


How to Close More Sales Without Sounding Like a Pushy Salesperson
Jan 30, 2025 | Entrepreneur, Leadership Skills, Sell with a Story, Selling, Yoodli
Storytelling can transform how you connect with prospects, build trust, and guide them to make decisions—all without pressure or aggressive tactics. Here’s how: Step 1: Use a Story Framework That Highlights Transformation Don’t just tell any story—use a proven...
Inspire Your Audience To Take Action With These Simple Steps
Jan 4, 2024 | ACTION, Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Business Presentations, Negotiation and Persuasion, Presentation Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Selling, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip
Imagine the perfect presentation… What happens at the end? What if the audience rushed to the back of the room (or the chat box) to invest in your products and services? How would that impact them, and you? The art of moving audiences to action is similar to...
Jump-Start Your Influence With One Presentation Hack
Dec 22, 2023 | Advanced Public Speaking Skills, Business Presentations, Connect with Every Audience, Executive Speaking, Leadership Skills, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Tips, Sell with a Story, Speaking Tip, Stand OUT! Speaking Tip, Write a Meaningful & Memorable Message
What is the most important role of a speaker or salesperson? I hear different answers when I ask this question in my presentations. They each have merit, but I rarely hear the response that is the key purpose of giving a presentation. It’s this… To show people how to...
Unlock Networking Success: The One Change That Will Get You Noticed!
Dec 11, 2023 | Presentation Skills, Sell with a Story, Selling
Networking is an excellent opportunity to meet new people and demonstrate your expertise in solving client problems. If you effectively communicate your skills, you’ll attract new clients and centers of influence. But most professionals fail to capitalize on these...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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