"We have better and more communication amongst employees, less time spent trying to understand each other. And, we also have more effective meetings, in fact, a 10 minute gain of one hour per meeting."

Thierry Shang, Director, TIBCO, July 2001

Elisabetta Ghisini

Elisabetta Ghisini is a business communications consultant who specializes in international communication. She coaches senior executives on keynote speeches, corporate/investors presentations, and media interviews. Her background as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co. allows her to understand her client's business in depth and develop focused content and key messages.

As Manager of Communications at McKinsey & Co., in San Francisco and Milan, Elisabetta crafted high-impact communication programs for multinational companies. Her clients included HP, Sun Microsystems, Bank of America, Allianz, and RAS. She worked with Pacific Telesis to develop the successful bid for the first Italian cellular license.

Elisabetta is currently gives trainings at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where she teaches media training programs and interviewing skills workshops. She is the co-author of an upcoming handbook on US business communication for foreign-born professionals.

A native of Italy, Elisabetta Ghisini holds a Laurea degree in German Literature (a doctorate) from the Universita' degli Studi di Milano; she is fluent in Italian, English, German, and Spanish.

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