Speak with confidence. Communicate with authenticity. Make your presence felt.

Mayumi Ogata is a global speech coach, international speaker, and founder of Body Speech, a presence design methodology that helps people align their body, words, and intention to communicate with authenticity, confidence, and impact.

Her approach goes beyond traditional public speaking techniques. Her approach helps people develop their own voice, cultivate authentic presence, and connect more deeply with their audiences.

Drawing on 27 years of experience in traditional Japanese dance, acting, and live performance, including performances in 19 cities across five countries, Mayumi brings stagecraft, vocal expression, body awareness, and intentional movement into her communication training.

Body Speech was developed by integrating her performing arts background with 19 years of experience in interpersonal support, counseling, and coaching, encompassing work with more than 7,000 people. This combination of embodied expression and deep observation of human behavior gives her methodology a distinctive foundation.

Through her courses, learners can develop the ability to:

Speak with greater confidence, clarity, and authenticity.

Use voice, posture, movement, and pauses with intention.

Create a compelling presence without pretending to be someone else.

Understand how their inner state influences their communication.

Build meaningful connections through the alignment of body, words, and intention.

Mayumi also provides independent speech and performance coaching for individuals preparing for TEDx talks, supporting their delivery, movement, and stage presence. She teaches communication, self-expression, and cross-cultural nonverbal communication at schools and universities in Japan and internationally.

In 2025, she participated in two international summits in India involving the Global Shapers Community Kolhapur, part of an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Through talks, interactive discussions, and presentation training, she engaged with Indian university students and entrepreneurs, sharing practical approaches to communication, self-expression, and leadership.

Her international speaking experience also includes a keynote presentation at International Women's Day events in Paris in 2025.

Her philosophy is simple:

People remember not only what you say, but how you make them feel.

Through Body Speech, Mayumi helps people discover that powerful communication is not about becoming someone else. It is about bringing more of who they truly are into the way they speak and connect.

Because communication doesn't begin when you speak. It begins before you do.