Are you ready to present at a conference?

Can you close a potential investor?

How effective is your sales pitch?

Understand how your audience hears your message. Learn the decision-making process and the paths to persuasion. Be prepared for the Q&A. You can learn the techniques that the best communicators know. It’s not a secret. Coaching can prepare you for your presentation better than working alone.

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Make them see your vision!

“Steve worked with us at an important time for MedTrans Go. He is a strong strategic thinker with an ability to understand our different needs, styles and strengths. Together we built out an early growth strategy, and created our sales and investor pitch decks . His easy going style, and broad network were critical to help reach the next level.” – CEO & Co-Founder

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Steve Brett
Founder, Mentor

“He is adept at identifying core business values and crafting pitch presentations that bring attention to those values. Steve is also the best kind of direct, sharing his insights with others in the way of a teacher who truly enjoys teaching. His energetic and positive demeanor add to the experience of working with him and I'd highly recommend him.” – Start-up Founder

“We worked with Steve and the Presentation Tune-Ups team in early 2021. We were very pleased with how quickly they were able to capture the essence of our business and communicate our messaging in a much simpler & direct manner. Steve delivered a complete package including an improved pitch deck on time and within our budget. We were very happy with the results which are still in use today.” - CEO, National Broadband

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My story

(in a nutshell)

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In the beginning

I started my career as a radio broadcaster. Honed presentation and marketing skills by writing & producing thousands of commercials, selling everything from cars to plumbing supplies. Eventually that led me to found my own agency.

Early start

Owned and ran a full-service ad agency for 12 years in the NY/Metro with local and Fortune 500 clients. We also developed brand strategy and media campaigns, and websites, for clients like The Citizen Watch Company, Sports Authority, and many more.

Back to school

My undergraduate degree was in English literature - reading, writing, and especially studying films that were made from novels. And then I went back to school and earned a Masters at Teaching.

All That Experience

In Atlanta, I’ve been contract CMO and a teacher at the Creative Circus. Now my focus on growth companies and the start-up community, specializing in branding and presentations.

Official Bio

Steve Brett is a pioneer in digital marketing and website development and a 30-year veteran in the ad business, harking back to the legendary, legacy masters like Bernbach, Ogilvy and J. Walter Thompson . He founded and built an ad agency in New York that grew to become a member of The American Association of Ad Agencies.

During his career, Steve made millions of pitches and presentations to Fortune 500s, SMEs, start-ups, neighborhood groups, other CMOs and creative teams. While earning a Master at Teaching, he saw that people weren't learning the kind of communication skills they would need to reach their full potential. That realization, combined with his real-world business experience, became the foundation of Presentation TuneUps.

Today, Steve specializes in personal communications, helping individuals and teams deliver compelling talks, pitches, and presentations of all kinds. Years ago, Steve’s agency created the first campaigns for an early cellphone company that eventually merged with others to become Verizon. The firm also worked with a payroll company with a niche market that grew big enough to exit to ADP. Sitting alone in his home office, he built the first website for the Citizen Watch Company and his agency partnered with others to offer athletic shoes for sale online for the first time for The Sports Authority.

Other marquee clients on the roster included SONY, Hertz, Fiduciary Trust, NatWest Bank, T. Anthony Leather, Department 56, and The New York Stock Exchange. The firm also handled regional and local clients - and published business and consumer magazines.

He now works regularly with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, c-suite executives, startups and entrepreneurs in the southeast with The RAISE Forum, sponsored by Emory University’s Goizueta School of Business and TiE Atlanta, part of an international network of startup mentoring and investment. Steve earned a Master at Teaching Degree from Agnes Scott College (cum laude) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Literature (Education minor, cum laude) from The New School University in New York.