Self-paced Online Program With Live Practice Sessions
The online IS Lab: small group, real feedback, no hiding in the back. A professional communication program combining a structured method, bi-weekly practice sessions, and a small founding cohort for personal feedback.
Clarity. Presence. Connection.
Three pillars. Three results. One program that builds them together — because a great speaker is never just one of the three.
Clarity
Through the IS Method
A clear message is not oversimplified; it is structured. You learn to build the architecture of an idea: what you are saying, why it matters, and what you want your audience to do with it.
Presence
In the IS Lab live sessions
Presence is not a personality trait. It is a skill built through repetition. The IS Lab is where you practice it: bi-weekly live sessions where you get on screen, deliver, get feedback, and iterate.
Connection
with the founding cohort
Connection is what happens when an audience feels you are speaking to them, not at them. Master it by practicing in front of the group and by watching each other speak.
Tips fix symptoms. We fix the foundations.
You watched the YouTube videos, you read the books, maybe you even attended a workshop on "public speaking" or "business storytelling". And yet the next time you got on stage or in front of a camera, you defaulted back to the same patterns. The nervousness was still there. The structure still fell apart under pressure.
That is not a failure of effort. It is not that you are "not made for this." It is a failure of approach. Tips — slow down, make eye contact, don't say "um" — target the visible surface of communication but leave the foundation untouched: what you are actually saying, why it matters, how it is structured, and whether you are genuinely present or just performing.
The IS Method starts at the base: a clear message, a structure that holds under pressure, a body that works with you rather than against you. When those three layers are aligned, the surface details follow naturally. That is why participants report results after a single module: not because the method is magic, but because it addresses the right problem.
This is not a course you watch. It is a place where you practice.
Speaking confidence is not watched. It is practiced. The IS Lab is your online practice environment: bi-weekly live sessions of 90 minutes where you show up, deliver, get direct feedback from Damien and your peers, and iterate. The kind of repetition that actually creates change.
Presentation Clinics
Hot seats for real presentations. You bring a pitch, a board deck, a keynote in progress, and get direct, tactical feedback from Damien and the group. Not theoretical. Not generic. On your actual material.
Practice Labs
Guided exercises and speaking drills designed to build specific muscles: structure under pressure, vocal authority, opening hooks, Q&A handling. In plenary and in breakout groups. Repetition with a purpose.
Communication Labs
Themed sessions on specific high-stakes communication challenges: storytelling for experts, slide design principles, executive presence, difficult conversations, and more. Occasionally with invited practitioners.
Bi-weekly sessions · 90 minutes each · Live online · Founding cohort: 1 year IS Lab access included
The first cohort is intentionally small. You will know everyone by name, and they will know your presentations.
Rather than disappearing for a year to record isolated studio videos, I chose to build this program progressively through real workshops, live sessions, and genuine communication situations. The method already exists. The frameworks are tested. Module 1 is available now, and future modules are released as they are built, shaped by what actually comes up in the Lab.
Founding members get immediate access to the existing material, join the IS Lab from day one, and receive all future modules as they are released. They also help shape the program: the questions they bring, the presentations they work on, and the problems they face in the real world become the material of the next modules.
Founding members have VIP access to the program and live Lab sessions in a small group with more access, more feedback, and more of Damien's attention than any future cohort will.
Six modules. One complete architecture.
The modules do not replace the Lab. They give you the frameworks to make every practice session count. Each module builds on the previous — a repeatable system you can use for any communication challenge, from board meetings to on-stage keynotes.
Structure Your Message
McKinsey's Pyramid, narrative arc, and the U-Shape canvas: three tools that make complex ideas clear and logic flow. Applied directly to your own material, so you leave with a structured message ready to use.
Know Your Audience
Every message has a receiver. This module teaches you to map your audience and calibrate your message accordingly: their expectations, their expertise, their decision-making frame, and what they need to hear to move.
Start the Right Way
Voice, breath, gestures, and the concept of presence as alignment rather than projection. You do not need to become a performer — you need techniques you can trust to be more deliberate while staying fully authentic under pressure.
Deliver With Impact
Voice, breath, gestures, and the concept of presence as alignment rather than projection. You do not need to become a performer — you need techniques you can trust to be more deliberate while staying fully authentic under pressure.
Connect and Guide Your Audience
From rapport to resonance: how to engage your audience and build genuine connection, whether they are 5 or 500. The tools that make people feel seen, heard, and ready to follow where you lead.
Bring Your A-Game
Preparation is more than repetition. From efficient rehearsing to warm-up routines and nervousness handling, this module gives you a systematic protocol for every high-stakes moment so you arrive ready, not just practiced.
A system you can use again and again.
The IS Method is not a disconnected set of techniques or a list of tips. It is a reusable framework that guides you through every high-stakes moment — and a cohort that has watched you grow into it.
- A reusable framework for structuring any message, for any audience, in any context
- Confidence that comes from trusting the system, not from luck or adrenaline
- Tools for voice, breathing, gestures, and physical presence under pressure
- A complete preparation protocol for every high-stakes presentation
- Lifetime access to all modules to revisit before any important moment.
- A cohort who has seen you practice, improve, and grow together.
The complete program. Founding price.
One payment gives you lifetime access to the IS Method, 1 year in the IS Lab, and founding member status in the first cohort. Future modules will be included as they are released.
What's included
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Module 1 — available now The Architecture of a Message: message structure, Pyramid Principle, MECE logic, U-Shape canvas, storytelling foundations, worksheets and real presentation examples.
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All future modules — lifetime access Modules 2 through 6 released progressively. Founding members receive them as they are built, at no extra cost, forever.
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1 year IS Lab access — small cohort Bi-weekly 90-minute live sessions: Presentation Clinics, Practice Labs, Communication Labs. Direct feedback from Damien and your cohort. Starting immediately.
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Frameworks, canvases & exercises Practical tools ready to apply to your own material. Not theory — working documents for real presentations.
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English and French — Lab sessions are bilingual Presentations and feedback can be done in both languages. Soon, the course content will be available in French too. Sessions run in the language of the group.
CHF 897
CHF 567
Lifetime access to all modules
+ 1 year IS Lab access included
Apply to the Founding Cohort30-day satisfaction guarantee
IS Lab after year 1: CHF 89/month or CHF 797/year (optional)
Applicable immediately. Results that matter.
These testimonials come from workshops and live programs — the IS Lab is new, the method is not. 4.7★ across 286 participants.
“I really needed this: a clear framework to structure my messages. Without it my communication was scattered and random. Now I understand how to build a clear message.”
“Very clear advice, and immediately applicable. The quality of content and the direct feedback make it clearly worth the investment.”
Join the founding cohort.
The first cohort is intentionally small. Enroll now to secure your spot, your founding price, and your first year in the IS Lab.