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Transformational Speaking is the premier presentations training program for people of purpose and catalysts of change. It is designed to bring forth your authentic voice, ignite your personal passion, and provide the confidence and competence to express fully the power of who you are and what you know.
Too often speech coaching is a formulized attempt to impose technique over where you currently stand in your speaking. The Transformational Speaking process goes deeper to explore what holds fire and meaning for you now and discover and appreciate your individual communications style. It moves you quickly to your "Home Zone"- the place of your authentic voice and life experience - where your power as a speaker emerges.
Whether your goal is a dynamic keynote speech or a dramatic shift in your ability to communicate one-on-one, Transformational Speaking provides targeted and no-nonsense support for the breakthrough you want to achieve.
Note: The testimonials below refer to "Real Speaking" rather than Transformational Speaking but refer to the same class - by its new name!
"The rave reviews of Real Speaking turned my head, and I’m a convert. Wise and accessible, Gail will help you leap forward in your confidence and understanding with practical tools and a framework to support your unique voice."
JOEL SOLOMON
Renewal Partners, Vancouver, BC
"Real Speaking is perfect for anyone who cares deeply about their mission and wants to express it with depth, clarity and passion.
Gail is incisive, fierce and compassionate and
does a brilliant job of drawing out the best in each person."
NINA UTNE
Former Editor-in-Chief and CEO, Utne Magazine
"Every emerging company's top executives need Gail Larsen in their inner circle to achieve the powerful congruence of corporate mission and message with who they are as individuals. There was no coddling - just let's get it on to get this right. For me, this was an essential accelerator of a vital executive skill."
MARK LONG
Managing Director, SuperLab - Author, Financing the New Venture
"Gail Larsen has a rare gift for teaching and inspiring people. I have worked with her personally in Real Speaking and she has offered programs at our conferences for three years in succession. I am constantly impressed by the ways she helps people get over their fear of public speaking and shows them how to speak from their hearts. I recommend her without hesitation if you are seeking a deep learning experience and a hands-on way to increase your effectiveness as a leader and a speaker."
DEBORAH NELSON
Executive Director, Social Venture Network, San Francisco, CA
"Real Speaking exceeded my high expectations. I learned to appreciate and understand my heart center and use my emotional energy to speak more sincerely, creatively, and powerfully - without sacrificing intellectual content."
MARC ROSENTHAL, Attorney-at-Law
Rosenthal & Watson P.C, Austin, TX
"After years as a professional speaker, Real Speaking was the path to move me to a whole new level of confidence and ability. Gail showed me just how much more powerful it is to take the audience on a journey with me rather than just tell them about it. The response to my speaking has changed dramatically as I have applied the lessons of Real Speaking."
MAUREEN MANLEY, MA. Founder, Spirit In Motion
U.S. Cycling Team National Champion and MS Spokesperson
“Real Speaking helped me understand that it is fine, and in fact more effective, to be one’s self when speaking publicly. We don’t have to compare ourselves with professional speakers, but simply find our own voice and speak authentically from our hearts.”
JUDY WICKS
Founder, White Dog Cafe; Co-founder/Chair, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
"Real Speaking helped strengthen my inner confidence and address some of my deepest fears about public speaking while adding great skills for preparing and delivering effective presentations to my toolkit. It is a remarkably powerful way to build leadership skills and effectively integrates inner healing and transformation with practical skill-building."
NINA SIMONS
Co-Executive Director, Bioneers
"Real Speaking is the most powerful speaking course I have ever taken because it is not about gimmicks; it is about being authentic and establishing a genuine connection with your audience. Gail operates with a steel fist in a velvet glove. Sign up. It will be the best money you ever spend on any kind of personal or professional development workshop."
BRIAN NATTRASS
Sustainability Partners, British Columbia
Author and Strategic Advisor to several Fortune 500 Companies
"What an experience! Real Speaking gave me the confidence to be natural and extemporaneous and moved me to a new level in my speaking ability. Gail brings humanity, wisdom and skill to an exploration that provides the real possibility of transformation."
MARILYN LUSCOMBE
President, Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C.
"I thought I had a good handle on public speaking. Little did I know I was overlooking a major component of my speaking voice: the heart. With Gail's help, I learned how to balance heart and head and combine them in a single voice that is more powerful than the sum of its parts."
SANKARA SARANAM, Author of God Without Religion
Winner 2005 USABookNews Award, 2005 Foreword Magazine
Book of the Year Gold Award, 2006 IPPY National Book Award
"Gail Larsen approaches public speaking from the core outward and connected me with the passionate voice that lies behind my deeper life purpose. I find myself returning again and again to the lessons of Real Speaking."
CHRIS JORDAN
Photographic Artist, Seattle, WA
"My speaking ability and self-confidence are forever changed. I am delighted with my progress and for the first time ever - after 20 years of speaking! - really look forward to changing the world one presentation at a time."
WENDY CAPLAND
Vision Quest Consulting, Westford, MA
"Since Real Speaking, I can get people to reach into their wallets
and put the money we need on the table. Find the money you need to attend - from friends if necessary (that's what I did) - because it's powerful transformative training, something non-profit leaders need to continue and build the impact of our work.”
PATRICIA RAIN - "The Vanilla Queen"
The Vanilla Company, Santa Cruz, CA
"Real Speaking was the best marketing dollars I’ve spent to date. The formulas I had been taught for public speaking left me scared speechless, robbed me of my energy and made me feel like a fraud. Now I am actually enjoying sharing my humor and my passion for my work, and let me tell you, it builds business."
HEATHER WOOD
Casa Milagros Interiors, Santa Fe, NM
"As a professional speaker for 30 years, I heartily recommend Real Speaking. Gail’s training is less a technique program than a retreat where you touch your best self . . .
a time of coming home to your deepest heart.
ALEXANDER SHAIA
Author, The Hidden Power of the Gospels:
Four Questions, Four Paths, One Journey
Transformational Speaking: If You Want to Change the World, Tell a Better Story
Available from Random House with audio book by Brilliance Contents Acclaim
"To experience yourself as an original in front of a group is a powerful moment and supports you in expressing more of what matters to you out in the world. That is what Real Speaking is all about." Real Speaking profiled in The New Mexican Business Section - January 30, 2007
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