Mike is a professor at UT Dallas with a history in comedy, public speaking, theater acting, and improv. He has officiated weddings, written for Medium.com on topics of psychology, parenting, politics, and is a girl dad.
Bring in Mike for lunch & learn events or for your conference, keynote, or educator speaker series. It's sure to be fun, interesting, interactive, and thought provoking!
Mike has spoken to all different age groups, municipal workers, healthcare organizations, school groups, and professional associations.
2 topics · no fee, no honorarium, no mileage
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In a post COVID world many are dealing with speech anxiety. Not sure how to clean up your slides and make your presentation stand out? Are you working on a speech for work, school, or your association? As a current professor in communication studies, I have worked with students on making themselves the best speakers of the room. Speech anxiety is common and often terrifying, so how do we approach a presentation if we are hardcore nervous and/or trying to impress important people in the audience?
This presentation gives great action tips, tricks, and tools to make your next speech better than all the others in your room. This is no-nonsense, fun, interesting, and promotes the mindset needed to become the best presenter you can be!
Learn about positive Psychology from the perspective of a communication studies professor at UT Dallas. What is the relationship between one's happiness and our family, hobbies, and daily activities / work life? Are we obligated to be happy? Is happiness merely an emotional state... or something more? This program shares psychology data, stories, and often Mike's experiences as an educator on why happiness should be at the forefront of your daily activity and mindset.
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