Who we are.
ELEVATE THE STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE.
The Standing O was created to honour the gift of the human imagination and elevate the storytelling experience by providing professional writing and public speaking development services.
We specialize in developing speeches for weddings, commencement, retirement, and many more special occasions and life events. We do this through a simple process of collaboration, working closely with you to develop a clear understanding of your vision and establish a structure using your thoughts and ideas, setting the foundation for us to deliver you a work of art that will move your audience and leave a lasting impression.
In addition, we provide training for anyone who wants to speak effectively in public. Employing a series of structured methods and mixing them with several unique concepts, we craft personalized programs to help you overcome self-consciousness and fear while giving you the tools to assume mastery over your audience.
Lastly, we offer a series of career consulting & transition services, empowering job seekers to succeed in their careers by creating compelling resumes, targeted cover letters, customized LinkedIn profiles, and curating expert interview preparation programs.
In all that we do, we always keep in mind our commitment to helping you find YOUR voice.
What we do.
SPEECH WRITING FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
You know WHY you’re telling the story. Let us figure out HOW you’re going to tell it.
Storytelling is a powerful way of connecting with your audience. Our goal is to curate carefully crafted messages, pairing your ideas with rhetorical tools and packaging them to create emotional, novel and memorable speeches that you can deliver with confidence and authority on your special occasion.
The key to delivering an effective speech is finding ways to connect with your audience on a personal and passionate level, reaching their heads and touching their hearts. We collaborate with you to carefully design and develop an awe-inspiring speech that communicates your ideas and represents who you are.
From crafting the content of your story to discussing how you can be most effective in your delivery, we will give your ideas the life they deserve, create memorable moments and captivate your audience.
PUBLIC SPEAKING TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT
Ideas, effectively packaged and delivered, can change the world.
Our public speaking training & development programs are for anyone who wants to speak with more confidence and authority. Whether you deliver presentations, sell products and services, or simply want to lead and inspire the people around you, our techniques will empower you to deliver captivating, entertaining, and influential speeches.
We share techniques used by some of the most world’s most compelling speakers and provide you with the tools to make your presence and delivery more comfortable and impactful. You’ll learn how to adopt a range of methods and styles that will help you engagingly deliver ideas and create far deeper and more meaningful connections than you’ve ever experienced.
CAREER CONSULTING & TRANSITION SERVICES
If opportunity doesn’t knock, then build a door.
We take pride in serving professionals from a diverse range of industries with our highly personalized career consulting service.
It’s not easy to effectively and strategically identify your strengths and speak to them with confidence. Our dedicated and passionate writers are uniquely trained to define and articulate your greatest skills and accomplishments by crafting individualized resumes, cover letters and LinkedIn profiles. We also provide 1-on-1 coaching designed for you to achieve success and distinguish yourself from others in interviews with potential employers.