. A former national reporter and Senate communications director who now trains executives in media and speaking skills.
- Olivia Conti, Communication and public speaking coach and trust and safety advisor. Olivia pairs a Ph.D. in rhetoric and university public speaking teaching with years of trust and safety work at Twitch and Twitter.
- Elke Framson, Communication and public speaking coach for international professionals and students. She built her coaching on her own experience of starting a US career as an Austrian professional working in a second language, backed by a doctorate on language in business.
- Commanding Presence, Communication and presentation training for professionals and teams in Canada. Has trained more than 48,000 professionals over more than 25 years using video recording and review.
- Ivy Naistadt, Executive and public speaking coach in New York. Ivy wrote the book Speak Without Fear and has coached staff at IBM, Comcast and The New York Times.
- Ariana Monell, Communication and confidence coach in Arizona. Ariana combines Ontology, mindfulness, and CBT principles in her communication and confidence coaching.
- Benjamin Ball, Presentation and public speaking coach for executives in London. The firm focuses on investor pitches and financial services communication, and combines coaching with pitch deck writing.
- Dina Schmid, Public speaking and etiquette coach for professionals in Ohio. She is a former chemical engineer at a Fortune 50 company who is now a certified etiquette instructor and speaking coach.
- Clarke, Public speaking coach for executives in London and online. Clarke coaches every client himself and never hands them to an associate.
- Gina Clear, Communication, executive and life coach in Lyon, France. She combines communication training, executive coaching and life coaching, and works in both English and French.
- Digby Kerr, Business communication and executive coach, Business English mentor. Digby ran his own global logistics company for 15 years and has written 15 books, and he teaches Business English alongside coaching.
- Lisa Flynn, Communication and relationship coach for introverted professionals. She combines more than 10 years of leadership and communication coaching with somatic practices in a 4-month private program with unlimited messaging.
- Tod Brown, Communication and confidence coach for individuals and couples. Tod combines mediation and arbitration credentials with public speaking training to coach communication and conflict.
- Jessika Lynch, Communication and executive coach for thought leaders in Amsterdam. She has coached a head of state and hundreds of TED and TEDx speakers, and she runs a foundation for female tech experts.
- Julia Kraft, Public speaking and anxiety coach for professional women in San Francisco. Julia lived with performance anxiety for at least 20 years and built her program around calming the nervous system before teaching speaking skills.
- Alita van Zyl, Communication and couples coach for leaders, teams and individuals in South Africa. She combines more than 30 years in corporate IT and leadership with neuroscience-based tools like the Neethling Brain Indicator.
- Stephanie Melodia, Public speaking and communication coach for founders and teams. A former founder of an award-winning marketing consultancy who now coaches speakers and gives keynotes to brands like Soho House and WeTransfer.
- Illens Dort, Communication and public speaking coach in Provo, Utah. Illens builds his coaching around two named frameworks, the Four Areas of Connection and the Four Ps of Great Communication.
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Hilary Spreiter
Hilary Spreiter is a communication and leadership development coach. She helps people with public speaking, presentation skills, executive presence and nerves. She has over 13 years of experience and has coached more than 1,000 people through group trainings and individual sessions. She has worked with Stanford University, Stanford's Graduate School of Business, Chief and Lighthouse Communications. She is also a Stanford GSB coach, and her clients include people at Netflix, Airbnb and Meta.
Michele Moreno
Michele Moreno is a communication and public speaking coach who helps leaders speak with clarity and confidence. She has run 870+ coaching sessions and given 120+ trainings and talks since 2015. Before coaching, she wrote for Tom Peters and Guy Kawasaki, acted on TV shows like The Shield and Boston Legal, and worked 10 years as a multimedia producer. She holds two ICF certifications and coaches through role-play and simple frameworks.
Inès Schinazi
Inès Schinazi is a communication and public speaking coach who helps leaders and professionals tell their own story. She also worked at Google Brazil and Bank of New York. She coaches leaders from Google, Meta, Waze, Cargill and Brazil's Paralympic Committee. Her work centers on interviews, leadership moments and career pivots.
Debonné Nelson
Debonné Nelson is a communication and public speaking coach who also offers life, leadership and executive coaching. She grew up in the Bay Area and held senior communications roles, including inaugural Head of Communications and Marketing and later Chief Communications and Marketing Officer. She has written speeches for city mayors and executives and co-written keynote presentations. She also holds master's degrees in public health and social work. She helps clients build confidence, strategy and self-awareness.
JJ van de Vyver
JJ van de Vyver coaches people on communication, public speaking and career direction. JJ also works with clients on larger life transitions. JJ qualified as a Chartered Accountant at a Big 4 firm and earned an MBA with distinction from Oxford. JJ helped grow an Oxford systems thinking consultancy from 9 to over 20 staff and led its consulting team of 11. JJ also built a practice in a new country.
Anne Skelly
Anne Skelly is a communication and public speaking coach who helps executives and professionals get their message across. She has more than 20 years of experience in communications. She wrote speeches for top leaders at Chevron and the U.S. Department of Defense. At Chevron she also coached senior executives, produced executive videos and ran executive events. She has coached 18 people and offers help with persuasion, influence and presentations.
Natalie Ihrman
Natalie Ihrman coaches communication and public speaking. She also helps people find jobs on Capitol Hill and in federal agencies. She has worked as a Senate press secretary and handled press for two federal agencies. She also worked on a presidential campaign and in the White House Office of Speechwriting. She overcame a fear of public speaking in high school and went on to win at the national level. She now coaches professionals on speaking with authority.
Aileen Pincus
Aileen Pincus is a communication and public speaking coach who also does executive coaching. She helps professionals and thought leaders make their communication as strong as their ideas. Before coaching, she was a national reporter, worked in global PR, and served as communications director for a US Senator. She has trained Fortune 500 clients around the world. She runs The Pincus Group and can fit new clients in on short notice, including in other time zones.
Olivia Conti
Olivia Conti is a communication and public speaking coach and the founder of Conti Trust Strategies. She also advises tech companies on online safety. She spent nearly a decade in trust and safety, including product roles at Twitch and Twitter. She holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture and has taught public speaking at the university level. Her advisory work centers on risk assessment, product strategy, and safety priorities for social platforms and AI.
Elke Framson
Elke Framson is a communication and public speaking coach. She helps international professionals and students who work in a language that is not their first. She moved from Austria to the US more than 30 years ago and holds a doctoral degree on the role of language in business. She has worked with hundreds of university students in Europe and the US, and with professionals from startups and large organizations.
Commanding Presence
Commanding Presence is a Canadian firm that trains professionals, managers, executives and teams in communication and presentation skills. It has worked for more than 25 years and has trained more than 48,000 people from Fortune 500 companies and other organizations. Sessions use instructor-led lessons, video recording and review, targeted practice and group coaching. The firm runs two-day in-person workshops for individuals and customized onsite training across Canada. It also offers live virtual training.
Ivy Naistadt
Ivy Naistadt is an executive speaking coach and public speaking coach in New York. She helps executives, founders, sales teams and tech leaders present with confidence. She has coached for over 25 years and has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as Comcast, IBM, The New York Times and Pitney Bowes. She also works with universities including Princeton and NYU. She wrote the book Speak Without Fear and teaches a system built on that idea.
Ariana Monell
Ariana Monell is a communication and confidence coach in Arizona. She helps business owners, high achievers, professionals, and creators speak with more confidence. She holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach credential and works as both a life coach and an executive coach. Her coaching draws on Ontology, mindfulness, and CBT principles. Her focus areas include public speaking, presence on video, executive communication, and brand storytelling.
Benjamin Ball
Benjamin Ball runs Benjamin Ball Associates, a communication coaching firm in London. He coaches executives and business leaders on investor pitches, presentations and public speaking. His firm has worked with blue chip companies and private equity firms for 15 years and has trained over 7000 presentation delegates. Sessions use role-play and follow a set method called the PitchPoint Process. The firm also helps write pitch decks and speeches, and runs in-house team training.
Dina Schmid
Dina Schmid is a public speaking and etiquette coach in Ohio. She helps career focused people feel confident when they present at work, from quick team talks to large crowds. She spent years as a chemical engineer at a Fortune 50 company before she became a coach. She has lived overseas and works with non-native English speakers. Her clients include executives, entrepreneurs and STEM professionals. She has coached hundreds of people over the past 5 years.
Clarke
Clarke is a public speaking coach who runs Eloquent Executive, a London speech practice for senior professionals. He teaches public speaking, elocution, presentation skills, accent softening and media training. He has coached more than 400 executives in over 20 countries, mostly online from London. Every session is one-to-one, and clients are never handed to an associate. He has 10 years of experience and works on one subject: How leaders sound and come across.
Gina Clear
Gina Clear is a communication, executive and life coach based in Lyon, France. She helps leaders, managers and young adults think, speak and act with more clarity and confidence. She runs Hearsay, a coaching and training firm for individuals, teams and companies. She coaches in English and French. She has also worked with politicians. Her training includes transactional analysis and NLP, and she holds an ICF Associate Certified Coach credential.
Digby Kerr
Digby Kerr is a business and executive coach who helps sales professionals, marketers, founders and executives communicate better. He also teaches Business English. He founded a global logistics company in 2007 and ran it for 15 years. He now serves as a vice president of another company. He has written 15 books and founded Kerr University in 2021. He has mentored professionals on six continents, one hour a week.
Lisa Flynn
Lisa Flynn is a communication and leadership coach who helps introverted professionals build deeper connections and speak with confidence. She uses somatic practices and a program called the Authentic Connection Method. Her main offer is a 4-month private program with 12 weekly video sessions. She has more than 10 years in communication, emotional intelligence and leadership coaching. She once led retreats for 50 people while still feeling anxious at dinner parties, and that shapes her work.
Tod Brown
Tod Brown is a communication and confidence coach who works with individuals and couples. Tod helps clients speak clearly, handle conflict, and feel steadier in hard conversations. Tod has over 20 years of experience in teaching, public speaking and coaching. Tod also has a psychology and counseling degree and a mediation and arbitration credential. Sessions end with a clear plan the client can use right away.
Jessika Lynch
Jessika Lynch is a communication and executive coach who helps thought leaders, business leaders and speakers make more impact. She has coached C-level executives, politicians including a head of state, TED speakers and bestselling authors. She founded the agency Revolve for Impact and leads the WomenTalkTech foundation. She has worked as a TED and TEDx speaker coach for over ten years. She coaches in English and Dutch from Amsterdam.
Julia Kraft
Julia Kraft is a public speaking and accent coach who helps professional women get past speaking anxiety. She founded Speak To Inspire in 2014. The company has trained 1000's of entrepreneurs and professionals, plus 100's of companies. Julia works with shy and introverted women who know their field well but freeze when the spotlight turns to them. She built the Fully Expressed program, which teaches speaking without scripts or heavy rehearsal.
Alita van Zyl
Alita van Zyl is a communication and couples coach in South Africa. She helps leaders, teams, couples and individuals who keep having the same conversations with no change. She spent more than 30 years in corporate IT and leadership before coaching. She trained at Stellenbosch Business School and is a certified Neethling Brain Indicator practitioner. She runs her practice as AZ Ingenuity and uses the ADKAR change framework.
Stephanie Melodia
Stephanie Melodia is a public speaking and communication coach. She helps people with message clarity, script writing, delivery and nerves. She has worked with more than 60 coaching clients. She founded an award-winning marketing consultancy and was named a Top 20 Female Founder. She now works as an international keynote speaker. Soho House, WeTransfer and NOI TechPark have brought her in to speak to their teams. She also hosts a UK business podcast for entrepreneurs.
Illens Dort
Illens Dort is a communication, public speaking and facilitation coach in Provo, Utah. He helps professionals become confident and engaging speakers. His clients include speakers, educators, business trainers and workshop facilitators. He teaches a six-session coaching program built around the Four Areas of Connection and the Four Ps of Great Communication. He holds an MBA and is certified through The John Maxwell Team.
Common questions
Who are the best speaking coaches?
The top speaking coaches are Hilary Spreiter, Michele Moreno and Inès Schinazi, ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization.
How much do the best speaking coaches charge?
Most speaking coaches charge $80 to $250 an hour.
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Last updated September 2026.