Walid El Cheikh

I coach pitching, networking, storytelling and public speaking for startups, executives, employees, students, and government officials. In my workshop, you learn by doing. I believe in a practical approach to discover your own style and develop your own presentation capabilities. Everyone can be good once you have understood the basic tips and techniques. Most importantly, you will improve at your own pace and in your own context or industry.

Pitching, networking and storytelling are important for exploring and communicating ideas, developing products/services, building teams, raising funding, selling s and finding solutions to problems.

In my sessions, I combine notions from academia, the startup world, design thinking, entrepreneurship, improvisation/acting, and corporate practices. To date, I have coached over 3000 people from various age groups (10-75), backgrounds, positions and experience levels.

I am usually invited as a speaker, coach, judge and/or mentor in various forums and industries: cleantech, ICT, games, design and education (examples below). I coach students and startups probono and my fees for companies/organizations is EUR 1500 + (VAT) for a full day training and EUR 850 + (VAT) for half day.

Bookings via email: mrcheikh@outlook.com

COACHING - Game Executive (Executive Education) - Habitare Pitch Your Design (Designers) - Pixel Federation (Games Studio) - Microsoft Flux (Innovation House) - The English School, Helsinki (High School)

SPEAKING - PGC Helsinki/London (Games Conference) - GameOn Vilnius (Games Expo) - Maria01 (Startup Community) - Barona (HR Agency)

HOSTING - Habitare Pitch Your Design (Pitching Competition) - Design Love Business Date (Ornamo, Design Association) - NGS (Games Conference Hallmaster) - Mindot (LATAM Education Delegation) - Social Selling Stories (Event) - Slush (Argentinian Delegation)

JUDGING - NGDC (Game Discovery Contest) - Helsinki Think Company (Accelerator) - Aalto University (Pitching Competition)