EQUIPPING PROFESSIONALS TO COMMUNICATE CONFIDENTLY, EFFECTIVELY, AND POWERFULLY
“If you just communicate, you can get by, but if you communicate skillfully, you can work miracles.”
-JIM ROHN
Get ready to become proficient in communication skills
- and enjoy the process! 
Deliver powerful, engaging presentations in person and virtually.
Speak and write professionally, concisely, positively, and clearly.
Deal with conflict assertively, empathetically, and successfully.
Initiate conversations and ask fascinating questions.
About Us
- Our Services We provide exceptional virtual and in-person communication skills training workshops and consultations customized to the needs of companies, organizations, and individuals.
- Our Process Initially, we meet with clients virtually, via phone, or in-person. We ask them to describe the gap between their current situation and their desired results.
- Our Clients Clients who hire us to create customized WORKSHOPS are heads of organizations or departments such as human resources or training.
- Our Trainer Welcome. I am Elizabeth MacDonald. I would love the opportunity for us to connect and collaborate to see if we can team up and make that desired result a reality.
Video Communication 
Tips
Below are 14 short video communication skills tips focusing on five areas:
presenting/public speaking, networking, virtual meetings, grammar, and phrases to remember.
Elizabeth MacDonald created the videos for professionals to view on LinkedIn or Facebook.
The videos represent a small sampling of the topics and skills offered in The Verbal Edge workshops, consultations, and in her book: Sharpen Your Verbal Edge: 101 Tips to Enhance Your Professional Communication Skills.
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Virtual Meetings: Conveying Confidence
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Virtual Meetings: Background and Lighting 1
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Virtual Meetings: Background and Lighting 2
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Presentations: Grab the Audience's Attention
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Presentations: What Not to Say at the Beginning
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Presentations: The Power of Stories
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Presentations: Are you having “guy” trouble?
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Networking: Articulately Introduce Yourself
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Networking: Merging into a Conversation
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Networking: Additional Skills to Master
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Presentations: Your Compelling Introduction
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Presentations: “You’ll appreciate this…”
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Make it a Habit: Default to Positive Self Talk
LET'S CONNECT
How We Engage with you
Workshops
We customize each communication skills training and tailor the interactive workshops to each groups’ needs and size—in-person or virtual. Attendees are always surprised at how much they learn and are eager to put the skills into practice.
The workshops—complete with handouts—are information-rich, fast-paced, highly interactive, activity-driven, and fun. We present workshops on-site or virtually.
Consultations
Our consultations are customized to clients’ desired results. The communication skills our individual clients learn and put into practice are life-altering and job enhancing.
Most consultations are virtual, which opens this experience to individuals world-wide. In addition to learning skills and tips tailored to their needs and situations, clients appreciate the bonus experience of a quick lesson on how to convey confidence virtually.
Our Clients
We are Blessed to Engage...
with our individual consultation clients and our workshop attendees.
THE VERBAL EDGE exists to equip all of our clients for lives of confident and effective communicating.
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say
I highly recommend booking Elizabeth MacDonald for presentations and workshops on effective communication skills. Elizabeth has presented in front of Working Women of Tampa Bay several times and I’ve received great feedback from my guests. Her presentations are informative, easy-to-follow and valuable!
Elizabeth conducted a company-wide workshop for Genesis, the topic was “Strengthening Professional Communication Skills.” Elizabeth exceeded our expectations by enhancing the proficiency of our teams, equipping them to write and format even better professional emails. She worked one-on-one with each of the 45 participants, and was successful at helping us speak and write positively, clearly, succinctly, confidently, assertively, and factually. At the conclusion of the workshop, we conducted a survey of all participants, and the results of showed the employees were extremely satisfied with the workshop and conveyed it was a good investment of their time.
It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Elizabeth. I had the pleasure of hosting Elizabeth for a Communications Workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne. Above all, I was impressed with Elizabeth’s ability to hold the audience’s attention during the entire two-hour workshop through sharing her expert knowledge of communication skills, providing easy to understand tips, and having workshop participants implement what was learned by practicing in small groups. It was such a dynamic, high energy presentation yet it felt like personal one-on-one training. One participant told me afterward “…it was the best two hours I’ve spent in a long time.” Elizabeth would be a true asset for any communications skills training session.
Although there are many things to notice, the first is Liza’s intelligence! There are many facets to this amazing woman. I want to say Thank You for being so uplifting! We need that now more than ever in our world today. Elizabeth MacDonald offers an organic, spiritual, energizing experience and truly gives her attention and time with her whole heart and soul.
Elizabeth’s class was invaluable. I can see improvements in myself and my team. We had fun and continue to discuss the topics we learned.
I appreciate Elizabeth’s unique skill and passion for proper communication, both written and verbal. She takes a genuine interest in every conversation we have. I am definitely a better person and communicator having known her.
Elizabeth McDonald from The Verbal Edge is a top-notch communicator.
One of the aspects of Elizabeth’s consulting and coaching style is that she focuses on the whole person rather than providing generic advice. This fact separates her from other consultants and coaches in her field. Not only does Elizabeth have extensive knowledge of improving communication skills, but she also assists her clients in preparing for public relations activities. In addition to seeking services from Elizabeth, I highly recommend that you take the time to read her book. When you pair Elizabeth’s coaching services with the toolkit her book provides, the result is an experience that is both dynamic and enriching.
One of the aspects of Elizabeth’s consulting and coaching style is that she focuses on the whole person rather than providing generic advice. This fact separates her from other consultants and coaches in her field. Not only does Elizabeth have extensive knowledge of improving communication skills, but she also assists her clients in preparing for public relations activities. In addition to seeking services from Elizabeth, I highly recommend that you take the time to read her book. When you pair Elizabeth’s coaching services with the toolkit her book provides, the result is an experience that is both dynamic and enriching.
Comments from Workshop Attendees:
“Engaging Content.”
“Fun!!”
“Elizabeth’s energy is contagious!”
“She exemplified what she taught.”
“Clear. Quick.”
“Many great specific tools to help.”
“I loved the content and learned a lot.”
“What she taught was golden!”
"She exemplified what she taught."
"Elizabeth's energy is contagious!"
"I loved the content and learned a lot."
"Many great specific tools to help."
"What she taught was golden!"
"Engaging content."
"Clear. Quick."
"Fun!!"
Schedule a convenient time on Elizabeth's calendar to discuss your goals for yourself or your employees and explore options for achieving them.
ELIZABETH MACDONALD’S BOOK
Sharpen Your Verbal Edge
Elizabeth MacDonald shares her expertise and experiences in her book Sharpen Your Verbal Edge: 101 Tips to Enhance Your Professional Communication Skills.
She gives readers bite-sized examples of how to effectively tackle and master professional situations such as:
- Giving engaging presentations
- Crafting and formatting professional emails
- Tactfully confronting clients and colleagues
- Using correct grammar and words
- Initiating conversations
- Giving elevator speeches
- Asking fascinating questions
- Confidently hosting or attending virtual meetings
