"Just wanted to let you know that your record is still intact. We 
were awarded the contract for the Coast Guard The Ports and Waterways 
Safety System. We did extremely well. The presentation in particular 
was very very well received. That was what won it."
--Tim Kinsella of Lockheed Martin


The teams I coach have won every time. I've had the honor of coaching 
Oral proposals for almost every government agency using Oral 
presentations.

My methods are different from most Orals Coaches.

Your team is not expected to be professional actors. So presentation 
skills adopted from many pubic speaking practices aren't necessary. 
In fact, I believe they damn proposal teams to mediocre performance.

In 1995, a few federal agencies decided to speed up procurements by 
requiring Oral Proposals. I hoped it was a fad. Subjecting technical 
folks to an Oral Presentation was pure torture for many of them.

By 1996, I could see that Oral Proposals were not fading.  So, I went 
back to school nights and weekends to refresh my training and learn 
the latest communication and psychological techniques to improve oral 
communications. So far, I've never lost an Oral proposal.

My goal is simply to outfit your team with tools to allow each of 
them to remain calm, answer questions to the best of their ability, 
and project their image as a qualified professional. Seems to work. 
After all, if you were choosing between a nervous twitchy engineer 
and a fellow who reminds you of your favorite neighbor, the choice 
would be easy.

I've supported Oral Teams winning contracts from:

DOE
Oak Ridge
Hanford
Los Alamos
LANL

DoD
Army
ACOE
Air Force
Navy

Coast Guard

Teams I've worked with:
Range in size from 5 to 26 presenters.
Presentation times range from 1 hour to 8 hours.
Question and Answer sessions range from 30 minutes to 4 hours.
Contract values range from $5 Million to $1 Billion.

My goal is: exquisite preparation, calm confidence, and the sensation 
that your team are real people, capable and qualified for the work at 
hand.

Contact me to reserve my time for your next Oral Proposal (Link to 
Contacts page)

Read more about my techniques in a case study from one of my first 
Oral Proposals. (Link to http://www.1ricci.com/news/magic/case-study-for-1ricci.html )