Speaking Mastery™
	Following a recent management presentation, I realized how far I have come in my style and skill level since you began coaching me early this year. I have found that listening to myself, spacing my sentences, and feeling “grounded” as I speak have been the most significant improvements in my business communication. From structuring ideas to delivering my material, my level of poise, self assurance, and positive feedback received has made presenting a joy. You have helped me to achieve a level of personal comfort and professional confidence that I would never have thought possible a year ago.  Many thanks to you, Miriam.
	- Paul Martineau, President The Employers Association
	Over the past 20 years I have taken my share of Public Speaking courses.  They helped a little, but never really taught me the finer points of public speaking.  This course has been tremendous!  Unlike others where you prepare a speech and present it, here we learn how to eliminate disruptive fillers, how to improve our "presence", and how to be comfortable with ourselves when presenting.  My supervisor and peers have already noticed a difference in my presenting and we are only half way through the course.  I know the final results will be even more dramatic.  I would recommend this course to anyone who has even the slightest concern about their presenting abilities!
	- Caroline L. Kilduff Customer Service & Logistics Manager Alcoa Flexible Packaging
	I found The Art of Public Speaking to be a helpful, challenging and reasonably priced class. Most of us prepare our speeches but forget to prepare ourselves.  Miriam shows you how to do this, how to take command of yourself so you can confidently command the space when you speak.  This isn't something you learn in Public Speaking 101.  I recommend this class highly!
	- Jane M. Antonio Corporate Compliance & Ethics Program Manager Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
	Miriam creates an intimate classroom atmosphere providing for interactive learning and allowing us to open up to give and accept critical feedback. Through the encouragement of my classmates I was able to ultimately improve my speech and in turn strengthen my confidence as a speaker. I enjoyed both our general discussion of public speaking and the more detailed scrutiny of our daily speech. I recommend this class for everyone, ranging from the novice speaker seeking to alleviate the angst of public speaking to the experienced professional seeking to fine tune his/her speaking skills. As I have learned from this class, there is always room for improvement and improvement can only be attained through practice, practice, and practice.
	-Heidi Alexander The Center for Women and Enterprise
	This workshop made a big difference in my career growth and personal development. It focuses on exactly what the participants' needs are as opposed to having a strict predetermined curriculum. I found it very enjoyable even though I registered to work on some very uncomfortable issues. The class lays the foundation of strengths that can be built upon with continuous practice. It is a work in progress and after this class I feel ready to continue!
	-Natasha Dyachenko MetLife
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