Before You Shop…
You can choose one of the services below or you can email Bill with your specific needs and he will tailor a coaching plan that’s right for you.
Public Speaking / Media Training
A clear, concise, dynamic message takes a communicator who exudes credibility, approachability, and power. Bill coaches professionals, athletes, doctors, lawyers, entertainers, and CEO’s, to be more confident and effective speakers; in front of a group, at a podium, on stage, in front of a camera, dealing with the media, or being interviewed. His techniques are tailor-made for the individual, group, company, or organization, and include:
- Appearance
- Body Language
- Diction
- Handling tough questions
- How to Craft your Message
- Interview Techniques
- Overcoming Fears
- Powerful Writing
- Script Interpretation
- Speaking in Sound Bites
- Story Telling
- Teleprompter Training
- Understanding your Audience
- Vocal Quality
- Vocal Variety
- Writing for your Audience
- Writing for your SELF
Bill is also available for written and/or phone critiques of submitted DVDs or weblinks.
Email Bill with your specific goals and to get a price quote. Bill will create a coaching plan for the individual or a seminar to fit a group’s specific needs.
Performance Coach (Entertainers)
- Appearance
- Audition Skills
- Body Language
- Career Planning
- Choosing the right material
- Delivery
- Designing a show that’s right for you
- Diction
- Honing Technique
- How to Craft your Message
- Interview Techniques
- Overcoming Fears
- Pacing and Flow
- Creating your show from scratch
- Performance reviews
- Performance techniques
- Powerful Writing
- Script Interpretation
- Show Structure
- Stage Presence
- Staging
- Story Telling
- Teleprompter Training
- Tweaking your performance
- Understanding your Audience
- Vocal Quality
- Vocal Variety
- Writing for your Audience
- Writing for your SELF
Bill is also available for written and/or phone critiques of submitted DVDs or web links.
Email Bill with your specific goals and to get a price quote. Bill will create a coaching plan for the individual or a seminar to fit a group’s specific needs.
Talent Coach (Broadcast News)
Bill works effectively with anchors, reporters, weathercasters, sportscasters, producers, and production to help them deliver what’s needed and wanted. His coaching is tailored and specific for each individual, each show, and the mission statement and goals of each news shop. His expertise includes:
- Appearance
- Body Language
- Camera Choreography
- Copy Interpretation
- Copy Preparation
- Delivery
- Diction
- Key Wall Presentations
- Honing Technique
- Pacing and Flow
- Performance Techniques
- Powerful Writing
- Headline, Lead, and Tease Writing
- Show Structure
- Story Telling Techniques
- Strong Teamwork
- Teleprompter Training
- Tweaking the performance
- Understanding the Viewer
- Vocal Quality
- Vocal Variety
- Conversational Tracking
- Writing for the Viewer
- Producer Writing Seminar
- Show Style Seminar
- Ideal Interaction Techniques
- Conversational Writing
- Productive Postmortems
- Dynamic Q&A
- Strong Tosses and Tags
Bill is also available for written and/or phone critiques of submitted DVDs or web links.
Email Bill with your specific goals and to get a price quote. Bill will create a coaching plan for the talent or a seminar/workshop to fit the station’s specific needs.
Host Whisperer
- Appearance
- Body Language
- Copy Preparation
- Guest Preparation
- ‘Working’ the couch
- ‘Working’ the audience
- ‘Working’ the monologue
- Interview etiquette
- Interview Techniques
- Delivery
- Diction
- Honing Technique
- Pacing and Flow
- Performance Techniques
- Show Structure
- Story Telling Techniques
- Teleprompter Training
- Tweaking the performance
- Understanding the Viewer
- Vocal Quality
- Vocal Variety
- Ideal Interaction Techniques
- Dynamic Q&A
Show Doctor
Bill is also available for written and/or phone critiques of submitted DVDs or web links.
Email Bill with your specific goals and to get a price quote. Bill will create a coaching plan for the talent or an action plan for the production as a whole.
Acting Coach
- Scene Study
- Monologues
- Cold Reading
- Improvisation
- Career Counseling
- Interview Techniques
- Audition Techniques
Email Bill with your specific goals and to get a price quote. Bill will create a coaching plan catered to your needs.
Motivational Speaker / Keynote Speaker
Dynamic Communication and Assertiveness Training
The Cornerstone for Business Excellence
CAKMIS Communication Workshops and Seminars are specifically designed for your company’s unique personalities, and its short-term and long-term objectives. The curriculum can include but is not limited to:
- Performance Skills
- Leadership Training
- Storytelling Dynamics
- Creating a Presentation
- Assertiveness Training
- Social Interaction Techniques
- Interpersonal Communication
- Powerful Public Speaking Techniques
- Creating and Maintaining a Strong Team
- Short-Term and Long-Term Goal Setting
What Client’s Say
Bill is an amazing talent coach who has the ability to take the “acting” out of the actor. No matter how much experience the talent has, there’s always room for improvement and Bill Cakmis is a “fine-tuning” professor! Leave your ego’s at the door!
Bill coached the William Morris Endeavor (WME) staff to help us relate to our clients in a way that sets us apart in the industry. His message included useful anecdotes that were both educational and entertaining. A coaching day with Cakmis is time well spent.
I’ve worked with Bill for a number of years and he always brings a fresh perspective, new ideas, and a sense of positive energy to his sessions. He’s a ‘real world’ guy who takes a fun, no-nonsense approach to his coaching. He leaves me with a renewed purpose and a clear vision for my role as a communicator, and a journalist. Bill has my highest recommendation!
Penny Moss
Bill has an uncanny ability to see beyond the “face” we all put on and parade around in over our lifetimes, to see what’s at our core. I will never forget our first coaching session more than 12 years ago: I felt like he had read a biography of my life before meeting me. He used that ability to get me to dig beyond the superficial, to communicate to my viewers what’s real, so that I’m not just reading the news – I’m relating to them in a personal, individual way. I have no doubt I owe my success in very large part to following his coaching advice.
Bill bettered my skills and my attitude, improving all phases of my career. He’s the ultimate pro!