what if you could…
converse and connect more easily, authentically, and meaningfully?
Award-Winning Author — Speaker
Facilitator — Consultant
I specialize in teaching smart professionals how to attract and enjoy more meaningful and rewarding conversations, connections, and relationships:
What’s the big deal about having better conversations, connections, and relationships? Pretty much everything.
Numerous studies over several decades reveal that friendly, positive, supportive, and memorable in-person social interactions can enhance:
- Productivity
- Team effectiveness
- Image and brand
- Customer loyalty
- Professional development
- Event success
- Career advancement
- Opportunity awareness
- Brain power / intelligence
- Creativity
- Self-esteem & sense of belonging
- Attitude and energy level
- Happiness and well-being
- Health and longevity
Who doesn't want all of that?
Let’s discover how we can work together.
What clients have to say
Jill Griffin, The Loyalty Maker®
“Patti DeNucci is the “real thing”...the consummate professional with a great strategic mind and a powerful network. I recommend her highly.” – Jill Griffin, The Loyalty Maker®
Microsoft survey feedback
“I would recommend [Patti’s] workshop to every group as an integral part of team bonding and best practices… [she] presented useful content in an effective way…” - Microsoft survey feedback
Phillips66 survey feedback
"Energetic and passionate...made the topic fun, approachable…excellent advice on how to actively network, be more effective…key lessons that will stick…enjoyed Patti’s method of presenting and her demeanor… genuine…engaging." - Phillips66 survey feedback
a short list of organizations I’ve worked with
A+ Federal Credit Union
BazaarVoice
cabi
Charitable Giving Planners
Cintra
City of Austin
Commercial Real Estate Women
Concordia University – Texas
Dell
GATX
Geoscience Support Services
HEB Women’s Leadership Conference
Hewlett Packard
IABC
Lakeshore Public Media
MGM Resorts Foundation
Microsoft
NXP Semiconductors
PayPal
Rodan + Fields
Semtech
Society of Association Executives
Silicon Valley Bank Private Equity
Texas State University
Wnet Leadership Summit
Worth of New York
YMCA
how i can help you
Interactive Presentations & Workshops
- Retreats
- Strategic sessions
- Fireside chats
Panels & Discussions
- Let’s get an interesting, enlightening conversation going!
- Podcasts
- Book Clubs
Consulting & Coaching
- Tap into my experience and expertise
- Participate in one of my events
- Join one of my coaching groups
Blog
More Than Just Talk Earns the Silver
I am so pleased and excited to announce that my new book More Than Just Talk: The Essential Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Enjoy Better Conversations has earned a Silver Award from the Non-Fiction Authors Association. This award is kind of like the Malcolm Baldridge...
A Few Favorite Questions
This is going to be an extra short post as I’m at the airport devouring a breakfast taco and preparing to board a flight to LAX. I’m facilitating a workshop tomorrow to a very bright and driven group of entrepreneurs. They have been a dream client and I’m super...
Would your current circle be enough?
This may seem like an odd question, but here goes: What if you had to spend Eternity in a closed social loop where you were surrounded only by people you knew during your lifetime? There’d be no anonymous faces at the grocery store, on the street, in the gym, at the...
Practices and attitudes for delicious conversations
Sometimes a few simple rules can make life (and conversations) so much better. In that spirit, I want to share a few guidelines I learned from the Conversation Cafe model. What is a Conversation Cafe you ask? They are "open, hosted conversations in cafés as well as...
Don’t get stranded on this mountain
Have you ever known ─ or tried to have a conversation with ─ someone who thought they were an expert on….everything? I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that the relationship ─ and the exchanges ─ with this person probably weren’t all that pleasant. I can even sense...
Turn Potential Negatives into Positives
Today I’m offering the third post in a three-part series on conversation-enhancing tips involving the number three. If you haven’t read the first and second posts already, you can find them on my website here. Both have the power to shift your conversation quality...
