Build Your Brand by Building Belief: Speaking with Poise, Passion, and Persuasive Power!

Maria Guida is president and founder of Successful Speaker, Inc., a New York consulting firm. Maria is a professional speaker, consultant, trainer and executive coach who worked as a spokesperson on national television and actor on Broadway for many years. She specializes in persuasive presentation and communication skills for management and sales in every industry. Maria has improved performance at some of the world's premier organizations, including JPMorgan Chase, American Express, Chubb Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, and Moody's Investors Service. Maria helps professionals speak with the poise, passion, and persuasive power of our best professional actors. She has worked on stage with many well-known artists, including James Earl Jones, Kevin Kline, and Estelle Parsons. Maria has been the featured speaker for the NY City Bar Association,Toastmasters International, the Financial Executives Group, the NY Academy of Medicine, the Foreign Press Association, and the Global Bank Human Resource Forum, among many organizations. As a professor at New York University for many years, Maria taught presentation and communication skills to business professionals and MBA /JD candidates from the United States and abroad. Maria is a member of the National Speakers Association, New York Women in Communications, the American Society for Training and Development, the Society for Human Resource Management, Actors Equity Association, AFTRA, and the Screen Actors Guild. Please contact Maria at 718-884-2282 or maria@successfulspeakerinc.com, and visit her webstite at www.successfulspeakerinc.com.