COMMUNICATION
WORKSHOPS

In order to grow your enterprise, you must be able to communicate clearly and confidently.

“The leadership team of our firm spent a day with Liz Wainger focused on being an effective spokesperson. Liz engaged us from start to finish empowering our team with techniques to respond in high-pressure situations. Through role-playing, critiqued short presentations, and small group scenario problem-solving, Liz built confidence and skills that are sure to be invaluable.”

Kristen M. Hess, CEO, HH Architecture



Just because we have more ways to communicate, doesn’t mean we are communicating more effectively. 

Communication is the glue that ties people together, but it must be honed like any other business skill. 

Wainger Group offers half-day and full-day customized workshops to help organizations communicate more effectively.

Being an Effective Brand Ambassador

Every person who gives a presentation or an interview is seen as a representative of your organization. So too are the people that attend conferences or go to networking working events.
By integrating media training principles with facilitation best practices, this interactive session includes exercise to:

  • Hone in on an effective message
  • Understand the impact of your tone and body language
  • Stay cool in the hot seat

Key Lessons:
  • Craft a message that is brief and relevant
  • Integrate stories to make your message memorable
  • Understand how to recognize, and adapt to, the needs of different audience groups
  • Plan an effective agenda for meetings and presentations
  • Read the room and stay in control of your audience
  • Handle curve balls and stay on point when the unexpected happens

Messaging Workshop

"Liz played a pivotal role in supporting our organization in clarifying our message and enhancing our communication strategies. Through her expert guidance and structured approach, she empowered our employees to craft compelling and effective messaging tailored to our organizational goals. The workshop she conducted was informative and she made the learning process engaging and enjoyable."
-Kate Yuan, Chief People and Culture, Significance LLC



Before you can amplify your message to the world, you must align key stakeholders around a common vision that will drive your communications strategy.
This interactive workshop is chock full of exercises designed to:

  • Explore the attributes that make your organization different
  • Identify your key audience groups
  • Unite your team around a clear message

Key activities:
  • Recognize the different messages used in your organization today
  • Identify how your organization is perceived
  • Discuss what’s important to key audiences
  • Explore brand archetypes to help frame your enterprise
  • Collaborate on how to position your organization for the future

Presenting Yourself and Your Firm to Win

"Liz truly excelled in helping our team become comfortable with presenting on camera. She provided invaluable insights, tips, and techniques to ease any nervousness and elevate our on-camera presence. Her coaching and encouragement fostered a sense of confidence among our employees, enabling them to convey their messages effectively and authentically in a video format." -Kate Yuan Chief People and Culture, Significance LLC


Whether you are pitching new business, trying to gain funding, or presenting a new initiative internally, the ability to present your ideas in a compelling and clear way is a critical skill.


In this lively workshop, participants will:

  • Learn how to craft persuasive presentations
  • Structure presentations for impact
  • Practice new techniques and delivery

Key Lessons:
  • Determine the message that matters most to your audience
  • Grab attention immediately and craft a memorable close
  • How to be an effective storyteller
  • The role your stance, attitude and voice play
  • Techniques to stay calm and in control in the hot seat

Running Meetings That Actually Accomplish Something

Leaders who understand how to quickly and efficiently share vital information can unite team members around a common objective, increase efficiency, and allow an organization to thrive.
This interactive workshop leverages facilitation best practices with exercise designed to:

  • Lead focused meetings
  • Engage and unite a team

Key Lessons:
  • When to meet (and when not to)
  • How to create a focused agenda
  • Techniques to encourage group participation
  • Strategies to managing conflict, disruption and distraction

Stay Cool When in the Hot Seat: Being an Effective Spokesperson

No one likes to be caught off guard - whether your boss challenges what you just said or you get asked an uncomfortable question in public. In today’s unpredictable environment, you have to expect the unexpected.
This lively workshop leverages role play to prepare participants for the uncomfortable and challenging situations that will inevitably come their way.

Key Lessons:

  • Prepare for the unexpected
  • The importance of knowing your message
  • Ways to calm nerves and stay above the fray
  • How to maintain neutral body language
  • Techniques for framing responses and pivoting on the spot

Win More Opportunity: Communicate Through the Prism of Value

Too often people speak through a “Prism of Me,” and talk about the results they achieved or offer lists of their products and services. The result is people fail to see how they will gain value from your offering.
In this lively, interactive workshop, you will learn how to move from “list-speak” to “value speak,” in order to connect with the people who matter most.

Key Lessons:

  • Seeing the world through a prism of value
  • Translating your value so others see and appreciate it
  • Effective storytelling and use of language
  • Messages that speak value
  • Living your value

Before Hitting Send: How to Write Better Emails

Email has become the most common way to communicate, so every member of your team should have the ability to write clear and concise emails.
This interactive workshop is designed to hone business writing skills and help participants write with confidence.

Key lessons:

  • Understand what (and what not) to put in an email
  • How to grab attention and get to the point quickly
  • Techniques to organize ideas to structure better emails
  • 25 common grammatical errors and how to avoid them
  • 5 things to do before hitting send

Writing for Impact

When you want to amplify your message, you must be able to harness the power of the written word - whether through a public report or internal memo.
This interactive workshop is designed to improve business writing skills by sharpening your ability to write clearly and concisely.

Key Lessons:

  • Ways to hone in on your objective
  • How to put your meaning into the right words
  • 10 commandments for effective writing
  • Avoid common writing mistakes
  • How to be bold, brief and impactful

Every person who gives a presentation or an interview is seen as a representative of your organization. So too are the people that attend conferences or go to networking working events.

By integrating media training principles with facilitation best practices, this interactive session includes exercise to:

  • Hone in on an effective message
  • Understand the impact of your tone and body language
  • Stay cool in the hot seat

Key Lessons:

  • Craft a message that is brief and relevant
  • Integrate stories to make your message memorable
  • Understand how to recognize, and adapt to, the needs of different audience groups
  • Plan an effective agenda for meetings and presentations
  • Read the room and stay in control of your audience
  • Handle curve balls and stay on point when the unexpected happens
Before you can amplify your message to the world, you must align key stakeholders around a common vision that will drive your communications strategy.

This interactive workshop is chock full of exercises designed to:

  • Explore the attributes that make your organization different
  • Identify your key audience groups
  • Unite your team around a clear message

Key activities:

  • Recognize the different messages used in your organization today
  • Identify how your organization is perceived
  • Discuss what’s important to key audiences
  • Explore brand archetypes to help frame your enterprise
  • Collaborate on how to position your organization for the future
Whether you are pitching new business, trying to gain funding, or presenting a new initiative internally, the ability to present your ideas in a compelling and clear way is a critical skill.

In this lively workshop, participants will:

  • Learn how to craft persuasive presentations
  • Structure presentations for impact
  • Practice new techniques and delivery

Key Lessons:

  • Determine the message that matters most to your audience
  • Grab attention immediately and craft a memorable close
  • How to be an effective storyteller
  • The role your stance, attitude and voice play
  • Techniques to stay calm and in control in the hot seat
Leaders who understand how to quickly and efficiently share vital information can unite team members around a common objective, increase efficiency, and allow an organization to thrive.

This interactive workshop leverages facilitation best practices with exercise designed to:

  • Lead focused meetings
  • Engage and unite a team

Key Lessons:

  • When to meet (and when not to)
  • How to create a focused agenda
  • Techniques to encourage group participation
  • Strategies to managing conflict, disruption and distraction

Too often people speak through a “Prism of Me,” and talk about the results they achieved or offer lists of their products and services. The result is people fail to see how they will gain value from your offering.

In this lively, interactive workshop, you will learn how to move from “list-speak” to “value speak,” in order to connect with the people who matter most.

Key Lessons:

  • Seeing the world through a prism of value
  • Translating your value so others see and appreciate it
  • Effective storytelling and use of language
  • Messages that speak value
  • Living your value

Email has become the most common way to communicate, so every member of your team should have the ability to write clear and concise emails.

This interactive workshop is designed to hone business writing skills and help participants write with confidence.

Key lessons:

  • Understand what (and what not) to put in an email
  • How to grab attention and get to the point quickly
  • Techniques to organize ideas to structure better emails
  • 25 common grammatical errors and how to avoid them
  • 5 things to do before hitting send

When you want to amplify your message, you must be able to harness the power of the written word – whether through a public report or internal memo.

This interactive workshop is designed to improve business writing skills by sharpening your ability to write clearly and concisely.

Key Lessons:

  • Ways to hone in on your objective
  • How to put your meaning into the right words
  • 10 commandments for effective writing
  • Avoid common writing mistakes
  • How to be bold, brief and impactful

“Wainger Group’s custom approach provided our teams with, not only useful tips and tricks, but real-life examples that allowed everyone to apply their learning immediately. Their training was energetic and fun…and the principles can be applied in all areas of communications.”

Steven Fretwell, VP Learning and Leadership, Bozzuto

You can empower your team to be clear, effective communicators. We can help.

“Wainger Group’s custom approach provided our teams with, not only useful tips and tricks, but real-life examples that allowed everyone to apply their learning immediately. Their training was energetic and fun…and the principles can be applied in all areas of communications.”

Steven Fretwell, VP Learning and Leadership, Bozzuto

You can empower your team to be clear, effective communicators. We can help.