It's Showtime! Butterfield Speaks on the Power of Persuasion
Richard Butterfield enjoys growing influence as a high-stakes communications coach. Following a successful stage career, for over a decade he has conducted countless workshops and coaching sessions for business executives, doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs, and others. His client list includes Microsoft vice presidents and CEOs of companies such as Kaiser Permanente, Gartner Inc., Tenet Healthcare, Clif Bar Inc., CNET, The Cleveland Clinic, and Infospace, plus leaders at Genentech, Bayer Corporation, VISA, and Charles Schwab, and law firms Fenwick & West LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, and Jones Day LLP. Butterfield works with individuals and teams as they develop and prepare for product launches, funding pitches, financial presentations, thought leadership speeches, IPO roadshows, and book tours, and prepares lawyers and witnesses for the courtroom. Butterfield's approach to persuasive presentations draws on his extensive experience as an actor, acting teacher, and director and is informed by a decade of public relations and marketing experience. A Stanford University graduate, he received his master's degree from the renowned American Conservatory Theater MFA program, where he later served as Conservatory Dean. He is the author ofIt's Showtime! Butterfield Speaks on the Power of PersuasionandRichard Butterfield's Power of Persuasion, released in May 2012.