Coaching for speakers

I already know you really do want to be so good they can’t ignore you, otherwise, you wouldn’t have clicked onto this page.

You are a winner

You weren’t born to be a loser so enjoy holding the cup of success

So it’s a given.

Let’s not beat about the bush and be shy. You want to so good they can’t ignore you. In fact the idea of being star communicator — speaker, storyteller, persuader — gets you excited. Being a flop certainly has no appeal.

Now all we have to do is work out how to get you to your version of stardom, whether it’s

  • on the platform,
  • at a family occasion,
  • at a business function,
  • presenting to your colleagues or
  • persuading a customer.

You only need to know these three things.

1. You don’t have to be embarrassed about it

So, you’re no Abraham Lincoln or Oprah Winfrey! There’s no shame in that. No mere mortal is born so confident and capable they can influence millions. Not even Abe or Oprah. It’s a learned skill and a studied art form.

2. I can get you there

MY PROMISE!
The only thing I will ever put you down for is you putting yourself down.

You have to understand this; I believe in you more than you do. I have this underlying philosophy that you haven’t got this far by accident. and you haven’t come this far to only come this far. In fact I have been known to say, you are ten times better than you think. The only person who is stopping you from being so good they can’t ignore you, is you.

Seth Godin once wrote something I believe in wholeheartedly,

‘Just imagine how much you’d get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work.
We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship we aim at ourselves.’

3. You can trust me. I know how to make you shine

I can get you so good they can’t ignore you – and I have never lost a ‘patient’.
The ‘About me’ page tells you my whole story but for now you only need to know I will get you to be so good they can’t ignore you.
The other stars’ testimonials on the ‘solutions’ page ought to reassure you that I can help you too.

Send this ready-to-go email and let the Star Maker go to work on the masterpiece that is you.

Colin Pearce audience members

Colin after speaking to young star graduates at Luzerne International College of Hotel Management

These people asked me to help them be so good they would get noticed, and look how things turned out.

Laurene Bevaart endorses working with Colin Pearce as a speaker's coach I’ve been giving presentations all my life. I was a high school teacher and a TV performer in the TV Game show Gladiators so I always felt natural on my feet in front of a crowd.

However. Working with Colin Pearce as a speaking coach took me to a new level.

I told him I loved speaking and being interviewed but I needed structure, fluency and a presentation that didn’t waffle on. I wanted my message to impactful. I knew the opening was crucial and we worked hard on that.

With a combination of observation, face to face feedback and coaching on Zoom, Colin helped me craft and perfect my personal story into my presentations where I am getting amazing results  and sales – and further bookings.

Lourene Bevaart (Mebourne)
5 Times Women’s World Karate Champion
Winner of the first Gladiator TV series
Highest ranked Australian Woman Leader in ASEA

Jordan FogartyWhen the $5 Billion dollar company Animoca Brands made a major investment in my Perth tech and IT company – BE Media – in 2022, my PR firm loaded me up with loads of national media interviews. Friends and team leaders told me I needed to get my story straight and put it across with polish. One referred me to Colin Pearce. It’s been an ongoing magic engagement and when our Zoom sessions are due I jokingly tell my team, ‘Well, I’m off to my ass-kicking!’

Why did I need coaching?
I believed the market needed to know all the techy stuff I had mastered since I started my business placing Facebook ads. Over 8 years I had grown it to about 40 people.  
I was hooked on being the technobabble expert on all things Internet; Web 1, Web 2 and Web 3.0.  But …

 

  • Colin got me hooked on telling my stories instead, and illustrating everything with imagery.I wanted to explain what the Metaverse was.  Colin listened and literally snored. Then he coached me to tell the story of when I was a 13 year old raising $100,000 for women’s shelters and told me my reference to the Metaverse was piffle by comparison. I’d never thought of that.
  • I wanted to explain what NFTs are and Colin got me to tell the story of the 27-broken-bones car crash that nearly ended my life and how I recovered. NFTs got about 20 seconds because he said anyone could find the definition on Google but my story was unique and golden. I’d never thought of that either.
  • I thought the world needed to know how blockchain worked and of course Colin recommended something else: he coached me to tell the story of meeting the founder of Animoca Brands,Yat Siu. Blockchain hardly gets a mention.

I am happy to say Colin helped me to lose the nerves and the technobabble and make lasting impressions with (among many others) Forbes Magazine, the Channel 7 Morning Show, The Australian Financial Review and Radio host Mark Bouris.

Jordan Fogarty (Perth)
CEO Animoca Brands

Lockie Cooke endorses Colin Pearce as a speaker's coach I started working with Colin Pearce through a network of Australia’s most distinguished speakers of the Professional Speakers Association. Colin offered his valuable time to coach and mentor me as part of the association’s up-and-coming speaker development program. It was for my first major speech which was in Parliament House in the Grand Hall. I spoke in front of many distinguished guests and as a 21-year old, I was very inexperienced with sharing a story and getting a message across. Colin persevered with my inexperience and built the confidence from within me to present a memorable speech that I still hear about today. The way Colin can identify one’s uniqueness, and encourage them to share authentically is something that I will always cherish. Colin’s skills as a speaker and a speaker trainer is suitable for the seasoned veteran to the novice first-time speaker.

 

Lachlan (Lockie) Cooke (Perth/Sydney)
EY Social Entrepreneur of the year 2015.
Founder: ICEA Foundation.

Tim Burrow recommends Colin PearceTaking a series of speech coaching lessons with Colin is like learning to read and write all over again only this time I had enough understanding and maturity to appreciate the benefits that were coming my way!

My skin was thick enough, my voice deep enough and my spirit strong enough to absorb the constructive, insightful (and occasional ‘admonishment’) that leads to rapid learning. All my listeners are thankful that Colin took me under his spell of articulating everything splendidly.

I had to present to my ‘Top 500’ C-Suite stakeholders on a monthly basis and I wanted to make sure they took away something memorable every month. Colin turned my style to using props and stories. At first I was nervous about it, but the crowd loved it and often as I walked into the room I’d hear someone say, ‘Here he comes. What’s he got in his bag of tricks today? ‘

Tim Burrow (Darwin)
Chief Executive Officer. (Ret)
Agribusiness Australia.

If you are genuine about how I can help you be a better communicator to your staff, your team, your market, or your customers, use this form to apply. If I feel you are ready, I will call you personally to chat for a few minutes and see if we are a good fit. I’ll listen, explain the process and guide you to the starting line.

 

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