Dennis Kenney

Artist, Business adviser, Business leader, Business mentor, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Marketer, Project manager

Dennis Kenney is a communication strategist, educator, speaker, and founder of Ivy Level Speaking. He teaches Strategic Communication at NYU Stern School of Business and works with executives, researchers, entrepreneurs, and students to help them communicate complex ideas with clarity, confidence, and genuine human connection. His approach combines communication strategy, storytelling, and performance-based techniques developed through his work as an educator, professional actor, and on-camera presenter. He has taught and coached leaders and emerging professionals affiliated with organizations including Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, and NYU Stern. Dennis is also the organizer of TEDxThePikeSchoolYouth and leads the Speech and Debate program at The Pike School in Andover, Massachusetts. Across every part of his work, he is interested in the same question: How can people communicate in a way that is not only polished and persuasive, but unmistakably human?

education, executive presence, leadership communication, media training, on-camera communication, presentation skills, Public speaking, speech and debate, storytelling, strategic communication, TEDx organizing