Will Greenblatt

Toronto, Ontario

Actor & Musician | Professional Speaking Coach | Storyteller | Mental Health Expert

Will Greenblatt is a corporate communication & professional speaking coach, actor and musician, and empathy & mental health expert who has been acting professionally since he was seven years old, initially starring in The Homecoming with Academy Award Winner Anne Bancroft. He is co-founder of an agency of actors teaching public speaking & communication skills to entrepreneurs and executives. He has repeatedly spoken and coached at Google, Wayfair, TechStars, Boston Dynamics, and Ericsson, providing coaching to over 4500 individuals virtually worldwide, and is an outstanding example of mental health and corporate communication coach. His clients have won numerous pitch competitions and raised over USD 200 million in investment.

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WILL GREENBLATT BIOGRAPHY

Will Greenblatt has been acting professionally since he was seven years old, initially starring in “The Homecoming” with Academy Award Winner Anne Bancroft, and receiving a nomination for Ensemble Acting with his co-stars. He worked throughout his childhood, appearing in Disney Channel shows like “Life With Derek”, “Radio Free Roscoe” and “In A Heartbeat”, and playing the lead role in YTV’s Screech Owls based on the book series by Canadian author Roy MacGregor about a hockey team who solves mysteries.

After studying philosophy, history, and literature at the prestigious Foundation Year Program (FYP) at the University of King’s College, Will Greenblatt decided to go to theatre school to hone his craft and become a professional actor full-time. He graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2010, but the toxic environment of the program took a toll on him and his classmates; in the pre-MeToo era, this program was full of emotional and psychological abuse that had a negative effect on his mental health, already suffering from some traumatic events in high school, he quit acting. However, Will Greenblatt learned a lot about navigating intense relationships, performing under pressure, what not to do as an educator and the lessons that he uses and teaches today.

In 2012, Will Greenblatt moved to Spain where he discovered his love for teaching English. He lived, taught, and travelled in Europe for almost 2 years, and then dived into the world of entrepreneurship, co-founding an English/Business Training company in China. His first experience as a business owner, starting a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise in China, raising $250K in angel investment with no business experience, and navigating seven co-founders was a crash course all on its own. The company ultimately pivoted and they parted ways, but again Will Greenblatt learned valuable lessons about leadership, pitching, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills that he wouldn’t trade for anything. What brought him back to Canada, was his back, which he severely injured during the stressful 80-hour work weeks on his startup.

Will Greenblatt returned home, unable to walk, work or take care of himself for the better part of a year, and found himself confronted with every emotional and psychological issue he’d been running from in Europe and Asia. He finally decided to go to therapy and change the way he communicated with himself and others, building emotional honesty, resilience, self-confidence, and clarity, which led him to his current path.

Along with his acting mentor, award-winning actress Nicky Guadagni, Will Greenblatt co-founded OutLoud Speakers School, an agency of actors teaching public speaking & communication skills to entrepreneurs and executives. He has repeatedly spoken and coached at Google, Wayfair, Boston Dynamics, TechStars, Founder Institute, and Ericsson, as well as providing coaching to over 4500 individuals virtually worldwide. OutLoud’s clients have won numerous pitch competitions and raised over USD 200 million in investment. When he’s not running OutLoud, he still acts in film, television, theatre, and video games. Will is also a performing and recording musician, with his albums Borden Street EP and City Folk available on all streaming platforms. Will Greenblatt speaks 4 international languages, including Mandarin Chinese, and is currently learning his 5th, Urdu, to speak with his wife’s family.

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Will Greenblatt Topic Presentations

the powerful pitch workshop – get any audience excited to buy in

Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Sales teams, founders, real estate agents and executives have to PITCH constantly, convincing others of the value of their work and ideas.

In this interactive workshop, Will Greenblatt teaches how to CREATE, REHEARSE and DELIVER a pitch that will get investors, customers, stakeholders and employees excited and ready to act! Includes keynote and live “hot seat” coaching of volunteers.

difficult conversations for leaders – using vocal tone, empathy, and psychology for better outcomes in tough times

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Throughout the life cycle of an employee – hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, and firing – leaders must find ways to explain tricky concepts and raise difficult issues without causing confusion, resentment or discouragement.

In this keynote and roleplaying workshop, leaders will practice real scenarios from their business and learn how to adjust their content and delivery to communicate with empathy.

storytelling for business and startups – create heroic narratives to inspire your customers and colleagues

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Storytelling is a business buzzword for a reason: studies show that character driven-narratives lead people to take favorable actions after listening, and are more likely to remember what was shared. Stories are a primal way we communicate information to each other as human beings, and it goes back thousands of years.

In this fascinating keynote, breakout and coaching workshop, Will Greenblatt teaches the evolutionary roots of story, a condensed version of the Hero’s Journey, and allows participants to create their own. One by one, volunteers can be coached on their story structure and content, learning about the 3 Main Ingredients of Story, the Big 5 Human Concerns, and the 4 Types of Audience Members.

virtual stage presence – how to stand out when everyone is sitting down!

Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
Covid happened; we all went on Zoom; everybody got to see each other’s living rooms, basketball shorts and families and have a good laugh. However, for many people, virtual video communication has been a pain in the neck, and leads to slumping sales, disinterested team members, and “Zoom fatigue”.

In this virtual workshop, Will Greenblatt shows participants how to: communicate on camera; avoid burning yourself and your audience out; and improve your Zoom room!

building a communication culture – how to lead by example and create healthy, productive communication throughout your organization

Virtual PresentationKeynote PresentationWorkshop SessionHalf Day TrainingFull Day Training
When communication fails, it can cost businesses up to $62.4 million per year. In this interactive keynote and interactive workshop for teams, Will Greenblatt sets the stage for why communication is so important, and how to improve meetings, presentations and 1-1 conversations to make the dynamic of the group attending more open, honest, empathetic, and communicative.

business communication for esl speakers

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Many talented and hard-working entrepreneurs and executives from non-English speaking countries face language and cultural barriers that their English- speaking peers don’t realize. In this keynote workshop, Will Greenblatt takes participants through the 6 D model of National Culture to help understand differences in communication style; facilitates group discussions on past or present incidents that can prevent speakings from speaking up; and gets volunteers to share their pitch in order to get some feedback on their delivery style, and how to rehearse pronunciation and emphasis to use English in a whole new way.

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Testimonials

Will really knows how to make a WOW event… highly informative, highly entertaining, highly recommended!

Amelie Mongrain

President

EO Shanghai

If you’re looking to improve your presentation, storytelling and audience engagement skills then look no further! This has been a great value in my day to day work.

David Everingham

Chief Technical Officer

Ericsson Canada

People love, love, loved this workshop! What Will does is so needed in government. I plan to book him again and bring his lessons to as many departments as I can!

Suzanna Ersoy

Director

Sustainable Development Goals, ESDC (Gov’t of Canada)

In my experience, Will Greenblatt is the best pitch coach in Canada. We try to book Will Greenblatt, and his company OutLoud Speakers School, to speak every cohort… In so many ways, he is our secret weapon.

Jordan Jocius

Managing Director

Founder Institute (Waterloo)

I loved the training… very informative and useful. It gives (us) a professional tool kit for meetings, presentations, or key conversations with stakeholders. I’m excited to see the team put the theory into action!

Jamie Durkin

Head of Talent

Boston Dynamics

Will Greenblatt is a rockstar… he provides inclusive communication coaching for non-native English speakers… feedback has shown an immediate positive impact on participants’ communication skills!

Rachel Garrity

Learning & Development

Wayfair

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William Greenblatt: OutLoud Speakers School Helping Enterprises With Fun, Empathetic, And Human-Centred Communication Training Programs

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Every entrepreneur and businessperson has a story and a voice that can make them stand out; we give them the confidence to develop it and grow their career. Through group and one-to-one coaching, we help enterprises with fun, empathetic, and human-centred communication training programs, as well as support entrepreneurs learning to pitch their companies to V.C.s and customers. Storytelling is the future of business, and we want to support good companies that care about people and have human stories at the forefront of their mission.

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OutLoud Speakers School

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OutLoud Speakers School is a training and development company specializing in public speaking, content creation, virtual communication skills, and pitch coaching for founders and their teams; based on acting techniques, psychology, entrepreneur best practices, and storytelling.

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Yaga is a hilarious, ambitious vehicle for great actors to strut their stuff

Toronto Star

Written and directed by Kat Sandler. Until Oct. 20 the Tarragon Mainspace Theatre, 30 Bridgman Ave. Tarragontheatre.com and 416-531-1827. Seana McKenna earned her reputation as one of Canada’s greatest actors largely for her work in the classics: 27 seasons at Stratford playing Shakespeare, O’Neill, Coward, Williams. She’s adventurous and feminist too, lately performing in and directing productions of Shakespeare that flip the gender of central roles.

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Employee Conversations...Out Loud! with Will Greenblatt

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