Presenter: Mike Consol, president of MikeConsol.com, is a corporate communications coach who provides training in three major categories:
- Public speaking skills
- PowerPoint presentation skills
- Business writing skills
Mike spent 17 years with American City Business Journals, the nation’s largest publisher of metropolitan business journals with 40 weekly newspapers across the United States. While at ACBJ, he held a variety of key posts:
- Associate publisher, San Francisco Business Times
- Publisher, East Bay Business Times
- Writing and reporting coach, American City Business Journals
- Vice president, bizjournals.com (internet division of ACBJ)
- Publisher, Portland Business Journal
- Editor, San Francisco Business Times
Before joining ACBJ, Mike was managing editor of the Los Angeles Business Journal. Prior to that he was news editor of the Pasadena Star-News.
Mike’s specialties include general communication skills, media consulting, writing, editing, public speaking and PowerPoint presentations training, interviewing, coaching/training, blogging, social media, marketing, public relations, website design and business strategy.
A native of upstate New York, Mike attended Arizona State University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in political science. He has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for nine years.
