Ethan F. Becker
Ethan F. Becker | |
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| Alma mater | Fitchburg State University Capella University |
| Occupation | Speech coach |
| Notable work | Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage and Influence |
| Title | President of The Speech Improvement Company |
| Website | www |
Ethan F. Becker is an author, executive, and speech coach.
Early life
[edit]Becker graduated from Fitchburg State University in 1993[1] from a degree in mass communication,[2] before beginning a career in marketing.[1] While working as the marketing director at Media 100,[3] he created a prototype video streaming service in the late-1990s during a partnership with Canon, a service that was sold to Autodesk.[2]
Speaking career
[edit]Following a job loss during the 2001 economic downturn,[3] he joined his mother and father’s company the Speech Improvement Company,[4] while completing his MBA from Capella University.[1] Becker increased the company’s clients base, adding corporations, politicians, and other leaders as clients.[3][2] As a communications consultant he has worked for organizations including Apple Computer and the New York Giants.[1]
Becker is now president and senior coaching partner of the Speech Improvement Company.[2] In addition to speech coaching, he has co-developed a virtual reality component of the company that has clients do public speaking before a virtual audience for practice.[5] In the media, he has also discussed the rise of social media and the importance of monitoring what one’s online image communicates to others.[6] Becker has served as an instructor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Executive Education program.[7] He has also been a guest lecturer at Boston College, Boston University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Babson, and Johns Hopkins University.
Writing
[edit]Becker is the coauthor of Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage and Influence with Jon Wortmann,[8][9] in which he shares advice for people in the business world. Jason Jacobsohn wrote of the book that, "By sprinkling case studies throughout the book, the reader has a real world understanding of the impact of a particular technique."[9] His advice includes the development of a common understanding of what different people in a company mean by main concepts,[10] and ensuring common cross-cultural understandings.[11]
The second edition of Mastering Communication at Work: How to Lead, Manage, and Influence was published on February 9, 2021. A detailed review by Robert Morris, who is a hall of fame top 1000 reviewer said "I urge you to read and then re-read their book" can be found on the Amazon review site for the book.
Personal life
[edit]Ethan Becker was born to Dennis and Paula Borkum Becker, the founders of the Speech Improvement Company, and is married to his wife Kelly Durkin Becker.[2] He and his wife have three children.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d admin. "Fitchburg State Picks Communications Expert for Commencement Address". GoLocalWorcester.
- ^ a b c d e "For Ethan Becker, Fitchburg State commencement address should be a cinch". www.sentinelandenterprise.com.
- ^ a b c "Family business comes to the rescue". archive.boston.com. The Boston Globe.
- ^ Mangelsdorf, Martha E. (17 November 2010). Strategies for Successful Career Change: Finding Your Very Best Next Work Life. Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale. ISBN 9780307768544 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Virtual Reality Embraces The Real-World". News. 12 March 2014.
- ^ "Facebook Photos Lead to State Police Internal Investigation". Fox News. 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Ethan Becker". execed.gsd.harvard.edu.
- ^ Moran, Gwen (31 August 2016). "8 Ways You're Making People Tune Out When You Speak". Fast Company.
- ^ a b "Book Review: Mastering Communication at Work by Ethan Becker & Jon Wortmann". Networking Insight.
- ^ jessicas1 (25 May 2012). "Cross-cultural teams: Solving the communication challenges tech can't fix". gigaom.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Communication skills vital for success, says trainer - Nation - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
- ^ "Ethan Becker to deliver keynote at Fitchburg State graduation". www.sentinelandenterprise.com.