Diane DiResta is an American speaker, author, media trainer, speech coach and certified speech pathologist based in
New York City. DiResta has worked with celebrities and corporations to train them in communication skills.
Career
DiResta received a Masters of Science from
Columbia University in
Speech Pathology, and a B.A. in Speech from
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls about 15,000 undergraduate and 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus.
Being New York City's first publ ...
. She received a certificate of clinical competence in
speech-language pathology.
She started her career as a speech therapist at the
NYC Board of Education
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
and later started a consultancy company, DiResta Communications, Inc. that works with executives in Fortune 500 companies and celebrities to train them in communication skills. DiResta has also served as an adjunct lecturer at
St Joseph's College and
New York University.
DiResta has also served as the president of
National Speakers Association, New York City.
She has authored a book in 1998 on public speaking, ''Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power, Punch, and Pizzazz'', became a best seller on
Amazon. The third edition of the book was published by
Morgan James Publishing
Morgan James Publishing is an American independent book publisher and distributor, specializing in non-fiction, fiction, faith and kids categories.
History
The company was founded in 2003 in Virginia by David L. Hancock. In their early years, Mo ...
in September 2018. In 2015, DiResta received the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the
National Speakers Association.
DiResta has coached and trained executives in corporations including AT&T,
Chase Manhattan Bank, Warner Brothers., the U.S. Army, the NBA, Merck, and IBM among others.
Publications
*''Give Fear the Boot: Kick Your Fear of Public Speaking'' (BookBaby eBook, 2014);
*''Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power, Punch, and Pizzazz'' (Chandler House Press, 1998/2009);
*''Conversations on Success'' - Interview with David E. Wright (Insight Publishing Company, 2004);
*"''Voice Power: The Care and Feeding of the Professional Voice''," Professional Speaker Magazine, May 2004.
References
External links
Official website
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women writers
Speech coaches
Brooklyn College alumni
21st-century American women