Own The Room

1993-Bill and Maria met after she tried signing him up as a volunteer for his own program. It worked. Together, the duo developed a program helping underprivileged Newark teenagers build leadership and communication skills.

2003- Seeing an opportunity to grow the program, Bill and Maria booked as many free demos as they could. Little by little, the methodology improved and corporate clients began to take notice. German-based Siemens signed on as the first major client and Own The Room was officially born.

2005- Bill and Maria began growing the Own The Room team from a home office in New Jersey, eventually expanding into our current office and adding team members around the globe.

2012- Drawing on our roots in public service, we launched our #GivesBack initiative. To date, we’ve offered no-cost trainings to hundreds of nonprofits around the world. That same year, we officially trademarked our communication workshop methodology.

2013- As the company continued to grow, so, too, did our programs. We hosted our first Coach Academy and our first Premier Event, a C-Suite training held at Time, Inc.

2014- Bill partnered with McGraw Hill to release Your Perfect Presentation, bringing our methodology to readers worldwide.

2017- We celebrated our biggest year of impact yet, bringing learning & development programs to nearly 15,000 people in 46 countries on 6 continents in one year alone.