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Own Your Message, Own the Room:

A Workshop That Wins New Business by Strengthening Your Messaging, Presence, and Influence!

 

Monday, June 29, 9:30–4:00, Denver, Colorado.
(Location near 8th Ave and Colorado Blvd.)

Save Your Spot!

Now Is Your Time To Grow!

You've built something real. You have the expertise and the track record to prove it. But when it comes to articulating what you do, in a pitch, proposal, or networking event, something gets lost between what you know and what your audience hears.

This full-day workshop closes that gap. You'll build the strategic foundation for your brand message, and learn how to deliver it with the presence and authority that moves people to action. You won't just leave with better words. You'll leave with a framework you can use in every client conversation, speaking opportunity, and piece of content going forward.

This workshop is for you if:

 

  • You're an established expert figuring out how to say what you do in a way that commands attention and closes business.
  • You've found yourself over-explaining, under-selling, or losing the room in high-stakes moments.
  • You want more clients, more visibility, more market share, and your message needs to catch up to your ambition.

Stop accidentally holding yourself back: 


If sales or key opportunities are too slow in coming, you probably have fuzzy positioning and ineffective presence. If people can't quickly grasp what makes you different and why it matters, or if they don’t trust and respect you, they won't remember you, refer you, or hire you.

We can help you be more intentional and effective. You'll leave this workshop with a clear, ownable brand positioning that cuts through.

Inconsistent messaging. When your pitch, your website, and your elevator answer all say something slightly different, you erode trust without knowing it. You'll leave with aligned pillars and language you can deploy consistently across every channel and conversation.

Presence under pressure. You can have the right words and still lose the room. You'll learn practical, behavior-based techniques for projecting authority, managing nerves, and communicating with clarity even in high-stakes moments.

 

Get new tools to thrive

 
What You’ll Gain by Joining the Workshop: 

  • A clear brand positioning and reusable message framework, your north star for every pitch, proposal, and piece of content
  • The specific behaviors that build executive presence (and the ones that quietly undermine it)
  • Tools for projecting confidence and authority in high-stakes moments
  • Techniques to stay grounded and articulate under pressure
  • Materials, worksheets, and videos to reference long after the day is done

 

Save your spot in this practical, hands-on workshop and start attracting more opportunities and well-aligned customers.

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Your Guides and Instructors:



Phi Gavalas

 

Phi has built her career helping brands clarify what they stand for and communicate it in ways that truly resonate. Working across branding, communications, and strategy, she shapes narratives, defines positioning, and builds the systems that bring them to life.

She excels at finding the sweet spot between what a brand does best and what an audience genuinely cares about, making the complex feel clear, the abstract tangible, and turning strategy into action. Her experience spans global consumer brands, emerging companies, and mission-driven organizations—often brought in during periods of growth, transition, or reinvention when getting the story right matters most.



Mari Geasair

Mari is a Leadership Communication Behaviorist with 25+ years of experience helping experts and leaders communicate complex ideas with clarity, trust, and impact.

She trains executive presence and high-stakes communication, and is a sought-after keynote speaker and workshop facilitator who turns strategy into practical behavior change. Mari combines interdisciplinary methods, from neuroscience to theatre, to help professionals preserve intellectual rigor while increasing influence in the rooms that matter.

What Clients Are Saying:


”

Phi worked on our account, and we achieved measurable results that were impressive in the often hard to measure world of PR. She's smart, collaborative, personable and a high achiever. I would absolutely work with her again and again.


-Kelsey M.,Managing Director, Policy & Communications, Office of Santa Clara County Supervisor Betty Duong


”

Working with Mari was a pleasure. The workshop was fun, focused, and empowering. I feel that today my communication and presentation skills are more effective. I completely changed the way I prepare for meetings, presentations, and "tough" conversations. I often look back at my learning experience with Mari for tools and tips. It was an excellent experience!


-Maria F. Amaya,Lead External Advocacy North America, Genentech

WHY THIS WORKSHOP IS DIFFERENT



We Help You Maintain Clarity Under Pressure

Most messaging and marketing workshops focus heavily on branding language, content strategy, or copywriting frameworks.

And while those tools can absolutely be valuable, they often leave professionals with a frustrating gap:

They may know what their website says…
but still struggle to clearly, confidently, and persuasively communicate their value in real human conversations.

Because live communication is different.

In real-world business situations, people are making rapid subconscious decisions about:

  • trust
  • credibility
  • clarity
  • confidence
  • relevance
  • authority
  • and emotional safety

And those decisions are not shaped by messaging alone.

They are shaped by behavior, delivery, nervous system regulation, strategic clarity, and the ability to communicate ideas in a way that other human brains can quickly absorb and trust.

That is where this workshop is different.

This is not simply a branding or copywriting workshop.

It is a neuroscience-informed, behavior-based communication experience designed to help intelligent professionals communicate their expertise with greater clarity, influence, and strategic precision in actual conversations.

Mari Geasair brings more than 25 years of experience in leadership communication, professional presence, speaking performance, applied behavioral communication, and neuroscience-informed influence training.

Phi helps participants think deeply and strategically about the architecture of their message so they fully understand:

  • what they want to communicate
  • why it matters to their audience
  • when different messaging approaches are appropriate
  • and how to communicate their value in ways that feel both authentic and compelling

Together, this work helps participants bridge the gap between having expertise and being able to communicate that expertise in a way that creates trust, opportunity, referrals, and business momentum.

Participants do not leave with canned scripts or generic networking lines.

They leave with:

  • clearer positioning
  • more persuasive communication habits
  • stronger verbal precision
  • enhanced professional presence
  • and practical tools for making their ideas easier to trust, remember, and act on in real business situations.
Frequently Asked Questions

Own Your Message, Own the Room Workshop Logistics:

 

 

Monday, June 29, 9:30–4:00, Denver, Colorado.

(At Tarra Workspace Office, 865 Albion St Suite 250, Denver, CO 80220)

 

$245  

(Discount for Tarra Members)

 

Small Group, Interactive Format 

Limmited to 10 Participants

 

SAVE YOUR SPOT