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Benefits of Public Speaking Development

The Gifts that Keep on Giving

Overcoming the fear of public speaking is about so much more than simply standing up in front of a group with a script. As we become better speakers, we gain confidence as authors and storytellers, gradually losing the fear of being judged. 

Audience

A Few of the Gifts We Gain...

• Master how to say it and say it well, including inflection, prosody, timbre, cadence, and diction 

• Build a network of social connections

• Develop leadership skills

• Share more authentically with others, through personal story

• Understand how to listen to learn something new

• Learn to use humor to connect with any audience

• Gain social confidence, developing the skills to "work a room" at professional and social events

• Grow stronger writing skills, connecting with ourselves from the inside out

• Enjoy lifelong learning and growth, challenging ourselves to move out of our comfort zones

     Sample Speeches

     Over the years, I have written and presented countless speeches to various corporate and volunteer organizations. Some of these, you will find excerpted in by book, Squelched: Succeeding in Business and Life by Finding Your Voice. I hope that by sharing them here, you will find a little inspiration as you continue on your own journey to gaining confidence by finding your voice.  

                     











       

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Pull Up Your Pants, Take a Chance to Advance, Go to France, and Do the Dance

It's Never Too Late
Reflections, Renewal, and
Resilience
Attitude of Gratitude
Becoming a Self-Made Man:
Flight to Paradise
Wet 'n Wild
Grow Yourself to Grow
Your Business and Life
Camping in France: Distance
Gives Perspective
A Giraffe at a Cattle Ranch
Time Bandits Drive
Membership
to the Clipped Wing Society
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