Speak in your authentic voice and have fun doing it!
Let Her Speak is a seven-month-long training experience in 2024/2025 for female-identifying business leaders wanting to learn how to speak in their authentic voice, and have fun while doing it!
- This experience will help you let go of limiting beliefs about yourself on stage, learn the power of storytelling, of breath, master gestures and vocal variety, and learn how levity and vulnerability help us connect to other humans on stage and off.
- An audience wants to be drawn in, they want to fall in love with you. They want to be moved. To be persuaded and that all starts with our voice and our physical presence way before the messaging even begins.
- Let’s find your authentic/powerful voice while being surrounded by other supportive women. Oh, and let’s find some fun too.
Application and Fees
The application will open in summer 2025 for the 2025/26 program.
Meet the Instructor: Dana Black
Dana Black is a communications coach, public speaker, moderator, corporate emcee, podcaster, storyteller and a SAG-AFTRA TV/film/voiceover actor for over 15 years. She has performed on stages throughout Chicago and beyond and loves commanding a room using vulnerability, creativity, a little sass and a lot of heart.
Dana is also a speaker delivery coach for TEDxChicago, an executive public speaking and performance coach with Janicek Performance Group and coaches clients privately all over the country. She loves helping people craft THEIR story and messaging with more ease, confidence and authenticity. Dana is also the casting director/project manager for actors for the Southwest Institute for Emotional Intelligence.
Dana moved to Traverse City two years ago after living in Chicago for over 20 years. Dana is now an active Big Sister with Big Brothers Big Sister, a TART Trail Ambassador, was a co-host/emcee for the April 2024 reboot of TCNewTech, a playwriting mentor for the Young Playwrights Festival at the City Opera House, a public speaking coach for local political candidates and business leaders, and an upcoming moderator for the National Writers Series. Oh, and she loves to kayak and hike in all the beautiful nature!
Personal Website
Dana Black
Instagram
Dana Black (@dana_black209)
Acting/Emotional Intelligence Work
Emotional Intelligence Workshops & Coaching | Southwest Institute (swiei.com)
Janicek Performance Group
Janicek Performance Group: Media & Executive Presence Coach (kathrynjanicek.com)
