Speaker Confessions | True Tales from a Veteran Public Speaker

On tour last month I was in Mountain View, and spoke at Google HQ.

You can read about it and watch the full video here.

Did a webcast earlier this week to 500 folks about topics from Confessions.

I went back in afterward and grabbed all the questions from the chat room during the talk and answered them all here.

Lots of good stuff in there – it’s currently one of the most popular posts on my site.

Really great, high profile review here – check it out

Mr. Berkun’s book is packed with tips on how to reduce anxiety and how to speak in public with greater effectiveness. They range from common sense—arrive early, make sure you have back-up copies of your speech, practice—to more advanced tips on what to do when 10 people show up to hear you in a 1,200-person room (cluster the 10 immediately), how to cut off rambling questions and how to fall silent after making a key point, to give the audience a chance to soak it in.

Read the full review on WSJ.com here.

More reviews here.

Earlier than expected, the new book is now selling from Amazon.com.  Early reviews are strong (3 5 star reviews, none from my Mom), and it’s already #1 in business skills on amazon, and ~900 overall.

Two sample chapters are up on the page as well as the promo video.

Please check it out and help me spread the word. Cheers!