Yes, and we guarantee it. The reason we can guarantee this is that, unlike a lecture-style training where you could take notes for a few days and walk out without any actual improvement, our training is experiential. During this workshop, you actually stand up, practice speaking in public, and have many breakthrough experiences so if you walk into the room on Day 1, you will walk out a more confident public speaker by Day 2.

This workshop is designed for ambitious professionals and entrepreneurs who are looking to improve their careers and business by becoming confident public speakers. Typically they're either nervous about speaking in public or not extremely confident when they do. They have a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, but a common goal of public speaking confidence and they are supportive of their fellow participants to achieve the same goal.

Most of our messaging is about conquering public speaking nerves and becoming comfortable because most people are not comfortable speaking in public. So if you're a good public speaker and want to become great, then this training is still for you. Because of the small group environment, we're able to tailor the training to your specific goals. For someone that's very afraid of public speaking, just standing up is a major win. For you, after coaching speakers on some of the biggest stages in the world, we will be more critical of your delivery to find those specific areas to refine, so that you take your speaking abilities to the next level and wow those big audiences.

We have done 1-on-1, online, and group training, and without there's one specific type that helps clients conquer public speaking nerves and gain confidence the quickest. 

1-on-1 is great if your goal is on improving speech content or you have a great foundation of speaking confidence and just need a couple of tweaks to be ready for a big stage. 

Online is great because it allows more people to access the training and is very convenient to attend. But in my experience, in terms of overcoming public speaking nerves, it is about 30% as effective as our in-person training. The reason is that nerves are often centered on fears associated with being the center of attention in front of a crowd. This cannot be replicated online and even if you have 30 people on the online training, there's a level of comfort that comes from being on video and to truly conquer the nerves, it requires a live audience. 

Group training is the best choice to get the fastest results in terms of speaking confidence, but it must be small group training. If you're in a training with 50+ people, then it becomes an information-focused training, which only tells you what you should do. 

Small group training, anywhere from 8-12 people leads to the quickest results because in that size of a group, you're able to get the experience of being in front of a group, so you can become comfortable with that, but it's a small enough group so you're able to get the coaching and support needed to get rapid results. This is accomplished by instead of having an information-focused training, it's an experiential-focused training.

There are many speaking organizations out there like Toastmasters that are great at what they do. They have many events, so it's easy to find groups to join, they're cheap to attend, you can have a group to constantly attend. Many of our clients start at these types of organizations when pursuing public speaking skill development as you get some exposure to public speaking. 

There's a few reasons why many people that attend these groups contact us to take Speak With Confidence:

They don't have time to attend weekly meetings. Our clients are ambitious professionals and entrepreneurs so because of their busy schedule, they want to find a training that is specialized so they can get in, gain speaking confidence, then go out and advance their career. 

The cheapest is the most expensive: While low cost training options exist, for professionals and entrepreneurs, each month that they're not confident public speaking is potentially costing them $1,000's of dollars so time is money and attending a low cost group that will take them over a year of constantly attending to get the results that can be achieved in 3 days with a highly specialized training doesn't make sense. 

Expert training: The reason these groups can charge such low fees is because they are peer led. So while they have nice people, you don't have an expert trainer that will be able to see you speak and in minutes, share exactly what you need to do and be able to do to build your public speaking confidence and more importantly support you to achieve your goals quickly 

Too formal and structured: In order to have groups all across the country, having a predictable formula is required so that everyone knows what to expect in each group. The unfortunate part is that many of these groups are quite formal and rigid. With the introductions and focus on counting "umms and ahhhs." While reducing filler words, such as "umms and ahhhs" we have had many clients come from these organizations with a false sense of public speaking confidence because they don't have many filler words, but there's no emotion or authenticity in their delivery. A speaker who even uses some filler words, but is dynamic and authentic in their delivery will be much more impactful than a speaker that uses zero filler words, but speaks in a robotic, calculated manner.

Will this be hard? Will this be confronting? We commonly get this question and when you're making any type of upgrade in your life, there's typically some nerves and discomfort that comes with starting it because it will feel strange to feel confident public speaking if you've dreaded it for many years. It will likely be uncomfortable to see yourself speaking on stage, but that's because of the inner critic. So when you get training on how to be more forgiving to seeing yourself speak, then your speaking improves and your life becomes easier. 

The good news is that we offer a safe, supportive environment for you to make it as easy as possible for you to become a confident public speaker. While there may be some parts that are uncomfortable, it's nothing compared to how much easier your life will become after you overcome the fear of public speaking, seize speaking opportunities, and become able to speak with confidence.  It's a couple of days of minor discomfort for a lifetime of joy and happiness.