Public Speaking

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Hi. I'm Topher Morrison. I'm a professional speaker and a best-selling author. And for the past 20 years, I've been paid to travel the world and speak to hundreds of thousands of people. Now I specialize in training and mentoring individuals who want to learn how to make a substantial level of income doing the exact same thing.

Hi. I'm Dr. Sunny Karir. And I'm a body-language expert from Silver Lining Coaching. I've worked with some of the world's biggest organizations, including Microsoft, Amex, and JPMorgan. I work with their people and teach them fantastic body-language techniques to get the most out of every single speech.

Hello. I'm Benjamin Ball of Benjamin Ball Associates. We specialize in helping leaders communicate more effectively. We do this for presentations, for speeches, and for investor communications, in particular.

Hello. I'm Lynne Parker. And I'm a comedy producer. I set up my company, Funny Women, eight years ago to provide a platform for women in the comedy industry. Since then, I've worked with thousands of women to help them enhance their skills and to help them to perform better in public.

My name's David Vaughan Thomas of Maynard Leigh Associates. And we train people in presentation skills. Over the years, we've trained many thousands, ranging from top actors, to CEOs, celebrities, movie stars, and people who just need to make a really, really powerful presentation.

Hi. I'm Cindy Michelle Waterfield. I run the Speakers Company. And I've been working with speakers since 1996, booking, selling, placing, and managing, and helping them to raise the level of their game.

Hi. I'm Rob Geraghty from the Wow Factor. I'm a presentations coach and work with business people from leading organizations, such as the BBC, Vodafone, and Apple. I show them how they can deliver their presentation with huge impact and really get their message across to the audience.

Hi. I'm Richard Newman. I'm the director of UK Body Talk and author of The It Factor. And I'm very fortunate to be able to travel the world teaching speaking skills. We now have over 12 and 1/2 thousand clients all over Europe, the Middle East, and America. We get speaking engagements from Dubai to Chicago, Orlando, Paris, and Rome. And we also work with the British Parliament and international celebrities.

When people are starting to think about doing a speech, most people sit there and they think to themselves, right, what do I want to say? And as soon as you do that, you're completely screwed. Because nobody cares about what you want to say. What they care about is what they want to hear. And so when you sit down to think about the purpose of any kind of speech-- be it a wedding speech, or a keynote speech, or a speech at an interview-- you've got to think about what do people want to hear, and what order do they want to hear it in? And make sure you deliver it in that way.