Executive Communication Coach, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Speechwriting, Political Rhetoric

The Contrary Public Speaker

LeeAundra Temescu

Executive Communication Coach

LeeAundra 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 Instructor

LeeAundra 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 Training

As 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 Analyst

LeeAundra 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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What clients say...

Thanks for the work you did for the company and especially for me. You are very good at what you do and a terrific person.

Andrew McKelvey
CEO and Chairman
Monster Worldwide

If you've heard my talk, you know how adamant I am about taking advice from only someone who has "walked the walk". LeeAundra has walked the walk and is truly an expert. She has a gift. She has taken me to new levels and is giving me the poise and polish I need to make it to the highest levels of professional speaking. I give her two thumbs up!

Ruben Gonzalez -Three-Time Olympian, Peak Performance Expert, Nationally Recognized Professional Speaker

I cannot thank you enough for the most inspiring, brilliant conference. Everyone here is so very happy with what they learned and we can't wait to put your teachings into practice. You really are amazing.

Clare Cameron, Senior Campaign Manager. Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Greater Los Angeles Chapter

You are a spectacular teacher because you really understand human beings and how they work and how well they respond to the positive energy which you exude like a fountain!

Ted Morgan - Author, How to Marry a Multi-Millionaire

LeeAundra is one those rare individuals that really thinks about presentation structure and content, using rhetorical strength to build the credibility of the speaker . She is not afraid to buck the "common wisdom" that is just faddish and fashionable. The exercises and methods she uses build the strength and relevance of your arguments, instead of just adding feel good stylings and television tricks to a presenter.

David O. Taber - President, David Taber Consulting