Fear of public speaking can limit your career advancement and make your life miserable. At Public Speaking International, we understand speech anxiety because effective performance is the hallmark of everything we do. PSI founder and former professional actor Dr. Gary Genard knows what causes fear of public speaking and how you can overcome it.  Do you want to be energized and motivated instead of fearing public speaking?  He’ll show you how.

Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking provides you with powerful tools for managing your speech fright. You’ll gain comfort and confidence as you learn how to turn apprehension into a focused and dynamic performance.  You won’t be at the mercy of speech anxiety that occurs unpredictably, so that some of your presentations are fine... and some are not.  We’ll give you a “Fear of Public Speaking Toolbox” that you’ll be able to use for consistent and successful reduction of speech anxiety.

Dr. Genard is an expert at bringing clients to a state of natural relaxation.  Once there, you can put your focus where it needs to be:  on your listeners, and getting your crucial messages across to them.  You’ll not only be recognized as someone who’s professional and believable, but you’ll be freed to actually seek out speaking opportunities.  After all, speaking in public should bring you attention and admiration, and often, promotions and other career advancement.

Fear of public speaking is something you’ve let control you for long enough. Get ready instead for dramatic improvement in your level of public speaking comfort and confidence. Learn how to thrive in speaking situations with any audience—in meetings, presentations, sales calls, speeches, interviews, networking, interpersonal conversations, testimony, lectures, media appearances, and outreach of all kinds.  Overcome speaking fear to speak with confidence and enjoyment!

Dr. Gary Genard
Founder and President

Dr. Gary Genard’s gentle approach to fear of public speaking is designed to take you from worry and anxiety, to confidence and success.  His private coaching, at PSI’s Boston office or your location, is customized to your personal experience of speech anxiety.  He’ll help you find ways to overcome your fear in terms of the audiences and situations that are important to you.  His innovative theater-based techniques are custom-made to bring you maximum relief combined with renewed confidence.

Fear of Public Speaking services available: Hourly sessions, 1-day and 2-day intensive private coaching workshops, 12-Week Private Coaching Program, and on-site group workshops.  Every coaching and workshop participant receives the “Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking” workbook, and Dr. Genard’s book “How to Give a Speech” (2007).

Speech Anxiety Reduced and Confidence Gained

• Easy-to-learn exercises for breathing, relaxation, and improved focus
• Getting over unpleasant physical, psychological, and emotional reactions
• Ridding yourself of the dread you feel days and weeks in advance
• Managing your stress just before speaking so you’re energized and alert
• Putting a stop to "watching" and judging yourself as you speak
• Avoiding public speaking?  Overcome that to help your career advancement!
• Learning how to enjoy speaking to audiences—of any size or make-up
• Cognitive Restructuring: Breaking the Negative Cycle of Symptoms
• Developing positive coping statements to stop beating up on yourself
• Pacing your presentations so you’re relaxed and comfortable
• Using positive visualization to guarantee a successful performance

Fear of Public Speaking Turned Into Energized Performances

• Changing nervousness into confidence, focus, and presence
• Using body language and movement to appear calm and professional
• Handling the fearful situation of speaking to VIP audiences
• Trusting your instincts and maximizing your natural talents
• Turning your focus around from yourself to your listeners
• How to build in enjoyable interactions with audience members
• Easy and effective ways to look and sound confident
• Developing presence, charisma, and likeability
• Delivery skills improvement to boost your success as a presenter
• Becoming comfortable meeting new people and positively asserting yourself

Fear of Public Speaking Conquered: From Nervousness to Charisma

When it comes to speaking in public, many of us recognize a level of nervousness in ourselves. Yet we need those nerves to be a good speaker! If we’re not sufficiently activated, we won’t come across as the personable, empathetic person who is passionate about reaching out to others.

Fear of public speaking certainly produces those well-known speech butterflies!  But the butterflies are there for a reason:  to help “psyche us up” for a dynamic presentation. Without them, we’d feel mellow and completely in control—and we’d almost certainly come across as full of ourselves and boring.

Speech anxiety is actually there because we care about other people.  It’s a symptom of our desire not only to be good—but to do good for our listeners. While we’re certainly concerned about ourselves, we’re also thinking of our audience, wanting to be sure people think their time and attendance is worthwhile.

It’s this desire when we speak to have a meaningful conversation with our listeners—about something that matters to them—that makes us personable and focused as speakers. Embrace that need closely enough, and you’ll soon forget about your own speech jitters. Just keep your eye on the prize of your message—and use all of your awareness and speaking tools to make that message clear to your audience. If you follow that rule, you’ll not only succeed, but you’ll certainly appear more confident. And that adds up to charisma in the eyes of your audience.

Fear of public speaking shouldn’t turn into Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “fear of fear itself.”  Remind yourself that it’s an essential part of preparing to do a good job. Turn your attention instead to what you need to say and do to convince this audience, in this speech or presentation.

Your listeners will not only see you as more personable. You’ll also be far more persuasive.

Public Speaking International’s Fear of Public Speaking coaching and training will take you from speech anxiety to a comfort level you’ve never experienced before.  It will be one of the best investments you’ll ever make in your path to professional success!