Are You Making the ‘$180 Million Mistake’ When You’re Asked to Speak?
Dave Carroll is a professional musician. While waiting to exit a United Airlines flight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, he saw his band’s guitars being tossed around by baggage handlers like they were bags of garbage being thrown into a dumpster. Dave was...
Stop Speaking to Market. Speak to Connect
When you hear ‘marketing’ what comes to mind? Websites? Brochures? Advertising? These can be important tools to promote your business. However, there are so many contradictory opinions about the best type of marketing that many throw their hands up in frustration. ...
Call Back to Stand Out When You Speak
Here’s a tip to help you quickly stand out from other speakers, connect with your audience, and make them feel as if your speech is tailored just for them. Use call backs. If you're not familiar with these, they're one of the most effective tools you can use to...
Are You Speaking Like a Skeleton?
Watching the Winter Olympics last year, I saw a sport that is applicable to the art of speaking. It involves daring, and a lot of nerve - the Skeleton. Simply put, you ride a sled down a hill, head-first, on your belly, at speeds up to 80 miles per hour. I assume...
Need to Change Your Speech at the Last-Minute?
"It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech." ~ Mark Twain Speech Insight From an Olympic Champion One evening, I watched an interview with Sage Kotsenburg. He was the Gold Medal winner of the slope-style snowboarding event in the 2014...
Use Your Most Valuable Speaking ‘prop’
Speaking Lesson From a Hollywood Legend Would you invest nearly 2 hours to watch a movie with one character, stranded in the ocean, with less than two dozen words of total dialogue? And, how could that possibly improve your speaking? I thought the movie had a...
What’s the Cost of NOT Speaking?
The Impact of the Fear of Speaking "Michael, I'm afraid to speak in front of others. I'm afraid I'll mess up, or embarrass myself." This is a fairly typical reason people give me for avoiding public speaking. What they're really doing is asking a question: "What will...
Why Speak?
What is your most important marketing tool? Your website? Company brochure? Business card? These are each valuable, but the most important tool you have to promote your business, your product or service is…. YOU! Your ability to effectively communicate ideas can...







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.

