Are You Ready When Speaking Disaster Strikes?
Speaking Lesson From a Near-Disaster When I'm not watching speaking videos, I watch a little bit of TV. One show that's caught my attention is called ‘Air Disasters.’ Although many of the episodes end in tragedy, not all do. The last episode I watched resulted in a...
Create Stories From The Place You Don’t Want to Go
What is the Best Source of Stories? When creating speeches or stories, a common question presenters ask is: “What are the best topics to talk about?" Or, "What’s hot, or what are people paying for?” This is one of the worst approaches to selecting your topic. Why?...
Are You Ready For Opportunity?
The Opportunity of a Lifetime Last week, I was sitting on stage at the Lady & the Champs speaking event. I was leading a panel discussion about presentation and public speaking skills. To my right were four people who have been my speaking mentors. They’re the...
Speakers: Are You Ready When the Script Changes?
What Speakers Can Learn From The Academy Awards On February 28, 2017, the world witnessed a major blunder. The wrong name was announced as the winner of the most prestigious honor at the Academy Awards. Public speakers have much to learn from this incident....
Are You Pleasing Everyone When You Speak?
SHOULD Everyone Like You When You Speak? When you speak, is it important that everyone in the audience likes you? Do you want them to agree with everything you say? Before you give a knee-jerk response, give some thought to these questions. If they’re honest with...
Are You Speaking WITH or AT Your Audience?
Speaking Lesson From a Rock Band Last week, I had great privilege of seeing one of my favorite bands live for the first time. And they reminded me of valuable speaking lessons which might help you. Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO) has been playing together for 18 years....







Michael’s mission is to help leaders, managers and sales professionals communicate with more confidence, impact, and influence. This passion is born from his own communication difficulties early in his career.
Fortunately, he discovered that public speaking is like riding a bike, swimming or driving a car - it’s a learnable skill. Once he discovered this ‘secret’ he became a voracious student of the craft. He took courses, studied some of the world’s best speakers and storytellers and continues to study presentation and business storytelling skills.
He is hired by companies and organizations, leaders, managers and sales professionals, and TEDx speakers to help them become more confident, impactful and influential communicators.

