Our Team
Eloqui Co-Founders
Deborah Shames and David Booth
Meet Eloqui’s Communication Training Team
Eloqui brings together experienced communication trainers, executive coaches and presentation specialists who understand what it takes to
engage an audience, lead with confidence and communicate when the stakes are high.
Our team’s experience reaches from the stage and
film set to the boardroom, courtroom, newsroom
and executive office. Together, we train
professionals to strengthen their presentation
skills, exhibit executive presence, master
storytelling, enhance leadership communication, media readiness and the ability to connect with any audience.
Every Eloqui trainer brings a distinct area of
expertise while working from the same practical,
highly interactive communication methodology.
Deborah Shames
Deborah is passionate about speaking and training. That’s why she wrote or co-wrote four books on communication and public speaking, including the business best-seller Own the Room.
And because Deborah ran a successful film company in Sausalito, CA. for fourteen years, she knows how difficult it is for women to stand out and succeed. Her latest book is Out Front: How Women Can Become Engaging, Memorable and Fearless Speakers. She walks the talk by speaking regularly across the country to motivate and inspire professional women.
David Booth
David is Welsh. Language, music and poetry are in his blood. As a classically trained actor, he appeared on stage, in film, and on television as a guest star. He acted in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Berkeley Rep and the Tennessee Williams Center.
David leveraged his performance skills as a corporate spokesman and represented Siemens, Cisco, Chevron and others worldwide. He narrated over two hundred training films and now coaches his business colleagues and clients on how to present like a professional.
Jocelyn Singer-Sargent
Jocelyn's clients jokingly call her The Work Whisperer. She holds a BA in Women in Gender Studies from Dartmouth College and a Master's Degree from Columbia University School of Social Work.
She has held HR leadership positions and led high-performing teams in the financial, behavioral health, and nonprofit settings. She is a SHRM-certified Human Resources professional and a licensed Clinical Social Worker.
