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Executive Communication CoachLeeAundra
Temescu is an executive communication coach specializing in public
speaking, effective business presentation training
and executive presence. She is the author of The
Contrary Public Speaker: A Break-the-Rules Approach to Breakthrough
Presentations and the forthcoming "POTUS Flubs:
Communication Lessons from the Ten Not-So-Greatest Moments of Presidential
Rhetoric." She has over fifteen years experience in public
speaking, coaching, and business and leadership dynamics.
Experience as Public Speaking InstructorLeeAundra
is a national award-winning public speaker and speechwriter
honored by the National Forensics Association. She was a speechwriter
and aide to former Under Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams
and served in the Speakers Bureau in former Michigan Governor
James Blanchard's administration. She has taught public speaking
and interpersonal communications courses at Seton Hall University
and developed and taught modules in public speaking, cross
cultural competency and business communications for Florida
Atlantic University’s Executive MBA program. She has
coached impromptu and prepared speaking events for two nationally
ranked collegiate teams.
Effective Business Presentation TrainingAs an executive communications coach, LeeAundra has worked with former heads of state, Nobel Laureates, high ranking officials in the U.S. Government and the CEOs of Monster.com, TaylorMade Adidas Golf, ETS, ARINC, and National Logistics Management as well as senior managers at leading companies such as Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Greenberg Traurig, Bank of America, MediaLink, Alpheus, and Freudenberg & Co. She has also coached special consultants for media outlets such as the Fox News Channel and HBO Entertainment, not-for-profit organizations such as the Center for Governmental Studies, The Santa Fe Institute, and governmental agencies such as the Defense Contract Management Agency, an arm of the Department of Defense. LeeAundra is also active in the community, volunteering communications coaching for Liberty Hill, Step Up Women's Network, Volunteers in Parole (VIP), and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Public Speaking Author, Trainer and AnalystLeeAundra has published numerous articles on public speaking in on-line journals and provides regular expert commentary and analysis on public speaking and debate for KABC-TV News and KCAL-9 TV News in Los Angeles as well as BBC World Service, BBC - The World Today, ABC Radio, XM Radio POTUS '08, Greenstone Radio, WOR (New York), the Bloomberg Radio Network, Canberra Radio 2CC (Australia) and The Gregory Mantell Show. She is also the moderator of "Public Speaking - The Essential Skill", one of the most active speciality networks in the Ryze Business Network Community. LeeAundra has been quoted in The Economist, Christian Science Monitor, New York Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, The Times (of London), the New York Times' political blog "The Caucus", Forbes.com, Gannett News Service, Reuters Wire Service, Chicago Sun-Times, The Washington Post, and has been featured in My Business and Smart Money Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine's "The Best of LA" issue. She is also a regular contributor to Discover magazine, penning the popular "20 Things You Didn't Know About..." feature LeeAundra graduated from the Honors College of Oakland University in Michigan with a double degree in Political Science and Rhetoric, Communications and Journalism. She earned her M.A. in Politics from New York University. LeeAundra is based in Los Angeles and works with clients around the globe.
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