You can be exceptionally good at what you do and still be overlooked. Expertise cannot open doors if nobody hears it.

I know that gap personally. I was a childhood stutterer, and speaking was the thing I avoided.

Then came a job I wanted — a great one — and it required speaking in front of hundreds of people. To have the future I wanted, I had to overcome my fear. I did.

Speaking became how I built my business and reached stages around the world. I have lived the transformation I now teach.

Here is what makes the difference: I am not a speaker giving advice about speaking. I am a Certified Master Trainer and instructional designer. Advice tells you what to do. Training builds what you can do.

For more than 30 years I have been an international speaker and trainer — teaching, training, and transforming audiences worldwide.

I have led training organizations at Gilead Sciences, Scios, and Barnett Educational Services, and built workforce development programs for corporate and nonprofit organizations. 

 I held faculty positions at the University of California, Berkeley; the University of California, Santa Cruz; and San Francisco State University, and today teach executive presence to graduate students at Rutgers Health.

Speakers aren’t born. They’re built. That is what this Academy exists to do.

— Liz Wool, Founder, Public Speaking & Presentation Pros Academy℠

Speak Up. Stand Out. Move Forward.℠