Elissa Bernstein - Bio - Speaker Training
Elissa has been training speakers, actors and singers for 20 years. She is a trained lawyer, has a DEC in health science and is a classically trained singer, actor and dancer. Her unique background and fascination with problem-solving brings great richness to her work. For over a decade, Elissa was a North American syndicated legal columnist. Based in Montreal, Canada, she has helped speakers around the world write concise, vibrant speeches and then trained them to deliver passionate and compelling presentations – whether in the boardroom, on the campaign trail, or on a TEDx stage.
Professional Experience
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Collaborated on design and content for a 3-day workshop4-hour workshop for for the European Environment Agency (Copenhagen, March 2016
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Collaborated on design and content, and presenteda 4-hour workshop for La Banque Nationale du Canada (Montreal, March 2016)
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Collaborated on design and content, and presented a 3-day workshop for the European Environment Agency (Copenhagen, September 2015)
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Collaborated in the design, content and delivery of 8-month training program for The Jeanne Sauve Foundation for Sauve Fellows (Montreal, September 2015-May 2016)
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Collaborated in the design, content and delivery of 6-month training program for The Jeanne Sauve Foundation for Sauve Fellows (Montreal, October 2012-March 2013
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Design, content and delivery of 3-hour workshop for The Sauve Foundation Fellows
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Design, content and delivery of 1-hour workshops for Morgan Stanley
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Private coaching: speaking; writing; voice; vocal issues; dialect; performance anxiety
Clients include:
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25 international environmental entrepreneurs: writing and presentation (YES Summit, Sweden)
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TEDx speakers (Montreal, London)
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President of Edulution: writing and presentation of multimillion dollar proposal to CEO of Barclay’s Bank (South Africa)
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Investment banker and venture capitalist: writing and presentation of multimillion dollar proposal (Monaco)
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President of The Jeanne Sauve Foundation
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Federal Liberal Party candidate: writing and presentation
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International environmental lawyer (Switzerland)
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Human rights activist (Iran)
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Human rights activist and Rwandan Genocide Survivor (Montreal)
Related Work
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Training of actors (classical and contemporary),
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Training of singers (broadway, classical, opera)
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Musical Theatre Workshops, Audition workshops, Choral Workshops
Qualifications and Credentials
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Member of the Quebec Bar since 1985
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McGill University, BCL (Honours)
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Vanier College, DEC, Health Science (Gold Medalist)
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Member of ACTRA (The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists)