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Doug Staneart

Doug Staneart is the CEO of The Leader's Institute. LLC and founder of the Fearless Presentations class. He is author of Fearless Presentations, Mastering Presentations, and 28 Ways to Influence People.

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Online Training Best Practices that Supports Your In-Person Training Sessions Podcasts, presentation skills

So how do you create an online training course that people don’t hate? Six months ago, we set out to recreate the online version of The Fearless Presentations ® Course. To be blunt, when we started, I just assumed that we would just update the videos of the old version, make it look prettier, and…

2019 March Public Speaking Class in Las Vegas
2019 March Public Speaking Class in Las Vegas Has the Luck of the Irish Past Fearless Presentations ® Classes

In the dazzling lights of Sin City, six people rolled the dice on their public speaking fears. They didn’t need the luck of the Irish, though. They registered for our public speaking class in Las Vegas. In doing so, these brave souls discovered a pot of gold that wasn’t at the end of a rainbow….

2019 March Public Speaking Class in Houston Texas
2019 March Public Speaking Class in Houston Texas Past Fearless Presentations ® Classes

We have a “bakers dozen” new fearless presenters in Houston, Texas! I had fun working with a big group of people in a recent public speaking class in Houston, Texas. The group was so big, that we had to rent out a room at the airport DoubleTree to fit everyone in! Just as and FYI,…

Why Do I Still Get Nervous When I Speak?
Why Do I Still Get Nervous When I Speak in Public? Podcasts, presentation skills

I was teaching a presentation skills class in Houston this week. I had two separate participants pull me aside at two separate breaks and ask the same exact question… “Why do I still get nervous when I speak in public?” This question is very common (both during a presentation class, and sometimes, even afterward). When…

10 Biggest Public Speaking Mistakes
What Not to do During a Presentation-10 Biggest Public Speaking Mistakes Free Public Speaking Tips, Podcasts

Want to know what not to do during a presentation? Well, below are 10 of the biggest public speaking mistakes that presenters make. Use it as a checklist…

How to Persuade Your Audience
How to Persuade Your Audience in Five Minutes (or Less). Free Public Speaking Tips, Podcasts

I was doing article research this week, and I came across a statement by a world-renowned public speaking coach that made me stop dead in my tracks. This coach was answering the question, “If I’ve only got five minutes for a speech, how do I get my key points across in an interesting way?” The…