How to Speak With Clarity for a Confused Audience
Sep 23, 2017 | Connect with Every Audience, Persuasion, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Mistakes, Speech Writing, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip
Do you speak with clarity, or confusion? How often do you hear someone speak and create confusion? S/he gives a talk filled with facts, figures or vague ideas. You’re left wondering, “What in the world is this speaker talking about?” Have you ever given a...Why Speaking is Like an Exotic Sports Car
Jul 1, 2017 | Connect with Every Audience, Inspirational Speeches, Personal Development, Persuasion, Public Speaking Tips, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Toastmasters International, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
Public speaking is like caring for an exotic sports car. What?? Picture an expensive, high performance automobile. It has the potential to drive fast, with great power. Take care of it and it can consistently create a memorable experience. Ignore it, or put...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:...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 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...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.”

Natalie Holder
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.

