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I help technical teams

run better meetings,

present complex ideas clearly,

and actually enjoy doing both.

Facilitation training and communication workshops for program managers, engineers, and the people who lead them — developed and tested with 2,000+ Google employees over six years.

Most communication problems in tech aren't knowledge problems. People know what a good meeting looks like. They've just never had a safe place to practice the hard parts — the domineering stakeholder, the impossible deadline, the room that's suddenly having three conversations at once.

That's what I build. Programs that give technical teams the muscle memory to handle what actually happens, not just the theory of what should.

Three Things I Do:

  • Meeting Facilitation Training

    Built for program managers and technical leads who need to run complex cross-functional meetings without formal authority. Includes live role-plays, real feedback, and frameworks you can use the next morning.

    See the PGM Bootcamp

  • Communication & Presentation Workshops

    Group programs for technical teams who need to present complex ideas clearly, run better meetings, and build the kind of trust that makes collaboration actually work.

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  • Keynote Speaking

    Talks on engagement, authenticity, and overcoming perfectionism — delivered to audiences from 50 to 5,000. Funny, research-based, and surprisingly useful.

    Speaking and workshops

"Shifted our team from task-oriented to strategic thinkers. Don's unique, hands-on role-playing and communication frameworks around building stakeholder influence and emotional intelligence were both effective and genuinely transformative."

—Deep Kakkar, Lead TPM Manager, Enterprise AI, Google

I spent six years developing communication programs at Google, trained over 2,000 people, and keynoted the Toastmasters International Convention in the Bahamas — where the line to talk afterward was two hours long.

Before all that I directed TV shows, performed as a clown for a Cirque du Soleil partner, and got fired by the Blue Man Group. That last one became one of my best keynotes.

I care about this work because I've seen what happens when people stop performing and start actually communicating. Something real passes between them. That's what I'm trying to create in every room I walk into.

More about Don

Currently enrolling:

PGM Meeting Facilitation Bootcamp — 6-person cohort, open enrollment, starting soon.

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Or if you're looking for something for your team:

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