Tony Burns
Tony Burns is the principal trainer of Effective Speaking. He is a specialist coach and trainer in public speaking and presentation skills and regularly coaches senior executives and specialists to improve their presenting skills.

• BA (Psychology) and Primary Certificate in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy. Tony specialises in helping clients overcome the nervousness and anxiety so common in public speaking using this methodology adapted from therapeutic psychology.

• Tony is the 2003 winner of the New Zealand Association of Training and Development Facilitation and Delivery Award.
  
  

Tony receives his award from Rebecca Knight of The Training Line
at the 2003 NZATD awards dinner

• Past professional career as music producer working with professional performers. Tony uses the skills learnt during his time working with professional performers in coaching business people to improve their presentation performance.

• Twice winner of the Toastmasters New Zealand Speech Evaluation competition. The Toastmasters Evaluation competition involves judging competitors on the their ability to coach others to improve their speaking performance. Having retired from this competition, Tony coached the two subsequent winners including Kim Chamberlain of Successful Speaking (now living in Uganda).

• Professional speaker at conferences and seminars.

Olivia Mitchell
Olivia Mitchell is a Senior Trainer for Effective Speaking.

Olivia has a legal background and experience in training for both public sector and private sector organisations. As a management consultant for a major bank she trained branch managers in presentation skills, leadership skills, HR procedures and recruitment. As a manager for a large city council she trained managers and policy analysts in public consultation skills and running public meetings.

She is author of "How to present with Twitter (and other backchannels)" and her presentation blog, Speaking about Presenting is regularly ranked in Alltop's top five.