Public Speaking with Peter George.
Public Speaking with Peter George is a practical, no-fluff podcast on presentation skills, vocal delivery, storytelling, audience connection, and the mindset of a confident speaker. New episodes every week.
Every Episode of Public Speaking with Peter George.
Three Words That Undermine Every Point You Make
Three small words are quietly gutting your credibility in every meeting. Learn which ones, why they cost you, and the simple fix to reclaim your voice.
Listen โIt's Not "Have To" Speak. It's "Get To" Speak.
Shift how you think about speaking at work. Trade dread for purpose with a simple reframe that changes how your audience experiences you.
Listen โMaking Complex Ideas Simple: Clarity Over Cleverness
Learn 5 techniques to simplify complex ideas, build credibility, and make your message land clearly with any audience.
Listen โPre-Event Connection: Engage Before You Speak
Learn 6 pre-event engagement strategies that help you build audience connection before you say a word so you walk on stage confident and ready.
Listen โGo the Extra Mile
Learn six practical ways to go the extra mile as a speakerโand turn every engagement into raving fans, referrals, and repeat bookings.
Listen โThe Story Structure Behind Captivating Talks
Learn the three-act Hero's Journey framework that transforms business case studies and client stories into presentations your audience won't forget.
Listen โSmooth Transitions - The Bridge Between Ideas
Learn four transition types that make your presentations flow seamlessly โ and the one Q&A mistake that undercuts even your strongest close.
Listen โDon't Leave Anyone Behind โ Decode Acronyms
Every industry has alphabet soup โ ROI, KPI, LTO โ and the moment someone can't decode yours, you've lost them.
Listen โMaking Words Matter โ The Art of Emphasis
One sentence. Seven meanings. Same words. Peter unpacks the transformative power of emphasis and how to use it.
Listen โCreate Your Repeatable Phrase
What will your audience remember a week after your presentation? Not your data โ your repeatable phrase.
Listen โPublic Speaking: A Journey of Continuous Improvement
The moment you think you've arrived as a speaker, you start declining. Here's how the best never stop growing.
Listen โTurn Unexpected Snafus Into Audience Engagement Opportunities
Technology will fail you โ it's not a matter of if, it's when. Here's how to handle it like a professional.
Listen โHow to Silence Impostor Syndrome and Speak with Confidence
That nagging voice telling you you're not qualified has a name: impostor syndrome. Here's how to silence it.
Listen โFrom Inform to Transform: The Ultimate Goal of Every Presentation
The goal of every presentation isn't to inform or inspire โ it's to transform. Here's how to make it happen.
Listen โStop Copying Other Speakers: Here's What to Do Instead
Audiences feel the difference between someone who is performing and someone who is present. Be present.
Listen โQ&A Mastery: Turning the Unpredictable Into a Strength
Q&A doesn't have to be something you survive. Here's how to turn it into your strongest moment on stage.
Listen โWant Greater Engagement? Stop Hiding Behind Your Slides
Your slides aren't your presentation โ you are. Five principles for using visual aids the right way.
Listen โWhat Most Speakers Skip โ And Why It Costs Them Every Time
Most speakers think they're rehearsing. They're not โ and it's costing them every time they take the stage.
Listen โCrafting Your Core Message โ The Foundation of Impact
Every great presentation is built on one thing: a clear, compelling core message your audience can't forget.
Listen โEngage Your Audience: Increase Connection and Retention
The more engaged your audience is, the more they learn, remember, and act on your message.
Listen โHarness Your Energy โ Turning Nervousness Into Power
Nervousness affects nearly every speaker โ from beginners to seasoned pros. Here's how to turn it into fuel.
Listen โIllustrate With Stories โ Your Most Powerful Tool
Storytelling is the secret weapon that separates exceptional presenters from good ones.
Listen โThe Power of the Pause
Silence makes most speakers uncomfortable. Used deliberately, it's one of the most powerful tools you have.
Listen โInfusing Vocal Variety โ Take Your Presentations From Ordinary to Extraordinary
Great content with monotonous delivery loses audiences fast. Here's how to use your voice to keep them engaged.
Listen โWhat's Your Body Language Saying?
Your posture, gestures, and movement send messages to your audience โ sometimes contradicting your words entirely.
Listen โCraft an Attention-Grabbing Opening
If you lose your audience in the first minute, it's incredibly hard to win them back. Here's how to open strong.
Listen โResearching Your Audience Can Make or Break Your Presentation
What you know about your audience before you speak determines everything that happens after you open your mouth.
Listen โFollow the AMP'D Frameworkโข for Transformative Presentations
Great content alone isn't enough. The AMP'D Frameworkโข gives you the structure to make every presentation land.
Listen โI'm Back!
Peter shares why he's been away and what's coming next for the podcast โ including a whole new chapter.
Listen โThis Used to Be My Final Episode
What Peter thought would be his last episode โ and what brought him back to the microphone.
Listen โDiscover the Hidden Power of Your Compelling Speaking Voice with John Henny
Do you like your voice? More importantly, do others find it compelling? Voice coach John Henny shares techniques to strengthen your communication skills and bring out your best-sounding, most authoritative voice.
Listen โBecome the Go-To Expert and Attract Greater Opportunities with Kelly Charles-Collins
You hear it all the time โ build your brand, find your niche, craft your signature talk. But how? Award-winning TEDx speaker Kelly Charles-Collins gives you the answers so you can position yourself as the go-to expert in your field and attract paid speaking engagements.
Listen โThe Value and Power of Corporate Storytelling with Steve Multer
A number without a story is easily ignored and quickly forgotten. Corporate storytelling expert Steve Multer gives you the keys to adding value, passion, and connection to any outbound message โ so your listeners remember what you said and why it matters.
Listen โSignature Talks: A Building Block to Your Unique Brand with Steve Lowell
If you want to grow your speaking business, you need to promote yourself effectively โ without resorting to manipulative selling tactics. Steve Lowell shares how to drive business through speaking and create a signature talk that defines your unique brand.
Listen โDistinction in Speaking: From Being Different to Being Unique with Scott McKain
If meeting planners can't distinguish you from other speakers, you have a problem. Hall of Fame speaker Scott McKain discusses the importance of becoming truly distinctive โ not just different โ and shares how to stand out in a crowded field.
Listen โHow PR Can Elevate Your Brand, Regardless of Size with Brandi Sims
PR isn't just for big companies with big budgets. Brandi Sims explains how speakers and small business owners can use public relations to increase visibility, build credibility, and grow their brand โ no matter the size of their operation.
Listen โHow to Engage, Connect, and Be Remembered with Chandler Walker
When you speak, do you quickly engage and connect with your audience? Do they remember you โ and more importantly, your message? International speaker Chandler Walker shares practical strategies to ensure all of this happens every time you take the stage.
Listen โVoicing the Sacred with Victoria Rader
Are you an empowered public speaker, or do you shy away from the challenges speaking presents even when you know they're necessary for growth? Transformational speaker Victoria Rader helps you focus on your message instead of yourself โ and explains how shifting to possibility thinking changes everything.
Listen โTap Through Your Fears with Lauren Fonvielle
Tapping is an evidence-based technique for dissolving fear at its roots โ and it works beautifully for public speaking anxiety. Lauren Fonvielle shows you how.
Listen โHow a Speech Pathologist Can Help You Be a Better Communicator with Lenora Edwards
The same science that helps people overcome speech disorders can sharpen your clarity, resonance, and confidence at the microphone.
Listen โTurning 3 Minutes Into a Full Calendar with Arel Moodie
Three minutes on a stage can open doors that years of cold outreach never could. Arel Moodie explains exactly how to turn a short talk into a full speaking calendar.
Listen โIs Your Fear of Networking Sabotaging Your Career? with Jocelyn Chong
Networking feels unnatural to most people โ but the ability to connect in a room full of strangers is a learnable skill, not a personality trait.
Listen โHow to Make Your Speech Sound Like Music with John Watkis
Great speeches share something with great music: rhythm, dynamics, and emotional resonance. John Watkis breaks down the connection.
Listen โBuilding Your Personal Brand with Victoria Pelletier
Your personal brand is being built whether you're intentional about it or not. Victoria Pelletier shows you how to take control of the narrative.
Listen โMistakes Speakers Make with Bret Ridgway
After producing hundreds of events and watching thousands of speakers, Bret Ridgway has seen every mistake in the book โ and shares the most costly ones.
Listen โUsing Clown Presence to Deepen Audience Connection with Don Colliver
What clowning and theatrical presence training can teach business speakers about authenticity, risk-taking, and genuine audience connection.
Listen โCreating Magic Moments and WOWing Your Audience with Ronny Leber
The best speeches don't just inform โ they create moments audiences remember forever. Learn the architecture of a truly unforgettable talk.
Listen โBuilding Your SPEAK Framework with Grant Baldwin
Grant Baldwin has helped thousands of speakers build sustainable careers. His SPEAK framework gives you a clear roadmap from your first talk to a full calendar.
Listen โWant to Be More Persuasive? Do These Three Things with Bryan Rutberg
Persuasion isn't manipulation โ it's communication done well. Three evidence-based strategies that will change the way you present ideas.
Listen โHow to Leverage LinkedIn as a Speaker with Daniel Alfon
LinkedIn expert Daniel Alfon shares the exact moves speakers should make to attract event planners, build authority, and land more stages.
Listen โAre Keynotes Dead or Just Different with Katja Schleicher
The traditional keynote is evolving. Katja Schleicher explores what today's audiences want and how speakers can stay relevant in a changing landscape.
Listen โWill Your Talk Be Perfectly Average?
Average speakers get polite applause and are forgotten by Monday. Here's what separates the ones people can't stop talking about.
Listen โElevate Your Voice to Elevate Your Career with Susan Murphy
Your voice is your most direct line to your audience's emotions and memory. Voice expert Susan Murphy shares the techniques that change everything.
Listen โDealing With the Imposter That Lies Within You with Sheryl Anjanette
Impostor syndrome doesn't go away when you get better โ it just gets louder. Sheryl Anjanette gives you tools to quiet it and step forward anyway.
Listen โWhy Your Knowledge, Wisdom & Skills Are the New Currency with Mary Henderson
In an attention economy, what you know โ and how compellingly you share it โ is your most valuable asset. Here's how to spend it wisely.
Listen โZen and the Art of Speaking with Alan Carroll
Mindfulness isn't just for meditation cushions. Alan Carroll shows how presence, stillness, and intentional breathing transform your time on stage.
Listen โBehind the Scenes Tips from an Event Organizer and TEDx Speaker Sharyl West Loeung
What do event organizers actually want from speakers? A rare inside look at what gets you booked โ and what gets you removed from the list.
Listen โHow To Find The Story that Drives Your Presentation with Mike Ulmer
Every great presentation has a driving story at its core. The challenge is finding it โ and Mike Ganino has a framework that makes it possible.
Listen โUsing Humor to Make a Difference with Allen Klein
Jollytologist Allen Klein explains how the right moment of levity can make your message land harder and stick longer.
Listen โHow a Talk Is Like a Ferrari
A Ferrari with a full tank and a great engine still needs a driver who knows where they're going. The same is true of your talk.
Listen โAbsorbing Public Speaking Skills from Everywhere: An Eclectic Approach with Martin Henson
The best speakers are relentless learners โ from improv, music, theatre, sports, and everyday conversations. Here's how to borrow from everywhere.
Listen โHow to Master Your Talk with Brendan Kumarasamy
Brendan Kumarasamy has coached hundreds of executives and high-achievers to master their message. His framework is simple, fast, and surprisingly effective.
Listen โFrom Keyboard to Keynote: Storytelling for Leaders with Sophie Wadsworth
Moving from writing to speaking requires a fundamental shift in how you structure and deliver your message. Here's how leaders make that leap.
Listen โHow to Know If You Really Did a Great Job!
Standing ovations feel great โ but they're not the real measure of an effective presentation. Here's what actually tells you it worked.
Listen โHow to Deliver a Short Speech with Big Impact with Eddie Rice
Short speeches are harder than long ones โ you have no margin for error. Eddie Rice gives you the structure to make every minute count.
Listen โChange Everything by Shifting from a Talk to a Quest with Gordon Stein
What if your presentation wasn't a transfer of information but an invitation to a journey? One mindset shift that changes everything about how you speak.
Listen โHow Podcast Guesting Enhances Your Brand and Speaking Skills with Jason Cercone
Every podcast appearance is a low-stakes public speaking rehearsal that builds your brand simultaneously. Here's how to make the most of every interview.
Listen โHow to Use Slides to Engage Your Audiences โ Part 3
The final installment: advanced slide strategies that transform visual aids from a crutch into a competitive advantage.
Listen โAudacious Communications Skills I Learned as a Leader with Roy Osing
The lessons that only come from leading people at scale โ and the communication skills that made the difference between teams that thrive and teams that stall.
Listen โHow to Use Slides to Engage Your Audience โ Part 2
Part two of three: the slide design principles that force your audience to pay attention โ and the common mistakes that make them tune out.
Listen โNon-Traditional Methods of Improving Your Speaking with Mark Herschberg
The standard advice about joining a speaking club and practicing in front of a mirror is fine โ but there are faster, stranger, and more effective paths.
Listen โHow to Use Slides to Engage Your Audiences โ Part 1
Part one of three: the foundational principles every speaker must understand before they open PowerPoint.
Listen โHow Watching Tape Creates Champions with Amy Scruggs
Elite athletes watch footage of themselves constantly. Amy Scruggs explains why speakers should do the same โ and exactly how to review your own recordings.
Listen โWhy You Want to Be the Guide Not the Hero
The biggest mistake speakers make is positioning themselves as the hero of their own story. Your audience is the hero. You're the guide.
Listen โThe 7 Secrets to Essential Speaking with Dr. Doreen Downing
Psychologist and speaking coach Dr. Doreen Downing shares the seven secrets she's uncovered from years of helping people find their voice and step into it.
Listen โLaunch a Successful Speaking Career with Jane Atkinson
The Speaker Launcher herself, Jane Atkinson, gives you the blueprint for turning your expertise into a speaking business that actually pays.
Listen โHow to Implement Eye Contact Consistently and Effectively
Most speakers know eye contact matters โ but few know how to sustain it naturally with large groups. This episode fixes that.
Listen โ7 Principles to Being a Successful Keynote Speaker with John Rossman
Seven principles distilled from years of watching both thriving and struggling keynote speakers โ and what makes all the difference.
Listen โDiscover the Many Benefits Eye Contact Provides
Eye contact does more than convey confidence โ it builds trust, creates presence, and makes your message feel personal even in a room of hundreds.
Listen โHow Body Language Affects You and Your Audience with Natasha Bazilevych
Your posture, gestures, and movement aren't just signals to your audience โ they actually change your own physiological state. Here's the science.
Listen โThe Speaking Superpower You Never Think About with Kym Dakin
There's a dimension of your speaking that most coaches never address โ and once you understand it, every presentation changes.
Listen โIt's Time to Come Out From Behind the Lectern
The lectern feels safe. It's also a wall between you and your audience. Here's how to leave it behind โ and what to do with yourself when you do.
Listen โHow to Add a Few Simple Ideas That Build a Solid Speaking Career with Curt Tueffert
You don't need a dramatic overhaul. A few strategic additions to how you speak, market, and deliver can compound into a thriving speaking career.
Listen โWhat Professional Actors Can Teach You About Using Stories with Kerri Garbis
Actors spend years learning to tell other people's stories truthfully. Their techniques translate directly to how you craft and deliver your own.
Listen โDo You Transform or Merely Inform?
Information is cheap. Transformation is rare. The question every speaker should ask before every presentation.
Listen โGrounding Your Speaking in Contribution to Others with Robert White
The speakers who matter most aren't thinking about their performance โ they're thinking about their audience. Here's how to make that shift.
Listen โHow Dress Rehearsals Can Help You Avoid Stress
The single best way to eliminate pre-presentation anxiety is the one most speakers skip: a full dress rehearsal. Here's how to do it right.
Listen โAlex Sanfilippo, Founder of PodMatch, Joins Me on My 100th Episode
A milestone episode celebrating 100 episodes with PodMatch founder Alex Sanfilippo โ discussing podcasting, speaking, and the intersection of the two.
Listen โWhat Are You Going to Do When the Inevitable Happens?
Things will go wrong on stage. They always do. The question isn't whether you're ready for it โ it's how you'll respond when it happens to you.
Listen โHow to be Found on LinkedIn for the Right Opportunities
Getting found on LinkedIn for speaking opportunities requires a very different strategy than getting found for jobs. Here's exactly what to do.
Listen โGetting Into Character Before Getting Onstage
The ten minutes before you speak set the tone for everything that follows. Here's the pre-stage routine that separates professionals from amateurs.
Listen โHow to Stay on Track While Delivering an Emotional Message
When your topic is personal or emotionally charged, the risk of losing your composure is real. Here's how to stay grounded and deliver with full impact.
Listen โHow to Build Your Business by Building Your Personal Brand
Your personal brand is the invisible sales force that works even when you're not in the room. Here's how speaking accelerates it.
Listen โBe a Guest on Podcasts to Help Build Your Speaking Career
Every podcast interview sharpens your message, expands your audience, and creates proof of your expertise โ all at the same time.
Listen โHarness Your Walk-On Mindset with Jim Roddy
The way you walk onto a stage tells your audience everything before you say a word. Jim Roddy explains how to develop the mindset that commands a room.
Listen โHow to Use Improv Activities to Boost Your Self-Confidence and Speaking Skills with Izzy Gesell
Improv theatre forces you out of your head and into the present moment โ exactly where great speakers live. Here's how to use it in your training.
Listen โHow Not to Commit Death By PowerPoint with David McBee
Death by PowerPoint is real, common, and entirely preventable. David McBee shows you how to create slides that enhance rather than hijack your message.
Listen โLearning to Love Public Speaking with Ruth Rotkowitz
For many people, public speaking is something to survive. Ruth Rotkowitz shows how to cross the line from tolerating it to genuinely enjoying it.
Listen โRepetition Has Power
The most memorable speeches use strategic repetition to drive ideas home. Here's how to use this ancient rhetorical tool in modern presentations.
Listen โHow to Move Through Your Presentation with Claudia Monacelli
Movement on stage is either purposeful or distracting โ there's rarely a middle ground. Claudia Monacelli teaches you to use the stage intentionally.
Listen โDoes How You Dress Make a Difference?
Your appearance sends a message before you open your mouth. The answer might surprise you โ and so might the solution.
Listen โHow Speaking Helps Authors Sell More Books
For authors, speaking is the highest-ROI marketing activity available. Here's how to turn every talk into a book-selling machine.
Listen โStop Giving In to Your Self-Limiting Beliefs
The stories you tell yourself about your speaking ability are the biggest obstacles between you and the speaker you're capable of becoming.
Listen โHow to Build Your Business with Personal Branding on Social Media
Social media and public speaking are two sides of the same coin โ both are about sharing your expertise to attract the right people.
Listen โHow Using Idioms, Slang, and Colloquialisms Can Confuse Your Audiences
Casual language feels relatable โ until it alienates half the room. Here's how to know when informal language helps and when it hurts.
Listen โStop Telling Just Any Story: Insights Into Storytelling That Influences with Michael Davis
Not every story belongs in a presentation. The ones that do share specific characteristics โ and knowing the difference changes everything.
Listen โHow You Can Get Your Audience's Attention by Creating Tension
Curiosity is the most powerful engagement tool a speaker has. Here's how to use it intentionally from the first sentence to the last.
Listen โHow to Save Your Successful Voice with Judy Rodman
Your voice is your instrument โ and it can be damaged, strained, and worn down. Vocal coach Judy Rodman shows you how to protect it for the long haul.
Listen โHow to Break the Rules and Break Out of the Boundaries
The best speakers don't just follow the formula โ they know when to break it. Here's how to identify those moments and seize them.
Listen โHow Word Choices Impact Your Message with Terre Short
The words you choose aren't just vessels for meaning โ they're meaning itself. Terre Short explores how specific word choices shape audience perception.
Listen โHow Improv Comedy Can Help You Be a Better, More Engaging and Funnier Speaker with Avish Parashar
Improv comedian Avish Parashar makes the case that the core principles of improv โ yes-and, listening, presence โ are the core principles of great speaking.
Listen โHow to Begin Crafting a Compelling Talk
Before you write a single word, there are three questions you must answer. Get them right, and the rest of the talk builds itself.
Listen โHow to Embrace Being an Introvert and Thrive at Public Speaking
Introversion is not a barrier to great speaking โ it's often an advantage. Here's how to leverage your natural strengths on stage.
Listen โHow to Incorporate the Rule of 3 Into Your Talks
Three is the most powerful number in communication. Here's exactly how to build the rule of three into your presentations at every level.
Listen โHow to Make Your Business Storytelling Stickier with Neil Gordon
Business storytelling expert Neil Gordon reveals the specific elements that make some stories unforgettable and others forgettable within minutes.
Listen โFocus on Connection Not Perfection
Chasing perfection kills presence. The speakers audiences love most aren't flawless โ they're real. Here's how to prioritize the right thing.
Listen โHow to Use Public Speaking to Level-Up Your Business
Speaking isn't just a skill โ it's a growth strategy. Here's how to systematically use your time on stage to attract clients and accelerate your business.
Listen โHow to Use Your Stance to Convey Confidence
The way you stand tells your audience whether to trust you โ before you've said a single word. Here's how to own the room just with your posture.
Listen โHow to Deal with What's Holding You Back with Luke Menkes
Luke Menkes works with high achievers who are stuck โ often held back by invisible psychological barriers they've never examined. Here's how to move.
Listen โHow to Use Emphasis to Express Meaning
Emphasis changes meaning. The same sentence lands differently depending on which word you stress. Here's how to use it with intention.
Listen โHow to Breathe Properly So You Can Stay Calm and Engage with Your Audience with Dr. Amy Novotny
Breath is the foundation of everything โ your nerves, your voice, your presence. Here's the breathing approach that changes how you show up on stage.
Listen โThe Top 10 Things My Mom Taught Me About Public Speaking
The best public speaking lessons sometimes come from unexpected places. Ten timeless pieces of wisdom from the most honest critic Peter ever had.
Listen โHow to Manage Your Voice for a Healthy Sound and Compelling Delivery with Alana McKenzie
A voice that sounds strong, clear, and healthy is a choice โ and the choices that matter most are made before you ever step to the microphone.
Listen โHow Introverts Have an Advantage When Speaking
The listening, observation, and depth of preparation that come naturally to introverts are enormous assets on stage. Here's how to lean into them.
Listen โComparing and Contrasting Speaking and Writing Skills
Writing and speaking are both communication โ but they follow different rules. Understanding where they diverge makes you better at both.
Listen โHow to Construct a Solid Foundation for Your Talks
Every presentation that falls apart in delivery was broken in planning. Here's how to build a foundation that holds up under any conditions.
Listen โHow to Be Happy in the Pursuit of Your Dreams with Mike Duffy
Ambition and happiness aren't in conflict โ but the path between them requires intentionality. Mike Duffy shares what he's learned from chasing both.
Listen โHow to Use the Most Powerful Word in Your Presentations
There's one word that, when used correctly, makes every sentence more relevant to your audience. Once you know it, you'll use it constantly.
Listen โHow to Connect with Young Audiences with Ryan Sweat
Millennials and Gen Z audiences require a different approach โ not dumbing down, but tuning in. Ryan Sweat explains exactly how to make the connection.
Listen โHow to Keep Your Brain From Screwing Up Your Talk
Your brain is not always on your side when you step on stage. Here's what's happening neurologically โ and how to work with it instead of against it.
Listen โHow to Learn and Borrow from Speakers, Musicians, and Comedians with Jeff Belanger
The best speakers are sophisticated thieves โ borrowing pacing from comedians, dynamics from musicians, and structure from storytellers. Here's how.
Listen โHow to Connect with Your Audience Before Walking Onstage
Connection starts long before your first sentence. What you do in the room before you speak shapes everything that comes after.
Listen โHow to Use Speaking Skills to Elevate Your Leadership Skills
Leadership and speaking are so intertwined that improving one almost always improves the other. Here's why โ and how to use it to your advantage.
Listen โHow to Help Your Audience Follow You Throughout Your Talk
Getting lost in a presentation is the audience's fault exactly never. If they're confused, here's what to change.
Listen โHow Vocal Variety Adds Color to Your Presentations
A flat delivery buries even the best content. Here's how to use rate, pitch, volume, and tone to paint a vivid picture with your voice.
Listen โHow to Know If You Connected With Your Audience
Applause doesn't tell you much. Here are the real signals โ during and after your talk โ that tell you whether you actually reached your audience.
Listen โHow to Motivate and Inspire with Darrell Williams
Motivational speaking often gets dismissed as fluffy. Darrell Williams shows what genuine inspiration looks like โ and how to create it without the hype.
Listen โHow to Meet Your Audience Where They Are
Every audience brings a different emotional temperature to the room. Reading it โ and adapting accordingly โ is what separates good speakers from great ones.
Listen โHow to Use Media Exposure to Get More Gigs
Media appearances build the kind of credibility that makes event planners feel safe booking you. Here's how to get those appearances and maximize each one.
Listen โHow to Breathe Life Into Your Presentations
A technically correct presentation with no life in it fails the audience just as much as a disorganized one. Here's how to bring energy to every talk.
Listen โWhy Connecting Is Essential with Michelle Tillis Lederman
Connection expert Michelle Tillis Lederman makes the case that everything you want in your speaking career โ bookings, referrals, impact โ flows from genuine connection.
Listen โHow Stating the Problem Positions Your Solution
You can't fully land a solution until your audience feels the weight of the problem. Here's how to frame the problem so your solution becomes inevitable.
Listen โHow Millennials Can Be Engaging Speakers with Tiffany Foote
Younger speakers often underestimate their natural advantages on stage. Tiffany Foote shows how to lean into authenticity, digital fluency, and fresh perspective.
Listen โHow to Craft Compelling Conclusions
Most speakers end with a whimper. Here's how to craft a conclusion that leaves your audience moved, motivated, and remembering your message.
Listen โHow to Be the Best-of-the-Best Trainer with Tina Clements
Training is a specific form of speaking that requires its own set of skills. Tina Clements has spent decades in the training room โ and shares what it takes to be elite.
Listen โThe Number One Ingredient in Business Stories That Captivate
Most business stories are forgotten within hours. This one element is what separates the ones that stick for years.
Listen โHow to Use Your Voice to Captivate the Room with Tracy Goodwin
Voice expert Tracy Goodwin has uncovered the psychological and physiological reasons some voices command rooms while others fade into the background.
Listen โHow to Immediately Grab Your Audience's Attention
The first thirty seconds either earn your audience's attention or don't. Here's how to make absolutely sure it's the former.
Listen โHow to Be Confident, Competent, Charismatic, and Authentic as a Speaker with Evelyne Brink
Four qualities that every great speaker projects โ and a clear path to developing each one, starting today.
Listen โHow to Go from Lackluster to Powerful Q&A Sessions
Q&A doesn't have to be the awkward anticlimax after a great talk. Here's how to turn it into one of your strongest moments.
Listen โThe Ever-Changing World of Public Speaking with Rael Bricker
The speaking industry looks nothing like it did ten years ago โ and in ten more years, it will look different again. Rael Bricker explores what's changing and how to stay ahead.
Listen โHow to Have Confidence in Yourself and Your Presentations
Confidence isn't something you either have or don't โ it's something you build through specific practices. Here's where to start.
Listen โHow to Hack Your Fear of Public Speaking with Mike Acker
Mike Acker has helped hundreds of people move from avoiding the microphone to actively seeking it out. His approach is practical, fast, and it works.
Listen โHow Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Presentations
The five Ps are famous for a reason. Here's what proper preparation actually looks like โ and why most speakers are doing it wrong.
Listen โHow to Achieve Greater Success with the Five Fs
A framework for living and leading that integrates faith, family, fitness, finances, and future โ and how speaking accelerates achievement across all five.
Listen โAre You Trying to Memorize Your Presentations?
Memorization creates robotically delivered presentations that audiences tune out. Here's the alternative approach that feels more natural and lands harder.
Listen โTips for Speaking on Stage and TV with Stephen Brooks
Stage and camera are different performance environments โ and what works brilliantly in one can fall completely flat in the other. Stephen Brooks explains why.
Listen โHow Enunciation Helps Engage Your Audience
Mumbling, rushing, and swallowing words are all habits that make audiences work too hard. Here's how to speak with the clarity that keeps them engaged.
Listen โHow to Challenge the Fear of Public Speaking with Frances Caprino
Fear of public speaking isn't a personality flaw โ it's a learned response that can be unlearned. Frances Caprino shares the approach that works.
Listen โHow to Go From Camera-Shy to Camera-Confident wity Elsewine Rietveld
The camera is increasingly where speaking happens. Here's a step-by-step process for developing the presence, comfort, and authority that the lens requires.
Listen โTop 5 Insider Tips Every Speaker Needs to Know with Tyler Foley
Tyler Foley has spoken on stages around the world and trained with some of the best. His five insider tips aren't in any textbook.
Listen โWhat a Teacher Can Teach You About Public Speaking with Megan Sweet
Teachers are professional communicators who face a skeptical audience every single day. The lessons they've learned are directly transferable to anyone who speaks.
Listen โThe Advantage Introverts Have When Networking and Speaking with Matthew Pollard
Extroverts might seem like natural speakers and networkers โ but introverts carry quiet advantages that, when leveraged, are enormously powerful.
Listen โThe Benefits of Creating Your Own Events with Rich Brooks
When you stop waiting to be invited to the stage and start creating your own stages, everything changes. Digital marketing expert Rich Brooks shows you how.
Listen โHow to Simplify Complex Data and Make Your Presentations More Engaging with Brian Krogh
Data is only powerful when it's understood. Here's how to take complex numbers and turn them into stories your audience actually remembers.
Listen โHow to Start Conversations That Get Results with Chris Fenning
Every great speaking opportunity starts with a great conversation. Chris Fenning's structured approach to opening dialogue gets results in every context.
Listen โConsultants, Attract More Clients with Public Speaking
Consulting is built on trust and expertise โ and nothing demonstrates both more efficiently than speaking. Here's how to use the stage to fill your pipeline.
Listen โHow to Tame Your Nerves When Speaking in Public
Nervousness before speaking is universal. Taming it isn't about eliminating the feeling โ it's about changing your relationship with it.
Listen โ7 Ways to Boost Your Career with Public Speaking
Seven concrete, actionable ways that public speaking skills compound over time into career advancement โ regardless of your industry or role.
Listen โHow to Boost Your Exposure Through Guest Podcasting with Case Lane
Podcast guesting is one of the most efficient audience-building strategies available to speakers. Here's how to land spots and maximize every appearance.
Listen โ7 Ways Silence Improves Your Presentations
Seven ways that deliberate silence โ the pause, the beat, the breath โ makes every presentation more powerful.
Listen โHow to Speak with Confidence
Confidence is audible, visible, and learnable. Here's a comprehensive look at the techniques that build genuine speaking confidence from the inside out.
Listen โHow Storytelling Adds Magic to Your Business Presentations
Business presentations don't have to be dry โ and they shouldn't be. Here's how strategic storytelling transforms corporate communication.
Listen โ3 Simple Ways to Add Impact to Your Presentations
Three techniques you can implement in your very next presentation that will make an immediate, noticeable difference.
Listen โHow to Be Professional Even When You're Not a Professional Speaker
You don't need a speaking fee and a booking agent to show up professionally on stage. Here's what professionalism actually means โ and how to demonstrate it.
Listen โBe as Professional on Zoom as You are in Person
Video calls are presentations. Here's how to bring the same preparation, presence, and professionalism to your screen that you'd bring to any stage.
Listen โHow and When to Incorporate Your Benefit Statement
Your benefit statement tells your audience exactly why your talk matters to them. Here's when to say it โ and how to say it so it lands.
Listen โ10 Public Speaking Myths Busted
Ten widely-held beliefs about public speaking that are simply not true โ and the reality that replaces each one.
Listen โHow to Transition to a Full-time Speaker with Clint Pulver
Making the leap from occasional speaker to full-time professional is one of the biggest decisions a speaker can make. Clint Pulver has done it โ here's how.
Listen โHow Writing a Book Can Catapult Your Speaking Career with John Jantsch
A book is a 200-page business card that opens doors no cold email ever could. Here's how to use authorship to accelerate your speaking career.
Listen โHow to Connect with Your Audience with Joey Coleman
Connection isn't a feeling โ it's a strategy. Customer experience expert Joey Coleman brings his systematic approach to the speaking stage.
Listen โHow to Develop Your Personal Brand Through Speaking
Every time you speak, you're making a deposit or a withdrawal from your personal brand account. Here's how to make every talk a deposit.
Listen โHow to Build Your Business Using Talk Trigger with Jay Baer
Word-of-mouth authority Jay Baer explains how to turn your speaking into a talk trigger โ the kind of thing people can't stop telling others about.
Listen โHow to Overcome Challenges with Suzanne Evans
Every speaking journey has setbacks. Suzanne Evans shares how she has overcome the obstacles that stop most speakers from reaching their potential.
Listen โHone Your Presentation Skills with Dr. Ivan Misner
BNI founder Dr. Ivan Misner has spoken to more networked rooms than almost anyone alive. His insights on honing presentation skills are hard-won and immediately actionable.
Listen โHow to Identify, Sharpen, and Champion Your Most Important Message with Joel Schwarztberg
Your most important message is rarely the first one you think of. Here's a process for digging deeper until you find the one that truly matters.
Listen โFacts Tell, Stories Connect and Other Insights into Public Speaking with Bob Burg
A foundational episode that covers why facts alone never move people โ and what storytelling actually does in the brain to create belief and action.
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