Andy Churchill,  phd, mba

turn your audience into your champions: ignite curiosity 🔥 scaffold understanding ✔ maximize impact 🚀. The PresentBetter Program for lab research groups & academic institutes -now over 7,000 researchers served.

Every piece of research, when effectively communicated, can spark change. 

In academia. In careers. In society.

But too often, important findings remain hidden, their potential unrealized. 
The importance/impact of research gets:
●	Buried under layers of complexity
●	Communicated without connecting
●	Overwhelmed by scientific terms and processes

This is why I created PresentBetter: 
To transform how your researchers share their ideas with the world. 
Together we distill years of complex study into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with and inspire audiences.
By amplifying researcher’s voices, we elevate the ability to communicate research in ways that:
●	Moves people
●	Propels careers forward
●	Bridges the gap between academia and society

Through PresentBetter.org, I offer tailored solutions to meet diverse needs:
1.	Individual Coaching: One-on-one sessions crafted for your specific presentation challenges.
2.	Lab and Department Workshops: Small group training to elevate your entire team's communication skills.
3.	Institutional Programs: Comprehensive, scalable solutions for universities and research institutions.
4.	Conference and Event Preparation: Targeted coaching for high-stakes presentations that can define careers.
5.	Online Courses: Self-paced learning for researchers seeking flexibility.

We aim to create a future where every researcher's voice resonates with clarity and impact.



PS Wondering if too good to be true? Here's a link to the talk I coached that was voted the best 3 minute research presentation in North America last year. Scroll through the flipbook for the talk, key lessons, minute by minute breakdown, and a description of the program that I used to train the speaker: https://www.presentbetter.org/post/international-award-winning-talk

Co-Founder

I work with individuals and organizations to help researchers present better. I start with helping them find their story and then coach them to deliver it in the most effective way.  Since Covid, my work has focused around helping people navigate the shifts to presenting online: 
👉 your voice (tone, pace, volume, pausing) remains your most important tool, and embracing the attitudes and feeling you want to convey is your most critical skill.
👉 stories still rule: tech interaction tricks are useful, but don't get sucked too far down that rabbit hole because stories are still the most effective driver of deep engagement, learning and memory.
👉 understand the impact of body language: while it has become less impactful on the audience, it still influences your own confidence and energy.
👉 the movement of visuals in person competes with your ability to engage your audience, but online, that same movement helps capture and retain attention: adjust accordingly.

A short selection of past companies & organizations with whom I've worked:
MY01
Engineva
McGill DeSautels School of Business
Research Institute of McGill University Health Care
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
Pharmaceutical Sciences World Congress
MUHC Foundation
Bio-Sync
Integrated Program in Neuroscience

Andy Churchill, phd, mba

Helping you leverage AI tools in scientific writing and publishing | Speaker with 6+ years experience | Edited over 1500+ scientific documents | Former DAAD young ambassador

Speaker with over 6 years of experience. My top programs are faculty development programs around "AI tools in scientific writing and publishing". I conduct two signature 10-day online workshops every year, one in January and the other in June, focusing on the various tenets of manuscript writing and publishing with hands-on experience on select AI tools. Registration for the January 2025 Cohort will open in the first week of November 2024

Founder of Sowmis_AWW, a start-up helping researchers with medical writing, manuscript writing and publishing, and grant writing support systems, hand-holding them from choosing the right journals, proofreading for language, conciseness, and cohesiveness, cross-checking responses to reviewer comments, to preparing cover letters, highlights, and other ancillary requirements of the journal submission package. Sowmis_AWW was incubated in the WSP4 program of NSRCEL (IIM-Bangalore)

Two defining periods of my academic career were

My brief time at IIT Madras during my Master's under the aegis of JNCASR summer research fellowship for two consecutive years. I continued the work for my Master's thesis. I have cleared/ bagged several national and state-level qualifying exams and scholarships, including CSIR-UGC NET, DBT-JRF, TN SET, and GATE. Yes, I did intend to teach and research in academia before life pivoted and I landed doing what I do today!

Availing the DAAD sandwich scholarship to carry out a part of my Ph.D. work at the University of Osnabrueck, Germany. I continued my association with DAAD as a DAAD Young Ambassador, which marked the beginning of my speaking career

At present, I am happy to be an Editor with Editage, Founder at Sowmis_AWW, and Parent to a 10-year-old vivacious young girl. When I am not traveling for speaking and training engagements, I love traveling for pleasure and gathering new experiences, and exercising my "photographing muscles"

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