Most Recent Review
Yes it was, for me I am just a bit shy so every time when I have to speak in a team or meeting I become very scared and that cause me to loose everything I have to say. I become blank and end shaking.
- Review by Maria Sibanyoni on Smart Tips: Communication
Instructor Bio
Deborah GraysonRiegel is an executive coach, workshop leader, keynote speaker, MBA instructor, and author. She combines her expertise in cognitive, behavioral and social psychology, public speaking, and coaching to help leaders and teams achieve personal and professional success.
She started her career at age 17, when she won the U.S. National Championship in public speaking as a high school senior and was immediately recruited to teach presentation and communication skills at colleges and corporations. She is a founding member of the University of Michigan's first improvisational comedy troupe, and helped support herself through her master's degree at Columbia University by performing stand-up comedy in New York City. As a result, Deborah can think on her feet -- and handle any audience.
Deborah served as an instructor of Management Communication at the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. She was also a Visiting Professor of Executive Communications at the Beijing International MBA Program at Peking University, China, where she prepared senior leaders from around the world to communicate more effectively in a growing global marketplace.
Deborahs clients range from American Express, Kraft Foods and Pfizer to Universal Music, 21st Century Fox and The United States Army. She has been a featured expert and a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Inc., The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fox Business Network, and American Express OPEN Small Business Forum. Deborah is the author of Tips of the Tongue: The Non-Native English Speakers Guide to Mastering Public Speaking.
Deborah brings her warmth and wit to every engagement, as she knows that humor reduces peoples resistance to change. She and her husband Michael are the proud parents of teenage twins, Jacob and Sophie, and their rescue dog, Nash.
She started her career at age 17, when she won the U.S. National Championship in public speaking as a high school senior and was immediately recruited to teach presentation and communication skills at colleges and corporations. She is a founding member of the University of Michigan's first improvisational comedy troupe, and helped support herself through her master's degree at Columbia University by performing stand-up comedy in New York City. As a result, Deborah can think on her feet -- and handle any audience.
Deborah served as an instructor of Management Communication at the Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. She was also a Visiting Professor of Executive Communications at the Beijing International MBA Program at Peking University, China, where she prepared senior leaders from around the world to communicate more effectively in a growing global marketplace.
Deborahs clients range from American Express, Kraft Foods and Pfizer to Universal Music, 21st Century Fox and The United States Army. She has been a featured expert and a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Inc., The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fox Business Network, and American Express OPEN Small Business Forum. Deborah is the author of Tips of the Tongue: The Non-Native English Speakers Guide to Mastering Public Speaking.
Deborah brings her warmth and wit to every engagement, as she knows that humor reduces peoples resistance to change. She and her husband Michael are the proud parents of teenage twins, Jacob and Sophie, and their rescue dog, Nash.



