Nia Harrington

Chief Development Officer

Nia Harrington is the Chief Development Officer for Speaking With Impact™ and has a concentrated focus in Brand Communication and Sports Management. Her contributions to the Speaking With Impact™ programs are launching the brand into the digital future with confidence and reliability, pivoting to meet our customers’ needs. Nia has coached individuals at all levels and career stages, from senior executives to entry-level. With Speaking With Impact™, she is gifted at working with clients to enhance their communication as their coach. Nia supports participants in developing a presence that is strategic, influential, and tied to their professional goals. Nia is the lead coach for the Speaking With Impact™ Presentation Skills Program, media training, professional development, and women leadership programs.

Nia is also a keynote speaker, sports talk show host, and personality. She has over 7 years of experience in the Sports Industry working with Under Armour, Washington Commanders, University of Maryland Athletics, Washington Wizards, and as the host of the Gameday Girl Podcast.

Speaking With Impact™ Insights

What Our Clients Are Saying

"Working with Denise through the executive training program has been a true blessing. She has helped me grow in both self-confidence and corporate strategy navigation, enhancing skillsets that...
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Madeleine Maier
Nike Connected Product Program Manager
"Working with Denise through the executive training program has been a true blessing. She has helped me grow in both self-confidence and corporate strategy navigation, enhancing skillsets that demand a seat at the leadership table. I have appreciated the journey we have taken together to get here – asking the hard, internal-facing questions. I always leave our coaching sessions feeling empowered, inspired, and ready to set the world on fire."
Madeleine Maier
Nike Connected Product Program Manager
"I have worked with Denise for over five years. She is an exceptional communications speaker and coach. She helped prepare me for my most important mainstage presentation to approximately 2,000 participants. ...
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Jim Sheriff
Former SVP World Wide Sales, Cisco
"I have worked with Denise for over five years. She is an exceptional communications speaker and coach. She helped prepare me for my most important mainstage presentation to approximately 2,000 participants. Her guidance on delivery and on content creation was masterful."
Jim Sheriff
Former SVP World Wide Sales, Cisco
"Denise’s program transformed my life and my style. I still practice what I learned over 25 years ago!"
Lillian A. Tsai
Tsai Communications
"Denise’s program transformed my life and my style. I still practice what I learned over 25 years ago!"
Lillian A. Tsai
Tsai Communications
"When I left the office long after Leslie Stahl had departed, one of her techs was loading up in the parking lot. He came over to me and...
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Ralph Greene
Former Nike Sports Marketing Director
"When I left the office long after Leslie Stahl had departed, one of her techs was loading up in the parking lot. He came over to me and said, ‘Wow. Who prepped you?! That was like doing a Reagan interview. My answer was Denise Harrington."
Ralph Greene
Former Nike Sports Marketing Director
"I am writing to serve as a reference for Denise Harrington and the DMH Consulting Group. We recently selected Denise and her firm through a highly competitive process to...
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Felice J. Levine, PHD
AERA
"I am writing to serve as a reference for Denise Harrington and the DMH Consulting Group. We recently selected Denise and her firm through a highly competitive process to provide communications training to an accomplished group of leading scholars in education research. The individuals receiving this communications coaching are themselves highly experienced faculty members with strong reputations for their research contributions and their experience presenting work beyond their classrooms at major conferences and meetings worldwide. Our specific aim was to prepare them to give powerful and persuasive TED‐Type talks in order to deepen the appreciation of policy and thought leaders from other sectors that science and scholarship matter in their lives.”
Felice J. Levine, PHD
AERA
"Speaking With Impact’s keynote speakers are highly informative and interactive. My team walked away ready, focused, and inspired ."
Megan Kim
Autodesk
"Speaking With Impact’s keynote speakers are highly informative and interactive. My team walked away ready, focused, and inspired."
Megan Kim
Autodesk
"Denise was an amazing trainer. She kept everyone energized and excited about learning better presentation skills. It is very apparent that she is extremely knowledgeable in her field and I'm ...
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Speaking With Impact Virtual Graduate
"Denise was an amazing trainer. She kept everyone energized and excited about learning better presentation skills. It is very apparent that she is extremely knowledgeable in her field and I'm thankful to have had the opportunity to participate in this session."
Speaking With Impact Virtual Graduate
"Very effective. Breaking down the non verbal aspect of presenting effectively is a great skill to learn. Denise and Nia you are experts here. Your expertise helped greatly on this ...
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John Sullivan
Autodesk
"Very effective. Breaking down the non verbal aspect of presenting effectively is a great skill to learn. Denise and Nia you are experts here. Your expertise helped greatly on this dimension as well as anchoring prompts vs. text linked to the target system. Very effective."
John Sullivan
Autodesk
"Effective and enlightening. Lots to learn in a two-day class, but time managed very well."
Kevin Ryan
Hoffman Construction Company
"Effective and enlightening. Lots to learn in a two-day class, but time managed very well."
Kevin Ryan
Hoffman Construction Company
"Loved the Speakers Target System - have already used it to develop other presentations."
Jessica Bean
Hoffman Construction Company
"Loved the Speakers Target System - have already used it to develop other presentations."
Jessica Bean
Hoffman Construction Company