“The way they approached the topic and their interaction with the participants was masterful.”
-Kathie K., Minneapolis Workforce Center

   

Dean Hyers and Pete Machalek deliver proven methods in Hollywood style, at your events and organizations, to help professionals confidently face make-or-break moments with deep connections, compelling messages, and dynamic delivery.

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WINNING PRESENCE FOR MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENTS
Engage Your Audience At The First Impression

We all experience them – those make-or-break moments where success or failure is entirely on our shoulders. We feel the pressure, but don't know how to deal with them. The filmmakers of SagePresence bring Hollywood magic to inspiring connections, compelling messages, and dynamic delivery, so you can win over the people you need to influence.

NETWORKING PRESENCE
The Thinking, Feeling, and Talking of Networking

Networking is a series of make-or-break "micro-moments" that play a substantial role in our professional success. But many of us don't know how to make the most of networking, and often we experience discomfort when we try. SagePresence will turn this around with a simple strategy that works.

HAVE YOUR SUCCESS AND FEEL IT TOO
Emotional Intelligence – Hollywood Style

Emotional Intelligence is an critical business tool, but it's losing more and more meaning as it becomes overused and trendy. From the filmmaker's perspective, Emotional Intelligence is an everyday staple skill that you can use to master the "tells" in your own body language while reading others more clearly.


LIFESCRIPT
Designing Your Future and Living Into It

Make-or-break moments pass us by if we don't recognize them, if we only half-commit, or if we can't connect the dots between our duties and our goals. LifeScript uses story skills to design a "script" for the future, so you can plan life and career, identify and commit to critical steps, and seize make-or-break moments that turn dreams into realities!

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