Duarte, Inc.

Duarte, Inc. is an American presentation design and corporate training company. It provides communication and presentation skills training as well as creative services, and describes its approach as the Duarte Method™, rooted in empathy. The company states it is locally grown, woman-owned, and globally recognized for its work, and that it has been solving data storytelling problems for enterprise clients for nearly four decades. Its history traces to 1988, when Mark Duarte bought a Mac and became a technical illustrator for local Silicon Valley companies while Nancy began cold-calling.

Duarte, Inc. describes itself as locally grown, woman-owned, and globally recognized for its work. Its story begins in 1988, when Mark Duarte bought a Mac; already a fine artist, he read all the manuals and became a technical illustrator for local Silicon Valley companies, while Nancy started cold-calling and the business took off. In 1991, with two little kids underfoot and a booming business, the company hired its first employee. In 1993, its biggest account had a big layoff, scattering customers to companies all over Silicon Valley; instead of losing business, the company gained new accounts across the valley and moved into a real office. In 2001, after the dot-com bubble burst, Nancy read Jim Collins' Good to Great, and his hedgehog concept inspired her to bet big on presentations, with the mission of transforming how presentations are made and delivered everywhere. By 2006, the company had been working with Al Gore for a few years as he built a climate change groundswell, and a movie about his presentation went on to win an Academy Award; the company is mentioned in the credits, and its work caught the attention of TED.

Persuasive communication as the ultimate currency; a communication partner from training courses to full creative engagement.

• Communication and presentation skills training

  Expert-led training courses delivered in person, live online, and on demand.

• Creative services

  Creative services to transform presentations, pitches, proposals, and people.

• Data storytelling services

  Agency work described as the foundation of the award-winning DataStory® book and methodology.

1. 1Communication & Presentation Skills Training | Duarteduarte.com
2. 2Our story - A Duarte story about storytellers | Duarteduarte.com
3. 3Data Storytelling Services | Duarteduarte.com
4. 4How to accelerate company growth with a story-driven sales deck | Duarteduarte.com
5. 5Duarte, Inc.wikidata.org