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

Leiden Science - Universiteit Leiden

Assistant Professor

Facilities Manager Cell Observatory High-Content Screening platform

Leiden University Medical Center

Senor Post-Doc

Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD Student

Saint-Gobain Cultilène B.V.

Product Development Specialist

Quality Manage

Cell biologist from education, light microscopist from experience, I have acquired significant experience in drug discovery and safety using imaging as a key technology to get mechanistic insight in disease development. Manager of our High-Content imaging platform at the Cell Observatory and team player in our research division, I am also a fervent advocate of Open Science and very active in the FAIRification process of our imaging core facility. 

Research Interests: all kind of light microscopy techniques (functional high-content imaging), image analysis and data management, assay development for 2D and 3D phenotypic screening, integration of Multi-Omics data.

Research Management: ‘it is all about metadata and well annotated data’. FAIR data management with a special focus on large bio-imaging datasets (lab data management/SOP writing/Database OMERO/data life cycle/standards for FAIR data).

Teaching: actively involved in the Bachelor and Master Bio-Pharmaceutical program as well as PhD program of Leiden University. As a teacher and supervisor, I value and enjoy my work in helping young students developing in bright scientists.

After work: Born French, living in the Netherlands and married with a German I am a true European believer. Mother of two boys and one daughter, being also their role model contributes to my societal interest (climate and inclusion) as well as my professional drive and efficiency.

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