“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time.”
Rena Cohen M.F.A. is an award-winning professional theatre director, published theatre critic and acting teacher who is dedicated to working with clients from every occupation and profession to help them to develop their individual strengths as communicators.
Rena is relaxed and easy to work with. She operates from the premise that public speaking is about communication, not perfection. She is committed to helping you articulate your message so that you can successfully impact your audience in a way that is comfortable and authentic to you.
She has served as professional adjudicator for speech arts for the National Professional Music Teachers’ Association (2004) and the Westcoast Speech Arts Festival (2006, 2008) and is also the founder/coordinator of a recognized community educational program for Gateway Theatre.
Recognition:
- Best Director Award from the Quebec Drama Federation (two-time winner)
- Certificate of Special Recognition for outreach programming: Richmond School Board
Testimonials:
Rena's help was invaluable and gave me the confidence to be able to stand up in front of people - 10,000 people, actually. Working with Rena made all the difference between a speech that would have been adequate to one that still stands out for people when they think of that event.
Rena's exercises are fun and practical, and I'm glad I took the opportunity to develop this part of my professional life. She gave me a context for public speaking that helped me become much more comfortable and effective in front of any audience.
Working with Rena is adding some tools to my "kit", polishing skills, increasing insight and awareness, overall making me better prepared for this part of my work and career. She provides concrete new things to try, and her overall approach to public speaking is about keeping my own style and making it better.