Are You Willing to Create the Best Possible Speech?
Dec 10, 2016 | Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
The Struggles of Improving a Speech Imagine this scene: You’re practicing an important speech. You've spent time to write the first draft. You have struggled to craft the message you want to convey. You're now ready for feedback to see how the speech is being...
How to Avoid Speaking Like The Karate Kids
Dec 3, 2016 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Connect with Every Audience, Develop a Dynamic Delivery, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip
Speaking Wisdom From a Karate Master Ever received a speaking lesson from an unexpected source? I did this morning when I heard the words, “Don’t practice missing!” Those were the stern words the karate master said to his class. I was watching a group of kids testing...
Improve Your Results With This Proven Speaking Process – Part 2
Oct 29, 2016 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Connect with Every Audience, Famous Speeches, Persuasion, Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
An Uncommon Speaking Strategy In my last blog, you read about the reasons why you should SCREAM at your audience when speaking. These are the first three parts of the SCREAM strategy: Simile, Contrast, and Rhyme. In this blog, you’ll read about the other three parts:...
Improve Your Results With This Proven Speaking Process
Oct 22, 2016 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Connect with Every Audience, Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Toastmasters International, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Why You Should SCREAM at Your Audience When You Are Speaking Dr. Randy Harvey is an accomplished inspirational and entertaining speaker. He’s the 2004 World Champion of Public Speaking. He's also the coach of the 2012 World Champion of Public Speaking. Randy has...
How to Make Statistics in Your Speech More Meaningful
Oct 15, 2016 | Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Avoid Creating an Empty Speech It's the season of political debate! Every speech you hear is filled with information that, on the surface, sounds important. Upon further reflection, the ideas don’t have a lot of meaning. Disclaimer: This is not meant to be a...
How to Create Interest in Your Speech, Guaranteed
Oct 8, 2016 | Connect with Every Audience, Persuasion, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Toastmasters International, Uncategorized, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
What I Learned About My Speech from an Indian Restaurant Have you ever gone somewhere that you didn’t want to go? Not just in your speech, but in everyday life. Perhaps a restaurant, an event or even a vacation destination. How did it turn out? For most people, the...
How to Keep Attention and Interest in Your Speech
Oct 1, 2016 | Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Speech Lesson From a Pup Before reading this speech lesson, please click here to watch a brief (16-second) video. If you’re a frequent reader, you’ve seen this pup. She’s Sky, our chihuahua. This clip shows her reacting to a video of cats making odd noises. If you’ve...
Increase Speech Impact in One Easy Step
Sep 24, 2016 | Connect with Every Audience, Public Speaking Tips, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Toastmasters International, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
How Less Can Be More in Your Speech Have you ever listened to a speech that seemed to drag on and on? One that started out interesting, but became boring. Chances are, the speaker fell prey to a common speaking malady… Redundancy. This is a common problem most...
How to LIE in Your Next Speech
Sep 17, 2016 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Connect with Every Audience, Persuasion, Public Speaking Tips, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Uncategorized, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Discover Why You Should LIE In Your Next Speech I was reading an article by Les Brown. He doesn't just give a terrific speech, he also challenges you to think. He asked a question, “What does your heart want?” I wasn’t quite sure what he meant until he followed the...
How To Increase Your Speech Impact
Sep 10, 2016 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Connect with Every Audience, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Tell a Story, Make Your Point, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
When you speak, does your audience have questions? I don't mean questions during your Q&A session. The questions I'm referring to are those that create curiosity. Those that keep their interest, eager to hear your next words. When most people give a speech, they...
Leonardo DaVinci’s Key To Long Term Success
Sep 6, 2016 | Inspiration, Personal Development, Success
Success in Many Fields Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting a traveling exhibit about the life of Leonardo DaVinci. The word genius is thrown around too much, but in this case, it doesn’t come close to describing this man’s mind. He’s best known for his...
How To Avoid Breaking This Fundamental Speaking Rule
Sep 4, 2016 | Public Speaking Tips, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Toastmasters International
Misunderstand Leads To A Reminder About Speaking This week, I received a reminder about the vital nature of integrity in public speaking. In short, a fellow speaker, whom hadn’t contacted me in over a year, wrote to say that, "last year, I heard that you “parroted”...
Create Deeper Connections When You Speak, Guaranteed
Aug 28, 2016 | Connect with Every Audience, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
How to Capture the Power of an Olympic Failure When You Speak As much as I love to speak and coach, I occasionally take a break from it. Earlier this month, I enjoyed taking time to watch the Rio Olympics. There’s nothing quite like the spectacle of the best athletes...
How You Can Quickly Improve Your Speaking
Aug 20, 2016 | NSA, Public Speaking Tips, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Toastmasters International, Uncategorized, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Mentoring My Speaking Mentor One of the greatest benefits I’ve received in two decades of speaking is mentorship. I’ve been fortunate and privileged to work with some of the best speakers in the world. Their wisdom has shaved years off my speaking learning curve. This...
When to Discard Your Speech
Jul 30, 2016 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip
How Can a Sports Team Improve Your Speech? I’m a lifelong fan of baseball, as well as the art of giving a speech. What do the two have in common? The team I grew up following - and cheering for - is the Cincinnati Reds. The last 2-1/2 seasons have been difficult for...
Our conference was elevated to a new level of professionalism. Michael will be retained to help make our trainers become better communicators, both visually and verbally and to assist us with next year’s conference. We highly recommend him and Speaking CPR to assist with your next event."
Robert Gerbus, President, Trans Ash, Inc.
Robert Gerbus, President, Trans Ash, Inc.
Michael Davis exceeded every expectation and was one of the best coaches I ever worked with. His quiet professionalism, and unsurpassed knowledge of storytelling helped make my Ted X Cincinnati talk extremely powerful.
I would recommend Michael, as a story and speaking coach to anyone with a high stakes talk to give. Michael will help you take your speech from good to great!”
LTC (Ret.) Scott Mann, Green Beret, Storyteller, Trainer, Coach, Author
LTC (Ret.) Scott Mann, Green Beret, Storyteller, Trainer, Coach, Author
He truly has a gift in connecting with the heart of each person he works with and helping them to unleash their story into their talk. All of the speakers raved about his work with them. Each of them has had broad experience in speaking, but they all felt that working with Michael raised the bar on their ability to speak. You can listen to all of his speakers, Anthony Munoz, Richard Bernstein and Graeme Joffe, at http://www.tedxcincinnati.com/talks/.”

Allison Wonders Gars
Speaker Coach Manager, TED x Cincinnati
Allison Wonders Gars
Speaker Coach Manager, TED x Cincinnati
“Investing in Michael is one of the best investments I have ever made. I speak on the subject of diversity in the workplace, which can at times be a difficult topic to discuss.
Michael taught me a repeatable process that allows me to create a foundational concept, a logical structure, an opening that grabs the audience’s attention, and a conclusion that encourages my audience to take action that will save them time and money.
I found Michael easy to work with, flexible with his schedule, and a wealth of information about the art of speaking. If you need to improve your presentation or speech, I highly recommend you consider hiring Michael. It is one of the best investments you can make in your own growth.”

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Founder, QUEST Diversity
Natalie Holder
Founder, QUEST Diversity
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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.

