With decades of experience as a professional communicator, DynamiCoach Founder Tom Cobin can help you elevate your speaking and presentation skills to achieve your goals.
Tom began public speaking more than a half-century ago! In seventh and eighth grades, he won speech contests across the NYC area. He was named Valedictorian of his elementary school class, and delivered its graduation Commencement Speech.
Tom later studied Broadcast Journalism at New York University. At the student-run radio station, WNYU-FM, he held roles as a newscaster, talk show host, and jazz DJ. While still in college, Tom began working as a freelance radio reporter for Mutual News and affiliate WHN-AM. Tom was the top student of his graduating NYU Class in Broadcast Journalism, and was inducted into the Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism Honor Society.
Chatting with ABC News “Nightline” Anchor Ted Koppel, at a journalism awards ceremony where they both were recognized in May, 1981.
Tom on his last day at WCBS-TV in New York, with Anchor Brian Williams
Even before college graduation, Tom was already working at “The Tiffany Network.” He was a writer & producer for the CBS Morning News; Nighwatch (the first overnight network newscast); and Channel 2 News on the network’s flagship station, WCBS-TV. Tom won an Emmy Award for producing coverage of the trial that was the “test case” for cameras in the courtroom in New York State. Tom was promoted to Weekend Producer, responsible for supervising all personnel, operations, and broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays. After two years, he decided to pursue his dream of reporting on-camera.
Tom has been an Anchor, Weathercaster, and Investigative Reporter. Just two years into his on-camera career, Tom became the first journalist ever to win two coveted Edward R. Murrow Awards in the same year from the Radio / Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) — considered one of the most prestigious awards in television journalism. He also won the “Enterprise Reporting Award” from the ChesAPeake Associated Press.
Shortly after joining WAVY-TV in Virginia, Tom covered the Oklahoma City bombing in April, 1995. Two years later, he was again recognized by RTNDA with a Regional Award for Investigative Reporting. The following year, Tom won the AP’s coveted award for “Outstanding Effort by an Individual Reporter” in Virginia. During Tom’s five years with “10 On Your Side,” his hard-hitting investigative reports were featured several times on nationally-syndicated “Montel Williams Show.”
At the scene of the Oklahoma City bombing
On board the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt
“10 On Your Side” Investigative Reporter
With Montel Williams for one of three appearances
After his award-winning career in TV News, Tom transitioned into pharmaceutical sales. He repeatedly achieved the highest performance recognition at multiple companies. With his expressive, engaging style, Tom achieved IMPACT on customers through presentations of varying lengths, to many different audiences, in a wide variety of situations and scenarios.
Throughout his pharmaceutical career, Tom helped improve the performance of colleagues as a District and National Sales Trainer. (Tom’s passion for elevating others has also included being an instructor in skiing, sailing, windsurfing, and rollerblading.)
With his extensive background as a speaker and trainer, Tom delivered Presentation Skills Workshops for pharmaceutical field-sales colleagues, and advised senior leadership on important presentations.
Tom played a critical leading role in his company’s first-ever “Virtual Sales Meeting” — years before COVID-19! The project won an internal company award for innovation and cost-savings. This left him well-prepared for the sudden transformation to working remotely during the pandemic.
With his extensive knowledge and experience, Tom can help YOU improve your communication and presentation skills, to achieve the results you seek: in sales, marketing, career advancement, job-seeking, raising capital from investors, motivational speaking, etc. His group workshops and personal coaching can elevate your skills in public speaking, presentation, and facilitation. The “DynamiCoach Approach” marries thoroughly-researched scientific data with practical activities and exercises, so you can identify and enhance the “voice” that is uniquely your own. You’ll be better prepared for all environments: live-in-person, virtual, and “hybrid” settings.
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