Richard Peterson is founder and CPO (Chief Presentation Officer) of the Presentation Coaching Institute

Presentation skills are a necessary tool in the workplace. Presentation coaching is an excellent way to promote professional and self development.

A high energy dedicated professional with a 'can do' attitude. Richard shares more than twenty years of relationships and experiences of achievement in sales, marketing, and sponsorship and event management for the betterment of others in reaching their goals once thought unattainable.

A former freelance photographer and contrasted by more than twenty years in the corporate business world at senior executive levels with Blue Chip Corporations, Richard is engaged in private practice catering to the business and personal development needs of a broad range of individuals ranging from corporate executives to professional athletes.

His accomplishments include directing national brand promotions and activating corporate sponsorship properties like the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Special Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. Richard's career over more than twenty years has enabled him to be sensitive to the so-called obstacles many of us adhere to in maintaining mediocrity instead of an insatiable drive to success.

So from his small town roots in a farming community in Southern Ontario to a career in the Fortune 500 marketplace, he has observed and experienced many facets of career success and professional development in the pursuit of personal and professional freedom.

His style of real life anecdotes and warm-hearted approach to his audiences makes for thought provoking insights into the value of balance and success in business and personal life.