Speak Up With Laura Camacho

Laura’s guest is Don Colliver, public speaking internal expert at Google and around the world; leads improv, clown, and sketch comedy classes for the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre. . Don’s mission is to help every communicator profoundly impact their audience through the power of authenticity, listening, and play. He recently released a #1 Bestselling Amazon book entitled "Wink: Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence" to help anxious speakers and organizational teams everywhere connect more deeply when they communicate. Laura and Don bring you all kinds of practical wisdom pearls so that you can engage even the toughest of audiences. Takeaways include: - Research actually proves that competent leaders are better perceived when they share certain imperfections - 3 specific ways to increase engagement with your very next presentation (in person or virtual) - The kind of humor that helps you and the kind to avoid - What your audience secretly craves from any speaker - The ingredient that makes peopl