Since 1993, Witt Communications, LLC has helped scores of organizations and hundreds of individuals get better results from their formal presentations and from their day-to-day conversations.

Chris Witt works with business leaders — CEOs, presidents, executives, business owners, and senior managers — who want to motivate, inspire, and influence audiences.

He also works with high-level technical professionals — senior scientists, engineers, and programmers — who want to win people’s attention, respect, and cooperation.

And he helps government contractors, construction companies, project management and engineering firms make winning proposals for large contracts.

He is the author of Real Leaders Don’t Do PowerPoint: How to Sell Yourself and Your Ideas (Crown Publishing).

Chris Witt, founder and president, combines a background in education, counseling, and ministry with advanced training in public speaking, communications, and emotional intelligence.

While working with Chris…

  • Corporations have dramatically improved the success rate of their proposals
  • CEOs have won board approval and company-wide support for their initiatives
  • Warring units have become high-performing teams by learning how to turn their differences into assets
  • Newly promoted mangers have become empowered — and empowering — leaders
  • Self-employed entrepreneurs have grown their businesses
  • Organizations have won public and political support for their projects
  • Marketing, technical, sales, and financial professionals have learned to coexist — productively

Chris is a Board Certified Coach. He is a member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals.

With over 30 years of professional speaking experience, Chris Witt shares techniques, skills, and strategies that he has honed in front of live audiences. These techniques, skills, and strategies work in the real world. (See his most requested talks.)

“The consulting you provided as our team prepared its proposal was a big part of its success. Thank you for helping us pull together such a professional presentation.”
John Dobyns, Vice President, SAIC

Dr. Witt’s unique experience gives him a depth of insight and an easy ability to relate to a broad range of people. His warmth and empathy win people’s willingness to learn new skills and behaviors.

“Thank you for keeping our message development team on track and in balance with humor and persistence.”
-Dr. Ruth Rydel, CEO, Alliance Healthcare Foundation

His clients include Sprint, Inuit, Northrop Grumman, IBM, Wells Fargo, Johnson Controls, Yale University School of Medicine, and the San Diego Zoo.

“Dr. Witt helped me accomplish more in 90 minutes than I’ve been able to do by myself in 2 years. He helped me stay focused, draw out my inner passion, and fashion it into a well stated and compelling message.”
-Dick Campanaro, professional speaker and President, The Excel Group

Chris has published four books and numerous articles (in Entrepreneur’s Business Start-Ups, The Toastmaster, Kiwanis, and The Professional Speaker).

He is a graduate of Corporate Coach U and past president of the San Diego chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants.