PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION & PITCH Hands-On Workshop!

Schedule

Wed Feb 25 2026 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Maryland Innovation Center (MIC), Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD, USA | Columbia, MD

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Level up your presentation, public speaking and pitch skills with this intensive workshop, designed to boost your confidence and success!
About this Event

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION & PITCH WORKSHOP
Transform Your Delivery. Strengthen Your Impact. Win the Room.

You have the expertise. You have the data. You have the pitch deck.
But the moment you stand up to deliver—the real work begins.

Most business professionals spend months refining the business plan, the financials, the strategy… yet only minutes preparing the human element that determines whether investors, customers, partners, or teams actually believe them.

And in today’s world, this includes how you appear on social media video—where first impressions are made in seconds and attention spans are measured in heartbeats.

This workshop changes that.

Join us at the Maryland Innovation Center (MIC) for a transformative, hands-on session designed for business leaders, founders, entrepreneurs, and professionals who want to elevate their speaking skills, strengthen their personal presence, and gain a competitive edge in every pitch, presentation, or on-camera appearance.

This is not a generic public speaking class.
This is industry-tested, actor-informed performance training adapted specifically for the modern business environment.


What You Will Learn

Drawing from decades of experience in filmmaking, theatre direction, acting, casting, and professional speaking—including 17 years as a top-rated Cunard Insights lecturer—Robert Neal Marshall teaches the same core techniques that top performers use to captivate an audience:


1. Become an Engaging, Persuasive Communicator

Learn how to command attention from the first moment, shape energy, hold interest, and guide your audience emotionally through your message.


2. Deliver With Confidence, Clarity, and Ease

Build the muscle memory and internal grounding that allow you to present yourself—not your nerves—as the expert in the room.


3. Transform Dry Material Into Compelling Storytelling

Use proven narrative techniques to bring financials, product explanations, and complex information to life.


4. Master Delivery for Pitch Videos, Marketing, and Social Media

Most professionals now record videos for LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, their websites, or customer outreach.
Yet many of these videos fall flat—too dry, too stiff, too disconnected from the intended message.

You will learn how to:
• connect emotionally to your material
• find natural ways to adjust physicality and voice
• create natural, conversational delivery
• increase authenticity without losing professionalism
• make short-form video feel alive, not robotic

Your social media presence becomes a strategic asset, not an afterthought.


5. Apply Actor Techniques to Business Communication

Use improvisation, script work, interpretation tools, and voice/body alignment to increase your impact and connection.


6. Win Over Investors, Customers, Boards, and Teams

Your pitch, presentation, or leadership message becomes more persuasive, more memorable, and more effective.


Who This Workshop Is For

• Founders preparing for investor pitches
• Entrepreneurs creating marketing or pitch videos
• Executives and directors presenting to boards or large teams
• Professionals in fundraising, sales, and business development
• Teams improving internal communication and culture
• Emerging leaders building authentic on-camera presence
• Anyone whose success depends on strong, engaging communication


What Makes This Workshop Different

Robert brings a rare combination of business communication expertise and professional performance training. You’ll learn practical tools used by working actors every day—adapted specifically for business professionals who must present, persuade, lead, and now, record compelling social media content.

This is immersive, hands-on, confidence-building training designed to help you show up at your very best.


Event Details

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION & PITCH WORKSHOP
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Maryland Innovation Center (MIC), Columbia, MD

Limited to only 15 participants to ensure individualized coaching.
$125 per person
MIC Members: Use MIC10 for a 10 percent discount (membership will be verified).


Your Instructor

Robert Neal Marshall
Actor (SAG-AFTRA, Equity), filmmaker, director, communication coach, casting associate (House of Cards, HBO’s Game Change), professional speaker for the Cunard Insights Program, and former Entrepreneur in Residence at the Maryland Innovation Center, corporate coach with BWTech Maryland NEW VENTURE Program, and as a presentation instructor for Howard Community College Training and Development Solutions

Robert has taught hundreds of professionals how to elevate their delivery, build confidence, communicate with presence, and create on-camera content that truly resonates.


Ready to elevate your communication and become a more powerful presenter—on stage and on camera?

Reserve your spot today for this high-value, hands-on professional training.



“One of Robert’s most admirable qualities is his commitment to the highest standards in all that he undertakes. His work ethic not only ensures exceptional results but also inspires those around him to strive for their best.”
Lawrence Twele, President Eastport Partners. Former HCEDA Execuitve Director.



“An excellent public speaker adept at presenting to large and small groups, and has attracted many thousands of guests along to his presentations over the past few years.”
Caroline Mathieson, Former Cunard Entertainment Manager
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