Diane Windingland

Diane Windingland

MN, US
Help your people uncover better solutions through better questions and focused messages with lessons from a communications author, speaker and coach.
On-site Fee (USD)
$2k+
Virtual Fee (USD)
$2k+
Travels From
MN, US

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. 

 Speaking/Training topics include:

  • Leaders Stay Curious: Why Asking Questions Beats Knowing Answers
  • Beyond Bullet Points: Business Storytelling
  • Speak with Confidence 
  • Speech Zero to Hero in One Hour: How to Create a Presentation in an Hour that Will Wow Your Audience 
  • Communicating with Data: Choosing the Best Visual 

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

 Speaking/Training topics include:

  • Leaders Stay Curious: Why Asking Questions Beats Knowing Answers
  • Beyond Bullet Points: Business Storytelling
  • Speak with Confidence 
  • Speech Zero to Hero in One Hour: How to Create a Presentation in an Hour that Will Wow Your Audience 
  • Communicating with Data: Choosing the Best Visual 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaders Stay Curious: Why Asking Questions Beats Knowing Answers

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.
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeInspirational / Life-changing

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!
Audience ActivityEducational / Informative

Speak with Confidence

(Workshop, 30 min - 2 hours)
In this interactive workshop, participants will learn key ways to speak with confidence. This presentation can be customized to cover fewer topics for shorter presentations. The full 2-hour workshop includes the following learning points for participants:

  • 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...
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Audience ActivityEducational / Informative

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

(Workshop,1 hour to 90 min): 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.
Audience ActivityEducational / Informative

Communicating with data: Choosing the Best Visual

(Workshop, 30 min to 1 hour): 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.
Audience ActivityEducational / InformativeTechnical / Specific

Virtual Presentation

I can present any of my programs virtually. My office setting is professional, and I have high-quality equipment (including a greenscreen for virtual backgrounds) to broadcast my virtual presentation
Audience ActivityEducational / Informative
Travels From
  • MN, US
Price Range
  • $2k+
    On-site Fee (USD)
  • $2k+
    Virtual Fee (USD)
Career
  • 16 years
    Speaking
  • 22
    Events Last Year
eSpeakers member since
2011
Member Of
member of Toastmasters International
Certifications & Awards
received Toastmasters - DTM Distinguished Toastmaster
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