Have you ever struggled to keep the attention of audience members as they scrolled through their phones while you were speaking? Do you have a hard time breaking through the hostility of participants who don’t want to hear a word you have to say? Are lower attention spans making it difficult for you to get your message across in high-stakes speaking situations?
If you answered ‘yes’ to any of the above questions and want to capture and keep the attention of your audience members (in person or virtually), join us for the upcoming session with John Watkis. He'll share strategies from his experiences as a speechwriter and stage performer that you can use to keep your audiences engaged and on the edge of their seats every time you speak.
John Watkis is an award-winning performer, international speaker, voiceover artist, high-stakes performance coach, and past President of the NSA Central Florida chapter. He is the the first Canadian actor to play Mufasa in the onstage Disney musical, The Lion King, a salsa dancing champion, and the author of Speaking Notes: The Eight Essential Elements to
Make Your Speech Music to Their Ears. In addition to more than two decades of experience delivering keynote speeches and workshops for clients in seven countries and on four continents, he has written speeches for corporations, government officials, non-profits, professional speakers, and hall-of-fame athletes. John uses his center-stage speaking method to help speakers steal the spotlight when they stand up to speak sponsored by Midwest Speaking Professional Toastmasters Club.
