Jerry Cahn (Ph.D., J.D.)

INTRODUCTION

Jerry Cahn, Ph.D., J.D., is a psychologist; attorney, business strategist who helps clients implement creative, effective business strategies, sharpen sales team performance and deliver winning presentations. A pioneer of the computer presentation graphics industry, he served as CEO of Brilliant Image which, over 15 years, helped 5000+ clients, including investment bankers, VCs Fortune 500 and public/investor relations firms producing winning presentations on a 24/7 basis. He also served as president of the industry trade association, IAPP. Other career accomplishments include: turning-around a public (healthcare) company, increasing its stock price tenfold in two years and serving as a legislative assistant (health and environment) on Capitol Hill Today, he leads Presentation Excellence, a resource center serving achievement-oriented executives, and provides clients with services using his presentation expertise, strategic management skills and creative organizational insights. A faculty member of the management program at the City University of New York, his passion is his intern program which has served 500+ students throughout his career (to date)! He is a sought-after speaker, providing both live keynotes and web-based presentations for audiences.

Programs

Presentation persuasiveness depends on a number of related issues: content, organization, design, and delivery. Dr. Cahn's live and WebSeminar presentation programs include:

Simply Brilliant Presentations
Presentations That Close More Deals (see program).
Counterpunching the "Invisible" Objections to Get Results.
Master the Art and Science of Effective WebSeminars
Presenting a Perfect Investor Presentation
Negotiating for Success: How to Achieve Your Goals

To help sales teams achieve success, requires more than just addressing each individual's sales skills. The "Sales Team Maestro's" programs include:

Achieving a "Performance Culture", is critical to success in the 21st century. In addition to serving as a facilitator for off-site strategic meetings (e.g., Management "Advances"), he addresses many issues such as:

Creativity and Innovation: The Keys to Sustained Corporate Growth
Evaluation: It's What You Do With the Results That Counts

Career Highlights:

Brilliant Image - Co-founded this leading presentation graphics company which served 5000+ clients over 15 years. Served as CEO, Sales, Marketing and PR Director.
Dental World - Turned around this public healthcare company and increased stock price tenfold.
Capitol Hill - Served as Health L.A. for (now) Sen. Barbara Mikulski.
Head Start - Conducted first national evaluation of handicapped children's services needs for congress; then selected the 10 model programs.

Consulting & Teaching Experience:

McGraw Hill Construction, Tishman, Summit Partners, Bear Stearns, Rockefeller University, Duke Realty, NYC Fire Dept., NYC Police Academy
Currently teaching Management Strategy and Management Skills (MBA) at Baruch (CUNY). Previous schools include: Queens, Hunter, Pace and John Jay Colleges in New York City, and the American University in Washington D.C.
WebSeminars for Encounter Collaborative, Placeware, Raindance Communications, and WebEx

Presentations, Keynotes & Publications:

IAPP -International Association of Presentation Professionals, American Psychological Association, Evaluation Research Society, ASTD, New York Venture Summit, Arrow Shirt National Meeting, Matrix's VAR Symposium, Planned Parenthood Federation, Not For Women Only, "The Evaluation of Training for Community Mental Health Services."