“There is nothing more powerful than the spoken word”
-Ann Baker

Ann Baker, founder of Ann Baker Professional Coaching, is seasoned in the art of successful communication. She helps business professionals discover their true authentic selves, utilizing these qualities to inspire better communication and become powerful industry leaders.

Ann Baker’s professional coaching skill is derived from theater-based techniques used to help actors move an audience. She uses an engaging and inquisitive approach to get to the core of a presenter’s unique message. Whether speaking to a board of directors or discussing company changes, clients learn to communicate any message effectively. Her clients range from actors and television spokespersons to corporate CEO’s and executive management teams.

Ann Baker brings 30 years experience as a casting director to her professional clients. She knows that the qualities that make actors great are same qualities that make professionals powerful communicators. Known to many theater professionals as the “Queen of Casting”, Ann Baker founded Ann Baker Casting in 1980. She served as casting director for several series and movies seen on ABC-TV, PBS, HBO, CBS, and NBC. She produced New York City’s Off-Broadway production of First Night and has coached some of Boston’s most well-known radio personalities. She also spent six years as an Associate Casting Director for Boston Casting. In 1990, she saw the opportunity to bring her casting experience to professionals and closed Ann Baker Casting to take on the challenge. She knew that the same presence she identified in actors was also in corporate professionals. She began working with professionals to bring out their presence and create influential and effective business communication.

Today, Ann Baker has established herself as a powerful presence in the Boston community. In addition to professional coaching, she has addressed audiences at Brandies University, Emerson College, Boston University, and Boston Conservatory on the Power of Presence. She also serves as the on-camera technique coach at the Media Performance Institute in Boston.

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