Witt Communications

Chris Witt works with business leaders — CEOs, presidents, executives, owners, and senior managers — who want to speak in a way that advances their organization's success. He also works with high-level technical professionals — senior scientists, engineers, and programmers — who want to present sophisticated material in a way that non-technical audiences can understand and use. 

He is the author of Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas (Crown Publishing; Spring 2009).

Chris Witt, founder and president, combines a background in education, counseling, and ministry with advanced training in public speaking, communications, and emotional intelligence. 

While working with Chris... 

• Corporations have dramatically improved the success rates of their orals proposals
• CEO's have won board approval and company-wide support for their initiatives 
• Warring units have become high-performing teams by learning how to turn their differences into assets
• Newly promoted mangers have become empowered — and empowering — leaders
• Self-employed entrepreneurs have grown their businesses
• Organizations have won public and political support for their projects
• Marketing, technical, sales, and financial professionals have learned to coexist — productively

With over 29 years of professional speaking experience, Chris Witt shares techniques, skills, and strategies that he has honed in front of real audiences. These techniques, skills, and strategies work in the real world.

"The consulting you provided as our team prepared its proposal was a big part of its success. Thank you for helping us pull together such a professional presentation."
-John Dobyns, Vice President, SAIC

Dr. Witt's unique experience gives him a depth of insight and the ability to relate easily to a broad range of people. His warmth and empathy win people's willingness to learn new skills and behaviors.

"Thank you for keeping our message development team on track and in balance with humor and persistence."
-Dr. Ruth Rydel, CEO, Alliance Healthcare Foundation

Brain surgeons and construction workers, CEO's and university presidents, programmers and researchers, Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit associations, politicians and self-employed entrepreneurs, professional speakers and people who would rather face a firing squad than speak in front of an audience — all have profited from working with Chris.

"Dr. Witt helped me accomplish more in 90 minutes than I've been able to do by myself in 2 years. He helped me stay focused, draw out my inner passion, and fashion it into a well stated and compelling message."
-Dick Campanaro, professional speaker and President, The Excel Group

Chris has published three books and numerous articles (in Entrepreneur's Business Start-Ups, The Toastmaster, Kiwanis, and The Professional Speaker).

He is a graduate of Corporate Coach U and past president of the San Diego chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants.

Witt Communications is proud to be associated with The Monger Company, a public affairs consulting firm.