Empower Your People to Excel at
High-Stakes Communication
Talks to Inspire Connection, Excellence, and Resilience:
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Get Noticed and Gain Impact:
Authentic Influence for High-Stakes Meetings
Available Virtually or In-Person
Upgrade your presence and experience less stress, more impact, and more real connection. >>>
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What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say:
How to Handle Difficult Conversations with Power and Grace
Available Virtually or In-Person
How to Make Informal Workplace Communication More Impactful...
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The Other AI
Build Influence by Enhancing Affinity and Interconnection
Available Virtually or In-Person
How to Handle Mistakes, Mishaps, and Microaggressions with Power and Grace...
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In the Game:
Embodied Resilience for Stronger Team Dynamics & Enhanced Organizational Excellence
Available ONLY as a 3.5 hour In-Person Workshop
Delight, Energize, and Empower Your Teams. >>>
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The Alchemy of Influence
In-Depth Leadership Communication Training for High Achievers
My signature leadership communication training is available to individuals or can be brought into sponsoring organizations for in-depth team development.
About Your Speaker:
Mari Geasair
Mari Geasair is a seasoned professional speaker, trainer, and coach specializing in teamwork, verbal communication, executive presence, and vocal impact.
Based in Denver, Colorado, she helps high-achieving professionals, leaders, solopreneurs, and subject matter experts enhance their confidence, reduce stress, and amplify their impact in presentations, virtual meetings, high-stakes conversations, and video content creation.
Her approach draws from over 25 years of experience in public speaking, live theatre performance, business strategy, marketing, neuroscience of peak performance, and speech physiology.
She has delivered more than 1,750 presentations and performances to audiences ranging from small groups of 3 to large crowds of 1,000. She has worked with large organizations such as Roche Pharmaceuticals, Aviva Insurance, Panda Express Hospitality, as well as serving many professional associations and small businesses.
Her work emphasizes practical, actionable tools grounded in real-world application, often incorporating humor, improvisation, and neuroscience to address issues like imposter syndrome, nervousness, and audience engagement. She focuses on helping clients access a "flow state" for creativity and poise, especially in high-challenge environments.
Mari is a certified RLMC Voice Coach and a CE Certified Change and Engagement Coach, as well as an active member of the National Speakers Association, the Applied Improvisation Network, and Innovation Women. Mari has also contributed a book chapter to On The Rise Volume 3: Pivotal Points to Success.
Get Noticed and Gain Impact:
Authentic Influence for High-Stakes Meetings
Do you or your team members under-perform, or over-worry when facing a high-stakes meeting or presentation?
Even seasoned professionals can falter when the pressure is on.
Whether presenting complex data, updating stakeholders, pitching
a client, or challenging assumptions, the ability to move beyond stress and instead communicate with poise can be the difference between being overlooked and being influential.
In this practical session, Mari shares simple but effective techniques grounded in neuroscience, physiology, and leadership communication research.
Attendees will learn:
• Presence Priming to align body language, vocal tone, and microexpressions
to project credibility and trust.
• The F.K.D. Process to enhance impact and strengthen audience
connection.
• The 1-2-3 Message Method to replace rambling under stress with
a clear, memorable point.
With humor and insight, Mari demystifies what happens in the
nervous system under pressure.
She shows how to transform stress into presence. Attendees leave energized, empowered, and equipped to bring their best selves to high-stakes conversations.
What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say:
How to Handle Difficult Conversations with Power and Grace
Have you or your team members ever experienced that time when you know you must speak up in a meeting or conversation, but are unsure how to do so tactfully? This session equips participants to handle mistakes, mishaps, and minor aggressions with power and grace.
Consistent engagement at work is difficult when daily interactions are riddled with conflict, exclusion, or unintentional missteps. In this interactive, introvert-friendly workshop, participants learn a practical system for quickly regaining composure and responding constructively when conflict arises or communication breaks down.
Participants will explore tangible tools for showing up with greater grace and gravitas and learn a simple three-step system for knowing what to do and say when emotions and stakes are high.
Participants will leave with insight, experience and action steps for:
- Poise Preparation: What to do before a high-stakes conversation.
- The F.I.G. Process: A three-step technique for handling awkward or aggressive conversations.
- Refill and Recalibrate Rules: What to do (and what not to do) after a challenging encounter.
Attending this engaging hands-on training will help participants increase their personal confidence and feel empowered to gracefully advocate for better ideas and more collaboration at work.
The Other AI:
Build Influence by Enhancing Affinity and Interconnection
Whether you’re advancing a career or shaping a team, success depends on more than technical expertise. Impact requires the ability to connect with others authentically and effectively.
As AI transforms routine tasks, those who thrive will be the ones who build diverse, meaningful relationships. Yet rising isolation, burnout, and underdeveloped social skills often stand in the way.
In this engaging, insight-rich session, Mari shares science-backed interpersonal communication and emotional intelligence tools to help professionals strengthen rapport and influence without feeling forced or inauthentic.
Participants will discover:
- The Rumination Redirect: A neuroscience-informed strategy to calm pre-meeting anxiety and stay present.
- Micro Inclusions: Subtle, inclusive actions that foster connection across diverse backgrounds and organizational levels.
- Last Word Listening: A presence-enhancing approach to active listening that deepens trust and understanding.
- Social Safety Talk Guidelines: Practical frameworks to reduce small-talk dread and create approachable, confident interactions.
Attendees leave energized and equipped with introvert-friendly tools that ease anxiety, amplify empathy, and support building genuine professional networks grounded in affinity and meaningful exchange.
In the Game:
Embodied Resilience for Stronger Teams & Enhanced Organizational Excellence
Transform your team's communication and decision-making capabilities through the power of applied improvisation. In this dynamic, high-energy workshop, participants explore proven techniques to enhance workplace focus, collaboration and precision.
Through interactive exploration and evidence-based exercises, team members will:
- Enhance listening skills and the ability to foster trust
- Explore new tools for encouraging collaboration and innovative problem solving
- Discover how to interrupt anxiety and connect authentically
- Practuce having fun making split-second decisions under pressure
- Cultivate critical thinking and personal confidence
In the Game draws on the neuroscience of peak performance and improvisational theatre techniques. It creates a powerful, introvert-friendly space for participants to step outside their comfort zones and discover new dimensions of their professional capabilities.
Perfect for teams seeking to break down silos, boost creative confidence, and establish lasting patterns of excellence.
No performance experience necessary – just bring your willingness to engage and experience the joy in collaborative growth.
Krystal Covington
"Mari is one of the most engaging presenters I've experienced in my years of hosting educational events. Not only did she provide unique content that I hadn't heard many times over, but she creates an environment of safety and connection for guests that gets them excited to participate. It's clear that Mari is an expert in her niche and a terrific facilitator for group training. "
---Founder of Women of Denver, Business Development Consultant
Paul Tester
"Mari is fantastic, she knows her subject inside out, her tone and demeanor are patient, supportive, and engaging, and she has a creative and fun approach to illustrating key points and learning in general. I loved the work with her. The outcome is that my team members are more effective communicators!"
---Communications & Organizational Development Partner at Roche
Jenn Uhen
"Mari did an incredible job. Attendees appreciated the interactive approach and walked away with actionable steps. They engaged and networked with other participants during the session. Attendees gave Mari's session high marks, and we would gladly engage with Mari on future programming. "
---Freelance Business Week
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Get Noticed and Gain Impact: Authentic Influence for High-Stakes Meetings (This talk is available both virtually and in-person.)
What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say:
How to Handle Difficult Conversations with Power and Grace (This talk is available both virtually and in-person.)
The Other AI:
Build Influence by Enhancing Affinity and Interconnection (This talk is available both virtually and in-person.)
In the Game:
Embodied Resilience for Stronger Teams & Enhanced Organizational Excellence (This talk is available ONLY as a 3.5 hour in-person workshop.)
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