Michael Philpott, New Zealand's No.1 Speaker Coach & Investment Pitch Coach

Michael has been instrumental in every talk or pitch I delivered over the past 18 months or so. Every time I start out with more confidence that I now know what I’m doing. And every time Michael shares another level of insight which turns my drafts into something much more impactful.The level of engagement and awareness of both my personal work and my organisation has sky-rocket since working with him - and the results have been nothing short of amazing!

Michael really is a superstar speaking coach. If you work with him, he will make you a better speaker. If you're pitching, your pitches will be more successful. It's really that simple. If you want to be the best, go to the best. That's Michael.

Michael is fantastic at what he does. I’ve worked with him on numerous occasions over the past 4 years, Michael is an awesome on-camera & speaking coach as well as being a top notch event facilitator. He delivered an innovation ecosystem networking event for us at Te Par last year and the feedback from attendees was excellent. I’ve seen a number of speakers coached by Michael over the years and be transformed into natural, engaging and articulate speakers.

Michael was referred by a colleague and I had also previously known of him as the TEDx Christchurch speaker coaching wizard. Our business was raising capital and the pitch presentations had to be spot on - we are also always presenting our ideas and stories to potential customers as well. What I didn’t really realize about Michael was that he wasn’t just a great speaker coach, but a storyteller who could listen to me ramble and pick out the nuggets of our story and then demonstrate how to get them across in the best possible manner. Being based 6000 miles away in California was no barrier and online coaching via video conference worked well. I would highly recommend talking to Michael about your story and how you can present it to the world!

I really enjoyed working with Michael. He has a wealth of knowledge and expertise. Michael has helped take my talks to the next level and given clarity on how to structure an engaging audience experience via script development, slide deck refinement and improved delivery.

I have worked with Michael for over 7 years. He has personally helped my companies (marketing agency + story telling brand) raise millions in sales revenue through strategy, effective content and presentation skills. He is amazing at helping me create an emotional connection with my audience (and there has been many different audiences from corporate to millennial/Gen Z. Michael is my go to whenever I have a presentation and want to make an impact.

Michael helped the team at Evnex to develop our story and pitch for a live product launch. Michael was fun to work with, refreshingly direct and helped us to raise our game significantly. I would highly recommend for anyone wanting to tell their story more confidently and articulately.

6 years ago I was asked to give a one-day workshop and ‘eek’ was my immediate reaction , closely followed by ‘too hard’. I liked the idea of knowledge sharing, but not a clue about how to build the course structure, to keep people engaged for a whole day, not to mention a dislike of public speaking.I was put in touch with Michael Philpott and what followed has literally changed my life. Michael's course challenged many of my perceptions while also being great fun. Over 10 sessions, under the direction of Michael, he brought out of me the interesting connectable points and stories. My powerhouse workshop came to life.Michael really gets people and gets content. He binned 90% of what I suggested, led me in directions I would not have considered, pulled the best out of me, and taught me about people’s needs, expectations, and boundaries.Three months later I gave the workshop and stunned myself by enjoying the day. I went on to run more workshops. Then I began speaking in public. Four years later I became a full time facilitator, something I never would have previously considered.Michael is an outstanding speaker coach.

Michael's strength as a speaker coach is his ability to dig beneath surface and uncover hard-hitting truths. Michael helped me choose the best stories to captivate my audience and convey a powerful, heart-wrenching message. That is the reason my speech is the most-viewed TEDxTalk in New Zealand and one of the Top 5 Most-Viewed TEDxTalks on the planet in it’s year.In our coaching sessions Michael helped me identify what I was going to say, how I was going to say it and how to condense my life story into the allotted 18 minutes. His immense knowledge of human psychology was vital to creating a talk people 'couldn't stop watching'.Even though Michael takes his craft seriously he is fun to work with! He went over and above to encourage me, yet his critical feedback was on the mark.Michael did an incredible job teaching me how to regulate the mood and tone of my talk so the audience was able to 'live' the stories I shared with them. He taught me how to command millions of audience members by using raw emotion and powerful story-telling.What makes Michael unique is that his speaker coaching is comprehensive. He coaches all aspects of speech-development, delivery and performance plus post-talk speaker care. He was able to predict obstacles I might encounter and prepare me to gracefully handle them.After my talk was posted online his excellent speaker care helped me deal with hate mail, sexism, religious discrimination and social media abuse. Michael's coaching was CRUCIAL to the success of my talk and in my opinion, Michael Philpott is New Zealand's #1 Speaker Coach.

I recently had the privilege of working with Michael as my speaker coach, and I cannot emphasize enough how transformative the experience was for me. Michael's ability to provide constructive feedback is really impactful. His expertise, guidance, and personalised approach have truly elevated my public speaking skills to new heights. I highly recommend reaching out.