About | The Presentation Company | Corporate Communications Skills & Presentation Training

Over 20 years of helping business professionals communicate with clarity and impact

Janine Kurnoff and Lee Lazarus, two sisters with a passion for storytelling, founded The Presentation Company in 2001 on the belief that to be truly heard, you must wrap your ideas and data into a compelling visual story, one that contains the right combination of logic and emotion. They’ve spent over two decades developing practical techniques and tools to help business professionals at the world’s top brands become strategic, visual communicators.

Our story

Janine Kurnoff has always had a passion for helping people tell their stories through a very common medium. When Janine was pursuing her MBA, she quickly noticed that her classmates struggled to communicate ideas using PowerPoint. Her classmates and professors noticed her presentations were clear, visually engaging, and always told a story. Everyone wanted in, and soon she was asked to develop a class to share her approach. It happened again when Janine joined Yahoo! Inc. in global sales training. Her impromptu “Lunch and Learn” sessions were an instant success among the sales and marketing teams, and word was spreading fast. She knew she was onto something, so in 2001 she founded The Presentation Company (TPC).

Janine’s sister, Lee Lazarus, joined her at TPC in 2002, convinced that together they could change the way people communicate at work. Lee had spent years developing the branding, marketing communication, and PR strategy for two of the fastest-growing Internet and telecommunications market-research firms in Silicon Valley. As head of media relations, she understood the importance of translating mounds of data and information into clear and concise messages.

In 2021, Janine and Lee co-authored Everyday Business Storytelling, a bestselling book that brings their proven storytelling approach to a wider audience. It has since become a companion guide and natural extension to TPC’s training programs.

We believe that no matter your role or function, anyone can be a great business storyteller”

– Janine and Lee

Our mission

Our mission is to make storytelling relevant and practical to everyone in business. We do this by teaching professionals – regardless of their role, function, or industry – how to create, simplify, and adapt a visual narrative for any audience, every day. Our comprehensive training solutions address today’s business challenges, provide teams with a common language and framework, and anchor everyone in a new mindset: story first, visuals second.
Grounded in theory and smothered in practicality, our training arms teams with tools, skills, and embedded coaching to bring clarity and meaning to their ideas and move business forward.

The Presentation Company’s core values

As self-avowed “sister-preneurs,” Lee and Janine have invested over 20 years in developing a company culture that cherishes personal life as seriously as it values business life. In this vein, they’ve recruited the best talent who, like them, choose to live, not just preach, their core values every day. It’s these values that have made us a trusted partner to our clients.

Pioneering Spirit

As a team, we lean into the unknown and open ourselves to possibilities. This results in new paths, relevant solutions, and deep relationships.

Clarity

Clarity helps us work on what is essential. We make time to gather our perspectives and focus our energy on the right goals, not just the easy ones.

Inclusivity

We help people find their voices and share their ideas; this creates connection and better solutions.

Accountability

We keep our promises. This results in trusting relationships and transformative learning experiences.

Empathy

We show compassion and genuine interest in each other’s lives. This results in people feeling valued and therefore they can show up as their best selves.

Don’t just take our word for it

“It’s rare to find a partner that can directly impact the performance and transformation of your organization. The Presentation Company is truly a change agent.”

— Colgate-Palmolive

“It’s not often you find a no-nonsense approach that can impact your business and talent pool. We’ve been adopting these principles for years and never looked back.”

— Meta

“There’s no greater skill than being able to influence and translate data into insights. TPC is the winning formula.”

— Oracle

About The Presentation Company