Acting Like It
Rae-Ann, seen from behind, leading a communication workshop with a corporate team

Business & Corporate Training

Training your team will actually talk about afterwards.

For organizations, business owners, managers and professional teams

Practical communication, presentation and leadership training built on professional acting techniques. We bring the rehearsal room to your boardroom — and leave behind skills people use on Monday.
Discuss Training for Your Team What we work on

Sound familiar?

Good people. Good intentions. Mixed results.

Most communication problems at work aren't about knowledge. People know what they want to say — it's the saying it, in the moment, with the right people in the room, that gets tricky.

  • Meetings that run long and land nowhere.
  • Smart people whose best ideas get lost in the delivery.
  • New managers unsure how to give feedback that helps.
  • Presentations that inform, but don't persuade.
  • Teams that talk past each other — especially under pressure.
  • Client conversations that drift into a feature list.

What we work on

Real situations. Real rooms.

Actors spend years learning to read a room, listen, and land a message. We translate those tools into the everyday situations your people face — shaped around your team. We'll ask a lot of questions first. It's a director thing.

Workplace communication

Say the important thing first, and say it like you believe it.

Presentation & professional presence

Own the room, the screen (yes, video calls count) and the awkward silence after “any questions?”

Leadership communication

For new and seasoned leaders who want to be heard without raising their voice.

Sales & client relationships

Fewer scripts, more listening. Conversations clients actually want to keep having.

Team collaboration

Listening, feedback and the small habits that stop teams talking past each other.

Confidence & thinking on your feet

Improv-based tools for curveballs, tough questions and live Q&A.

What changes

Skills people can use tomorrow.

Every program is different, but participants typically leave having practised how to:

  • Structure a message so the point lands first
  • Present with more presence, in person and on screen
  • Listen actively and ask better questions
  • Give and receive feedback with less awkwardness
  • Stay composed when a conversation takes an unexpected turn
  • Share a common language for communication the team keeps using

What it looks like

Fewer slides. More practice.

No costumes, no trust falls, no acting experience needed. Expect to be up and trying things, with honest, encouraging feedback.

  1. 01

    Warm up

    Voice, body and focus — a few minutes that change how people show up.

  2. 02

    Learn the technique

    One clear tool at a time, borrowed from how actors prepare and perform.

  3. 03

    Practise real situations

    Scenarios drawn from your team's actual work, not generic case studies.

  4. 04

    Feedback & take-away

    Honest, encouraging notes — and practical actions to use on Monday.

Formats

Workshops

Half-day or full-day, in person or virtual. High energy, highly practical.

Multi-session programs

Skills that stick, built over several weeks with practice in between.

Keynotes & conference sessions

Interactive talks that get the audience on their feet (figuratively, mostly).

Team offsites

Connection and communication, minus the forced fun.

Featured programs

New · Workplace collaboration

Better Together.

Intergenerational Communication at Work

A practical 90-minute workshop for multigenerational teams: check assumptions, clarify expectations and have better conversations across differences.

Explore Better Together

Signature program · Sales teams

Meet SCENE.

Our dedicated sales-conversation training, built on how great scenes work: clear objectives, real listening and knowing when the moment has shifted.

Explore SCENE
Rae-Ann Dillman-Ferland, founder of Acting Like It

Why Acting Like It

Actor by nature. Communicator by experience. Coach by design.

Rae-Ann isn't approaching business communication from the outside. Alongside about 25 years of acting and 15 years of teaching and coaching, she has spent a long career in media, marketing, advertising and sales — the meetings, pitches and client conversations your team has every day.

Acting & performance
~25 yrs
Acting & performance
Teaching & coaching
~15 yrs
Teaching & coaching
A long career in media, marketing, advertising and sales
Media & sales
A long career in media, marketing, advertising and sales
Meet Rae-Ann

Questions

Questions teams often ask.

Your cue

Let's build something for your team.

Tell us about your people, your goals and the moments that matter. We'll come back with a shape for the training — no generic packages.

Rae-Ann reads every message herself and usually replies within two business days. No booking calendars, no payment, no pressure.

Training interest