An INTRIGUING STORY...

INTRIGUE, Communications & Coaching is a messaging and marketing consultancy based on the idea that stories connect people to each other, their interests, and brands. Stories have the ability to activate emotions that turn wants into needs and can be used throughout the marketing and sales processes, as well as general communication.  Your stories are what make you sound different from your competitors. INTRIGUE uses science and art to help clients find, craft, and polish their stories, materials, and skills until they are intriguing, persuasive, and memorable.

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Robert Mattson
PRINCIPAL

Robert founded INTRIGUE (formerly ITM Speakers) based on the idea that communication started with intrigue and ended with impact. He guides the company using lessons learned from decades as a high-tech marketing executive at companies such as ADP, Ceridian and SmashFly Technologies, and skills he's developed as an actor, playwright, programmer, electrical engineer, photographer, videographer, and musician. Robert enjoys that each project and client bring challenges that require new solutions and attacking problems in unique ways. Robert has been on stage at national and international events as well as being published by such wide-ranging places as the Java Developer's Journal, The Compensation Handbook, and Concord Theatricals. 

Tim Van Ness 
FACILITATOR

Tim has over 20-years of experience as a master facilitator, organizational effectiveness consultant, and executive coach. With a unique background in the use of theatre and action methods for organizational change and leadership development, Tim has designed and delivered distinctive programs for clients across diverse industries including technology, financial services, consumer products, manufacturing, health care, higher education, family businesses and non-profits. He is a 30 year veteran of Playback Theatre, an original form of improvisational theatre based on the enactment of personal story. ​

Dennis Noonan-Sloan, M.Ed.
FACILITATOR

Dennis has over 30 years’ experience facilitating learning and leading organizations. He spent the first half of his career fully immersed in the corporate training world. This resulted in thousands of hours in front of groups facilitating learning on topics including effective communication, teamwork, management, sales and leadership. Most recently he led a professional services organization for one of the fastest growing business at ADP. His background enables him to blend his knowledge of adult learning and instructional design with his front-line business experience to create stories to which other business leaders can relate. Dennis received his Masters in Education from Vanderbilt University.

Talent On Call

EILEEN ADCOCK
DESIGN PARTNER

Eileen is a freelance designer and owner at Lunatic Fringe Design specializing in web, print, and video production with 20 years of experience. Eileen has worked in many industries, across many cross-functional teams and have learned that every client drives to solve a problem. Her drive is to communicate that problem-solving message visually to the customer; with brand, clarity, and of course, style. (lunaticfringedesign.com)

MARK ALTMAN
SHIFTING MINDSETS & HABITS TO SUSTAIN LASTING CHANGE

Having the right mindset and the necessary emotional and conversational intelligence are the three essential ingredients to building and strengthening relationships. They are the pathway to being successful at adapting your communication and leadership styles to those from diverse levels of experience, knowledge, confidence, backgrounds, and cultures. Those core ingredients also build core competencies to communicate clearly, listen actively, cooperate with others, resist inappropriate social pressure, negotiate conflict constructively, and become more emotionally agile.
(mindsetgo.com)