Frankly Sponsors the Latest Book by Poornima Vijayashanker and Karen Catlin

San Francisco, CA, November 3, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Tech speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs, Poornima Vijayashanker and Karen Catlin, announce Frankly as a gold sponsor of their new book, Present! A Techie’s Guide to Public Speaking, launching on Wednesday. The book was written specifically to help technology professionals improve their public speaking skills in a number of contexts such as speaking up at meetings, presenting at conferences, and connecting with customers.

“We’re so happy to get support from Frankly, not only from the perspective supporting women in tech, but also to promote public speaking as a means of encouraging and improving interpersonal communication in the workplace and beyond,” said Poornima and Karen.

"Poornima and Karen are experienced and motivating teachers, and we're excited to bring their strategies to a wider audience."

Harrison Shih, President, Frankly Platform

Present! is a step-by-step guide that takes the reader through every aspect of public speaking including overcoming stage fright, exploring personal speaking style, creating the right talk for the right audience, polishing presence and delivery, and nailing any type of talk, whether it’s a lightning or long-form talk, or being part of a panel.

"We have a very talented cross-functional team at Frankly -- a group that's not only hard-working but is also interested in engaging colleagues and educating others about the work they do here. Public speaking skills help them share their ideas and improves the way our team communicates internally, with investors, and with the public. We are a company based around communication, through voice and digital means, and we and believe that everyone should have the opportunity to be heard. Poornima and Karen are experienced and motivating teachers, and we're excited to bring their strategies to a wider audience," said Harrison Shih, President of Frankly Platform.

Frankly (franklychat.com) is a free, private text messaging app for iOS and Android that gives users a way of completely owning their messages. The app was built with Frankly’s own SDK which contains technology available to any app developers wanting to host chat-as-a-service for organic community building, customer engagement, revenue from monetization and advertising.

Present! will be available on Wednesday. For more information, go to femgineer.com/present-book.