Michael J Shehane Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Engaging learners. Design materials, teach virtual/in-person/hybrid workshops for Bay Area & global companies with audiences ranging from 5 to 100+.• Speaker/Facilitator. Stand on stage talks to connect, inspire, and elevate communication skills at companies to drive impact in productivity and sales. • Learning strategy. Consult with companies to assess learning needs, design customized learning experiences, and review evaluations to foster continued growth and to strengthen business relationships.• Delivering quality content. Self-produced instructional videos with 1 million+ views on social media, plus online articles having over 20K clicks on topics including cross-cultural communication, interviewing, presenting, and executive presence.• Personalized coaching. Coach a wide array of individuals from varying backgrounds (e.g., designers, managers, scientists, engineers, programmers, etc.) in a 1:1 setting on language, presentation delivery skills, and leadership communication.Clients include: Netflix, Meta, Twitter, Google, Stripe, Atlassian, Lyft, Unity, Ideo, ServiceNow, Twitch, Vir, Wealthsimple, Fanatics, Standford GSB, Cruise, Emerson Collective, MSK Sloan, Pinterest, AppLovin, Energy Innovation, and Perkins&Will.

San Francisco Bay Area

1:1 and group coaching Graduate Business Students at Stanford students 1) on everyday communication skills, 2) storytelling for LowKey Notes, and 3) VC pitches through Ignite. Routinely facilitate workshops on the topics of networking, small talk, and interviewing skills.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Coordinating skills-based curricula. Directed needs analyses, crafted learning outcomes, and designed materials (online and onsite) to align two years of curricula, scalable for 50+ teachers, serving thousands of language learners.• Leading and mentoring teams and faculty. Observed, evaluated and mentored instructors and led weekly departmental meetings with 5 to 15 faculty members to implement curricula improvements.• Disseminating learning solutions. Facilitated over 20 professional development workshops to stitch together a departmental narrative and roll-out programmatic solutions to faculty, emphasizing quality, creativity, scalability, and consistency.• Communicating progress. Wrote weekly reports to highlight progress, obstacles, and solutions to facilitate communication with stakeholders and senior management.• Optimizing workflows. Developed and instituted 10+ protocols to optimize faculty and student engagement to meet requirements for university accreditation.• Internal mobility and succession planning. Recruited 30+ teachers, conducted 50+ interviews, and communicated with 100+ faculty members to maintain teacher retention, resulting in a more predictable, consistent learner experience.

Japan

Teaching, designing curriculum and material, teacher training, interviewing study abroad candidates, and teaching demonstrations.

San Francisco Bay Area

Teaching, teacher training, proctoring testing, coordinating conversation exchange program, and coordinating weekly student activities.

Beijing, China

Taught English language classes for local middle school students.

Osaka, Japan

Taught conversational English classes to kids, teenagers, and adults. https://youtu.be/rjiCLe0HC40?si=acC22nKteZ3UBshV

Ma, English With Concentration In Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages

Activities and Societies: Activities Coordinator, Conversation Partner ProgramApplied Linguistics, Teaching English to Speakers of Other.

Graduate Professional Development Certificate, Instructional Design

Ba, English

Literature, Linguistics, Creative Writing

California State University International Program, German Language

For one year I studied abroad, living with a guest family and in the university dorms, studying German and taking classes in German.