Jim Prost coaches clients in crafting exciting and impactful speeches, in developing effective presentations, and mastering the art of PowerPoint.

Jim Prost

Jim Prost coaches clients in crafting exciting and impactful speeches, in developing effective presentations, and mastering the art of PowerPoint.

Jim has mastered the art of presentation skills and is a speech coach who shares his insights, coaches you in developing your skills as a dynamic presenter, and coaches you in crafting a memorable speech. Learn first hand from a master coach on how you too can grab and keep your audience’s attention – whether it is one, one hundred, or one thousand.

As Principal of Prost Associates, Jim works with client companies in designing and developing their marketing, sales, and strategic plans. He delivers customized seminars on strategic marketing, sales management, presentation skills and other marketing and management-related subjects. Jim is also an instructor with the North Bay Management Academy and is a member of Fripp & Associates.

Prior to forming his firm, Jim was Director of Marketing and Sales for the Technology Products Group at Dataquest (a high technology marketing research company) and Vice President of Sales for Power Up Software Corporation (a consumer software products manufacturer). He held management positions with Qume Corporation, GP Technologies, Xidex Magnetics, and Wabash Tape Corporation.

Jim has taught Strategic Market Planning in the MBA Program at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. He also teaches Strategic Marketing for the Professional Development Workshop Program at the Graham School of Business at the University of Chicago.

Jim is co-author with David Aaker Ph.D. of the Instructor’s Manual for David Aaker’s Strategic Market Management, 5th Edition, published in 1999 by John Wiley & Sons. Jim is also working with David on the 6th edition of the textbook and the Instructor’s Manual.

He is an adjunct faculty member at the McLaren School of Business at the University of San Francisco where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate marketing courses.

Jim is a popular instructor at the University of California Berkeley Extension where he also served as Academic Coordinator for the Marketing Diploma Program. He was the lead instructor for a live, 4-part television program entitled Small Business Success Series. In 1995 he was selected as Instructor of the Year for U.C. Berkeley Extension

Jim is a former president of the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association and is a former Vice President of the San Francisco Chapter of the American Marketing Association. He served on the committee for the AMA International Business-to-Business Marketing Conference held in San Francisco

Among his clients are Raley’s Grocery Stores, Advanced Micro Devices, California Credit Union League, Xerox Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric, Pacific Bell, Levi Strauss and Company, Southwestern Bell Company, American Society for Enology and Viticulture, California State Automobile Association, California Association of Winegrape Growers, Meeting Professionals International, and Marketing Association of California.