Online presentations do not have to be boring

Jakob Manthei. Speaking Skills & Social Skills Trainer.

✔️ Trained & coached 2000+ people on almost all continents since 2019.
✔️ Certified Dale Carnegie trainer.
✔️ Read 100+ books on social skills.

Hi! We’re Jakob and Jelmer

Officially, we are ‘public speaking trainers’ — but what we really do, and what we truly love doing, is helping professionals stand out and be confident in themselves.

Online presentations don’t have to boring; we can get your team to give truly engaging online presentations, in just a few sessions.

Are you looking to be inspired? Let’s see if we can collaborate.

Jelmer Smits. Communication Skills & Social Skills Trainer.

✔️ Trained & coached 3500+ people since 2018.
✔️ Lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
✔️ Background in theatre and public speaking contests.​

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Testimonials

How Marli overcame her fears

Daria’s experiences

Gilbert Eijkelenboom (owner MindSpeaking)

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Our workshops

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Speak like a pro - Online

Our flagship course.

We spent 100+ hours developing this course.
Its content is based on 10+ years of training people in online presenting.
Together with your team, we PRACTICE the essentials to keeping engagement and getting your message across online.

In only 4 sessions of 2 hours each, we guarantee that:
1. Your team presents like you could have never imagined.
2. Their course ratings will be above 9/10.
3. They will have had fun.

Online | Group course (max 8 participants) | 4x 2h sessions | Live feedback from us

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Other workshops

Online presentations are our bread and butter, but our team frequently facilitates physical workshops about:

  1. Public speaking (physical workshop).

  2. Negotiation.

  3. Effective communication.

  4. Giving and receiving feedback.

  5. Time management & productivity.


Let’s make it a workshop or event to remember.

Live | Online or offline | Group | Companies and businesses

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Individual coaching

Got a big presentation coming? Or do you simply recognize how better communication skills will serve you for the rest of your life?

We also offer 1-on-1 private sessions to help grow your confidence and comfort. Full attention in a safe atmosphere.

With either Jakob or Jelmer.

Live | Online or offline | Individuals

We’re excited to meet you!