Conquering Public Speaking
That knot in your stomach before public speaking isn't a character flaw — it's a physiological response that you can learn to control. Learn the science-backed tips & tricks that calm the nerves and polish your performance.
In this course, you'll retrain your body's reaction to stress, channel nervous energy into focus, and project confidence under pressure. Drawing from performance psychology and behavioral science, Conquering Public Speaking reveals how to transform fear into strength and uncertainty into presence.
You'll learn how to reprogram your fear response, convert adrenaline into clarity and command, and use tone, pacing, and body language to strengthen your presence. You'll craft messages that engage and resonate, while learning to connect with your audience through authentic delivery and real-time awareness.
We'll also explore how to adapt your delivery across settings — whether you're briefing senior leadership, speaking to a large audience, or presenting virtually. Through guided practice, you'll learn how to structure openings that command attention, handle questions with confidence, and recover seamlessly from mistakes.
By the end of this course, you'll have the skills you need to communicate with poise, precision, and confidence — owning the room instead of surviving it.
This course is taught by Melinda Milheim, JD, who has spent thirty years studying the science of human behavior — how people read one another, build trust, and move others to act — across behavioral science, persuasion research, body language, and negotiation. She's not just a student of it; she practices it daily as an award-winning instructor, featured speaker, and content creator who has carried her message from the stage to the mic to the screen. She draws on her law degree and MBA studies, and on the work of the field's best communicators, to translate what makes communication land into skills you can use the moment you leave the room. She is also the author of the forthcoming book Powder Keg: The Science & Strategy of Successful Negotiations.
Best for: anyone who talks to others in person, on the phone, or on camera. Public speaking happens anytime you speak up — in a meeting, on a call, or giving an update to your team. It's sales pitches, speeches, and delivering information in a boardroom too. It's the big events, and the small ones. If you talk to others, this course is for you.
Format: Half-day course, delivered in person or virtually, 4 CLPs / 0.4 CEU. Phoenix Canyon issues every attendee a certificate of completion documenting the training hours as well as CEUs and CLPs earned, which employers may count toward Continuous Learning or Professional Development requirements at their discretion.
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Unspoken: The Hidden Power of Body Language for Leaders — Imagine walking into any room and instantly knowing the truth —who’s on your side, who’s resistant, and who’s ready to be persuaded.
Invisible Strings: The Subtle Science of Influence — True influence is subtle. The most influential person is rarely the loudest, and often not the one in charge. Learn the science of influence, and how to control the invisible strings that shape the room.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.
That knot in your stomach before public speaking isn't a character flaw — it's a physiological response that you can learn to control. Learn the science-backed tips & tricks that calm the nerves and polish your performance.
In this course, you'll retrain your body's reaction to stress, channel nervous energy into focus, and project confidence under pressure. Drawing from performance psychology and behavioral science, Conquering Public Speaking reveals how to transform fear into strength and uncertainty into presence.
You'll learn how to reprogram your fear response, convert adrenaline into clarity and command, and use tone, pacing, and body language to strengthen your presence. You'll craft messages that engage and resonate, while learning to connect with your audience through authentic delivery and real-time awareness.
We'll also explore how to adapt your delivery across settings — whether you're briefing senior leadership, speaking to a large audience, or presenting virtually. Through guided practice, you'll learn how to structure openings that command attention, handle questions with confidence, and recover seamlessly from mistakes.
By the end of this course, you'll have the skills you need to communicate with poise, precision, and confidence — owning the room instead of surviving it.
This course is taught by Melinda Milheim, JD, who has spent thirty years studying the science of human behavior — how people read one another, build trust, and move others to act — across behavioral science, persuasion research, body language, and negotiation. She's not just a student of it; she practices it daily as an award-winning instructor, featured speaker, and content creator who has carried her message from the stage to the mic to the screen. She draws on her law degree and MBA studies, and on the work of the field's best communicators, to translate what makes communication land into skills you can use the moment you leave the room. She is also the author of the forthcoming book Powder Keg: The Science & Strategy of Successful Negotiations.
Best for: anyone who talks to others in person, on the phone, or on camera. Public speaking happens anytime you speak up — in a meeting, on a call, or giving an update to your team. It's sales pitches, speeches, and delivering information in a boardroom too. It's the big events, and the small ones. If you talk to others, this course is for you.
Format: Half-day course, delivered in person or virtually, 4 CLPs / 0.4 CEU. Phoenix Canyon issues every attendee a certificate of completion documenting the training hours as well as CEUs and CLPs earned, which employers may count toward Continuous Learning or Professional Development requirements at their discretion.
You might also consider
Signals: Mastering the Skills of Powerful Communicators— Great communicators make it look effortless. It isn't — it's a skill, and every piece of it can be taught. Learn to command any room, call, or camera.
Unspoken: The Hidden Power of Body Language for Leaders — Imagine walking into any room and instantly knowing the truth —who’s on your side, who’s resistant, and who’s ready to be persuaded.
Invisible Strings: The Subtle Science of Influence — True influence is subtle. The most influential person is rarely the loudest, and often not the one in charge. Learn the science of influence, and how to control the invisible strings that shape the room.
Pricing is set per engagement. Contact Phoenix Canyon to request a quote.