“Dr. Phillips served as the founding Director of Antioch Santa Barbara from 1977-1988. I understand that it was through her insights, energy, and dedication that the campus was conceived, created, and sustained. Under her direction, the campus fostered strong academic programs, service to students, and respect for adult learners.” “There are many reasons that Lois…
“From The Briefing to The Pitch” Lois is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced in the field of communication. Great class, great teacher! Our instructor was engaging and attentive. She wanted to help and knew her stuff. The instructor’s expertise was very credible and it made me trust her. Excellent relate-ability…a lot of information to cover in a one-day course but I feel…
Client satisfaction is paramount and word-of-mouth referrals are how I’ve built my practice. You’ll see that clients indicate the “value added” benefits of working with me, and their positive evaluations mean so much. As an educator, the takeaways are important. I want to be a positive role model but also teach clients analytic and “soft…
Lois Phillips is a dynamic experienced public speaker whose clients say she “practices what she teaches.” Her academic background combines with executive experience to inform her training and coaching. Using principles gained from interviews with successful speakers and outlined in “Women Seen and Heard: Lessons Learned from Successful Speakers” she provides coaching and training to…
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The History of Women as Speakers: When Women Spoke up They Changed History From Aristotle and Plato on, the earliest philosophers and the church believed that women’s primary purpose in life was to reproduce and be attractive to men. Women existed to support men’s success, primarily because they were thought to be intellectually inferior. For…
By Lois Phillips, Phd, with Sarah Soto MS Traditional male-centric business practices as well as unregulated policies imposed on our modern society got us in to this global recession. In other words: Men got us into this mess. Women need to help get us out. There’s significant evidence that a faster, better path to recovery…
Women must establish credibility as the voice of authority before audiences will listen, but how can we do that? What strategies will help us achieve leadership positions and larger life goals? Stereotypes taught generations that “silence is golden”- but only when men do all the talking. Lois has an interesting frame for encouraging women to…