Founder of The Newman Group, Joyce Newman is a leader in guiding professionals to improve their communications skills in presentations and media interviews. From helping executives prepare for the challenge of talking to a reporter during a business crisis to presenting to a group of investors during an IPO or keeping a celebrity on point for an endorsement appearance, Joyce and her skilled team have the expertise in media and presentation training to meet any business situation.

Joyce leads presentation skills workshops and media training sessions in which she teaches clients effective video techniques; coaches them for testimony and presentations in security analyst and shareholder meetings, sales conferences and new product introductions; and assists clients in designing and conducting road shows for initial public offerings.

An expert speaker, Joyce frequently addresses industry and association conferences throughout the United States on the subjects of Managing the Media, Powerful Presentations and Selling Yourself. She co-authored Selling Yourself: Be the Competent, Confident Person You Really Are!

Her clients include such diverse organizations as the American Diabetes Association; AXA Financial; BBDO Worldwide; Biogen Idec; Booz, Allen Hamilton; Brown-Forman; CARE; Coca-Cola Fountain; Ernst & Young; The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.; The Gillette Company; Hearst Corporation; Hoechst Marion Roussel; Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group; Hologic, Inc.; McDonald’s Corporation; The Reader’s Digest Association; Sara Lee Corporation; Skadden, Arps and USA TODAY.

In addition, Joyce works extensively with celebrities in the sports and entertainment industries. She has served as Official Media Trainer for both the Virginia Slims Championships Series and the United States Figure Skating Association. Her credits for preparing spokespersons for national and worldwide media tours include work with Alabama, Tracy Austin, Matt Biondi, Chic Corea, Chris Evert, Fabio, Emerson Fittipaldi, Scott Hamilton, Richard Lewis, Mickey Mantle, Kathy Mattea, Gabriela Sabatini, and Danny Sullivan.

Joyce also works with publishing companies including Ballantine Publishing Group, Fireside Books, Penguin/Putnam Books USA, Random House, Simon & Schuster, and St. Martin’s Press. She has helped many best-selling authors prepare for national media tours, including Ellen Alderman and Caroline Kennedy, In Our Defense; Lorenzo Carceterra, S