Brenda Benham

Hi, I’m Brenda.  As a presentation skills trainer and coach, I help detail-oriented people give much better presentations using brain science. I help my clients feel competent and be recognized as experts in their field.

In my former career as a transactional lawyer, I was called on to give presentations without being equipped with the skills to deliver them well. I know what it is like to lose an audience in all the details!

My work is based on my own experience over 30 years of public speaking, as a Toastmaster since 2001, and my in-depth research into the brain science of how people learn and remember.

Education & Professional Development

• University of Toronto LLB (Bachelor of Laws) 1979 – 1981
• University of British Columbia
  BA (Honours, Political Science) 1974-1978
• UBC Executive Education (2 day training)
  Presenting as a Leader™ – Presenting Ideas with Clarity and Confidence
  January 2018
• Powerful Presentation Training (at BCSC)
  2014 & 2015
• Toastmasters
  Member – 2001 – present
  Area Director – 2017-18
  International Speech Contest – Area Winner – 2020 and 2021

Notable Career History

• Founder & Presentation Trainer & Coach
  Memorable Presenter Consulting
  2018 – present
• Various positions, ending as Senior Corporate Communication Advisor
  British Columbia Securities Commission
  1989 – 2018
• Associate Lawyer
  Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy
  1982 – 1989

I have provided training on giving informative presentations that are memorable and engaging.  The topics covered in included:

•       How to organize an informative presentation to be memorable and engaging
•       How to incorporate stories into an informative presentation
•       How to craft slides that will enhance a presentation not distract from it
•       How to have confidence to give a memorable and engaging presentation
•       How to set up an online presentation to be memorable and engaging

My organizational clients indicated I was easy to work with and very professional, organized, and prepared and that my presentations were extremely engaging.

I have also provided coaching to individual clients who had presentations coming up.  After observing their presentations, I provided feedback on what they were doing well and how they could make their presentations even better.

My individual presenter clients indicated that I provided specific and helpful feedback and saw things they didn’t see.

• Communications

• Leadership

• Human Resources