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Diane DiResta is an American speaker, author, media trainer, speech coach and certified speech pathologist based in New York. DiResta has worked with celebrities and corporations to train them in communication skills.

Career
DiResta received a Masters of Science from Columbia University in Speech Pathology, and a B.A. in Speech from Brooklyn College. DiResta is also a Nationally Certified Speech Pathologist (CCC).

DiResta is the founder of DiResta Communications, Inc. and works with executives in Fortune 500 companies and celebrities to train them in communication skills.

DiResta has served as an adjunct lecturer at St Joseph's College and New York University. DiResta has also served as the president of National Speakers Association, New York City.

Her guide, Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power, Punch, and Pizzazz, became a best seller on Amazon.

DiResta has coached and trained executives in corporations including AT&T, Chase Manhattan Bank, Warner Brothers., the U.S. Army, the NBA, Merck, and IBM among others.

Publications

 * Give Fear the Finger: How to Knock Out Fear of Public Speaking (BookBaby eBook, 2014);
 * Knockout Presentations: How to Deliver Your Message With Power, Punch, and Pizzazz (Chandler House Press, 1998/2009);
 * Conversations on Success - Interview with David E. Wright (Insight Publishing Company, 2004);
 * "Voice Power: The Care and Feeding of the Professional Voice," Professional Speaker Magazine, May 2004.

Awards and recognition

 * National Speakers Association Golden Mic Award.
 * Louis K. Miller business leadership award (by Staten Island Chamber of Commerce).
 * Certified Speaking Professional awarded by the National Speakers Association
 * Her blog was listed among Top 50 Public Speaking Blogs by feedspot.