# Duarte > Duarte, Inc. is Silicon Valley's premier presentation and communication firm, founded by Nancy Duarte. Since 1988, Duarte has helped Fortune 500 companies and their leaders transform how they communicate, using research-backed methodologies including the Duarte Method, the Sparkline narrative framework, and the Torchbearer change-communication model. Duarte is both the firm behind many of the world's most influential presentations and the author of the field's defining books on visual storytelling. ## Training - [Storytelling for Business Presentations](https://www.duarte.com/training/storytelling-for-business-presentations/): Powered by Resonate®. Duarte's storytelling discipline, applied to persuasive business presentations. - [Presentation Design Training for Teams](https://www.duarte.com/training/presentation-design-training/): Powered by Slide:ology®. Teach a team to turn complex ideas into clear, decision-ready visuals. - [Presentation Delivery Training for Teams](https://www.duarte.com/training/presentation-delivery-training/): Powered by Captivate™. Delivery training that helps strong work win the room. - [Change Communication Training for Leaders](https://www.duarte.com/training/change-communication-training/): Powered by Illuminate™. Help leaders bring people through change instead of losing them in the execution. - [Data Storytelling Training for Teams](https://www.duarte.com/training/data-storytelling/): Powered by Duarte DataStory®. Help teams frame insights as clear, decision-ready recommendations. - [Visual Storytelling Training for Teams](https://www.duarte.com/training/visual-storytelling-training/): Powered by VisualStory®. Teach a team to build the story before the slides. - [Active Listening Training for Teams](https://www.duarte.com/training/active-listening-training/): Built on the Adaptive Listening® methodology. Go beyond active listening and adapt to what each conversation needs. - [Executive Presence Training](https://www.duarte.com/training/executive-presence-training/): Workshops, coaching, and on-demand content for leaders navigating high-stakes conversations. - [Presenting Virtually](https://www.duarte.com/training/presentation-delivery/presenting-virtually/): Articulate ideas and influence people in a virtual setting. - [Team Training](https://www.duarte.com/training/team-training/): Customized group and enterprise training programs. ## Consulting and Agency Services - [Executive Presentations](https://www.duarte.com/services/executive-presentations/): The board, investor, and executive presentations that win the room: story, slides, and delivery. - [Sales Presentations](https://www.duarte.com/services/sales-presentations/): Story-driven sales presentations that move enterprise buyers and the whole buying committee. - [Data Storytelling Services](https://www.duarte.com/services/data-storytelling-services/): Complex findings turned into presentations that move decisions, from the team behind the DataStory® methodology. - [Keynote and Event Presentations](https://www.duarte.com/services/keynote-event-presentations/): The keynotes and event presentations behind some of the world's biggest stages: strategy, story, slides, and delivery coaching. - [Presentation Template Design](https://www.duarte.com/services/presentation-template-design-services/): Template systems and asset libraries that keep a brand consistent at scale, in PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote. - [Communication Consulting](https://www.duarte.com/services/communication-consulting/): Get the messaging right before the deck or the launch, and align every stakeholder on what to say. ## Guides In-depth guides to the skills Duarte teaches. - [The Duarte Guide to Executive Presence](https://www.duarte.com/resources/communication-skills/what-is-executive-presence/): What executive presence is, and how leaders and teams build it. - [The Duarte Guide to Data Storytelling](https://www.duarte.com/resources/communication-skills/what-is-data-storytelling/): What data storytelling is, and how to tell stories with data that drive action. - [Business Storytelling](https://www.duarte.com/resources/communication-skills/business-storytelling/): What business storytelling is, the story structures that work, and how leaders use them. - [Leadership Development](https://www.duarte.com/resources/communication-skills/leadership-development/): How leadership development supports succession planning, retention, and enterprise readiness. - [All communication skills guides](https://www.duarte.com/resources/communication-skills/) - [Free guides and tools](https://www.duarte.com/resources/guides-tools/) ## Books - [Slide:ology®](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/slideology/): Nancy Duarte on creating influential presentations through visual thinking. - [Resonate®](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/resonate/): Present visual stories that transform audiences and lead them to action. - [DataStory®](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/datastory/): Turn numbers into narratives that inspire action. - [Illuminate™](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/illuminate/): Nancy Duarte and Patti Sanchez on leading change through speeches, stories, ceremonies, and symbols. - [Adaptive Listening®](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/adaptive-listening/): Cultivate trust and traction at work by improving how teams communicate. - [Slidedocs®](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/slidedocs/): Spread ideas with effective visual documents. - [Presenting Virtually](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/presenting-virtually/): Patti Sanchez on connecting with online audiences. - [HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/hbr-guide-to-persuasive-presentations/): Nancy Duarte's Harvard Business Review guide to inspiring action. ## Key Pages - [Our method](https://www.duarte.com/why-duarte/our-method/): The Duarte Method and how Duarte approaches communication. - [Nancy Duarte, founder](https://www.duarte.com/bio/nancy-duarte/): Author, speaker, and CEO of Duarte, Inc. - [All training and courses](https://www.duarte.com/training/) - [All services](https://www.duarte.com/services/) - [Books and resources](https://www.duarte.com/resources/books/) - ["The Secret Structure of Great Talks"](https://www.duarte.com/resources/talks/the-secret-structure-of-great-talks/): Nancy Duarte's TED talk on the shape of persuasive presentations. ## Contact Duarte, Inc. | 2755 Great America Way, Suite 135, Santa Clara, CA 95054, United States | [Contact Duarte](https://www.duarte.com/help-contact/ask-questions/)