Technically Speaking

Communication training for engineers and technical teams

The program

6 week intensive.
Ongoing support for 6 months.

Small, practice-heavy cohorts built around your business. Participants bring the proposals, decisions and stakeholder conversations they need to drive forward, practice them against the pushback they're likely to face, and get direct feedback on every rep.

90
minutes, once a week, for 6 weeks
2
sponsor check-ins, three and six months after the intensive
6
participants per cohort

How it works

Real work.
Live practice.

01

Design

We learn what's happening in your business, who your team needs to influence and the pushback they're likely to face. Then we design the course and exercises around it.

02

Baseline

Before we start, all participants complete a baseline assessment against the TECH rubric.

03

Practice

Participants bring their proposals, updates and customer conversations into the room. They practice pitches aimed at their stakeholders, handle real objections live and get expert coaching throughout.

04

Pitch

The final session puts it together with a pitch to the sponsor of the program.

Built for your business.

The program is built around your customers, stakeholders and the decisions your team actually needs to move.

Measurable and lasting.

Everyone is scored on the same TECH rubric at the start and the end, so you see exactly what changed. Between and after sessions, the TECH AI Coach keeps the practice going.

The method

It's built on the TECH Model.

A shared way to think through any message, pitch or conversation before it happens.

TTarget Audience

Who am I talking to? What matters to them? What matters to the business?

From "What do I need to explain?" to "Why does this matter to them?"

EEnd Goal

What am I trying to make happen?

From sharing information to knowing the decision you need, and asking for it clearly.

CClarity

What do they actually need to know?

From jargon, acronyms and edge cases to stories and metaphors your audience gets.

HHow You Say It

How am I perceived?

The public-speaking piece: pace, tone, pauses and how you earn attention.

And then we add pushback.

Participants practice what to do when someone disagrees, challenges the recommendation or simply says no. The goal is learning how to listen, find the real concern and adapt in the moment.

Proof

What can change in six weeks.

"
Proposals now hit the points I care about, so we can get to decisions a lot more quickly.
Sam Johnson  CTO, Jungle Scout

One participant changed how he brought proposals to Sam. Instead of walking through the technical detail, he sent a short document with exactly what Sam needed, and they spent the conversation on the implications.

Who it's for

For strong technical people who need other people to understand, support and act on their ideas.

Engineers, engineering managers and customer-facing technical people who are already strong technically. The next level is understanding the business, reading the room and getting executives, product teams and customers on board.

Investment

$18,000per cohort

Six participants · $3,000 per person

Participants keep using the rubric and TECH AI Coach after the intensive. Managers can use the same rubric to reinforce the behaviors and track continued progress through the six-month engagement.

It's common for an organization to run multiple simultaneous cohorts.

All figures in USD.

Includes

  • Pre-program discovery and customization
  • Six live 90-minute group sessions with personalized feedback, the last a pitch to the program sponsor
  • Baseline and endline assessments on the TECH measurement rubric
  • The TECH AI Coach for practice between and after sessions
  • Sponsor check-ins three and six months after the program

Make the case, not just the code.

Get the reps, rubric and model your team keeps using long after the program ends.