IF PUBLIC SPEAKERS WERE SUPERHEROES, WHAT WOULD THEIR SUPERPOWERS BE? AND, COULD YOU DEVELOP THOSE SUPERPOWERS YOURSELF? Author Carma Spence asked these questions of dozens and dozens of speakers and discovered the answer was, "Yes!" Three out of every four people suffer from speech anxiety, and research suggests that people who don’t confront and overcome that fear are less successful in their careers and lives. However, people often look at successful speakers as superheroes with superpowers they, as mere mortals, could never possess. Drawing from extensive research and interviews with business and professional speakers, Public Speaking Super Powers will show you how to: * Turn your public speaking fear on its ear * Develop the skills needed to be a success on the stage * Master techniques like a superhero speaker Unleash your inner Public Speaking Superhero and communicate your message with confidence starting today!
Author
I have been a storyteller all my life. I showed an aptitude for writing at an early age. My first attempts were in fiction at the tender age of 4. And then in the 4th Grade, my teacher (bless her heart) pulled me aside one day after school and told me I should really consider a career in writing. I took those words to heart and they have sustained me when the going got rough. In college, while earning a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, I discovered science writing and went on to pursue a Master's degree in Journalism specializing in this area. I built a career in science and health marketing communications and public relations for more than 20 years, plying my craft to communicate complex topics to a lay audience. Once I ventured out on my own, I started dabbling in book-length nonfiction. My first two books where cookbooks. I followed those with two books about online marketing. And, finally, my fifth book, now available for pre-sale wherever books are sold, is about public speaking. But on the side, my fiction and poetry have always been where my heart is. My fiction work gravitates toward the fantastic. I like to write stories that involve space travel, supernatural beings or faerie creatures. Even those that don’t, often have a surreal or unusual bent. I wrote my first short fiction sometime before I turned a two-digit age. It was pretty bad, but you have to start somewhere. I maintain an eclectic assortment of blogs for which I write educational content, review books, and host podcasts. You can find my blogs here: Public Speaking: PublicSpeakingSuperPowers.com Business and Mindset Topics: CarmaSpence.com Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Related Travel: The Genre Traveler Cooking and Food: CarmasCookery.com Fiction, Poetry, and Random Thoughts: CarmaSpenceWriter.com History and Sociology of Science Fiction: YesterYearsFuture.com In addition, I co-host a science fiction film review video podcast with my husband at C2SciFi.com.
