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Speaking Coach, Interactive Motivational Speaker, Corporate Team Building thru Improvisation, San Diego (though available everywhere) Public Speaking Expert

* Milo `The Improv Guy` Shapiro * Quick Facts

Main Areas: Public Speaking, Speaking Coach, Motivational Speaker, Team Building, Improvisation
Best Sellers: Public Speaking: Get A's Not Zzzzzz's - A Fun and Helpful Guide to Being Prepared Polished and Powerful, The Worst Days Make The Best Stories
Career Focus: Speaking Coach, Interactive Motivation Speaker, Corporate Team Builder, Professional Improviser
Affiliation: IMPROVentures, National Speakers Association, International Federation of Professional Speakers, American Society of Training and Development, Speaker Source of San Diego

Public Speaking Coach Milo Shapiro

Working with individuals on improving almost any aspectof their ability to speak in public. Aspects we've worked on include:

- Better use of vocal variety
- Handling Q&A with grace
- Adding humor to a presentation
- Being 'bigger" to hold interest
- Making a script more personal without losing facts
- Developing a stronger opening to gain initial interest
- Minding posture and voice
- Reworking Powerpoint to your advantage

Author of the book "Public Speaking: Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's", available through www.IMPROVentures.com.

Milo is available on this topic as a coach, as a keynote speaker ABOUT speaking, or in a training format for staff. He is San Diego based, but handles national clients through travel, Skype, telephone, and video submissions.

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Motivational Speaking Experience at IMPROVentures

As a motivational speaker, Milo's keynotes are a great fit for groups from 20-500. The
stories are fun and inspirational and there's a large section in the
middle where even a large audience gets to play a few games with the
people around them...right from their seats.

Milo's best featured work deals with our relationship with risk and how our mindset can stand in the way of going with the flow and adapting. He uses the improv games to help attendees see this side of themselves...while they're having fun!

We even have a
program where a duo or trio of improvisers come and perform ten improv
games that prove ten business points -- like on sales or management or
teamwork -- creating a fresh show each time that also hits home with
its message.Just a few of the organizations Milo has spoken to:

Wellpoint/BlueCross
Minolta
Southwest Airlines
Hilton Hotels
Wells Fargo
Meeting Professionals Int'l
Kaiser Permanente
Project Management Institute
Association of Women In Science
Amer. Soc. of Training and Development

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Team Building with Improv - Experience at IMPROVentures

TEAMprovising is our most interactive program where your group is led
through a variety of games for 1 to 6 hours as a team building event
that also enhances creativity, communication, and commitment. Best for groups from 8 to 30 people, but larger options can be considered. Sometimes, the best choice for larger groups is to blend a keynote with teambuilding in an lengthened version of Milo's most popular speech: `You Gotta Fail...To Succeed!`

Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from * Milo `The Improv Guy` Shapiro *

We are improvising all day long as we switch gears, answer the phone to such varied people, and reacting to statements we didn't expect. Training the brain to handle new directions can make the difference between looking sharp or looking into the oncoming headlights.

Improv is a great place to work on what Milo has trademarked as "The 5 C's of Teamwork": Creativity, Cooperation, Communication, Community, and Commitment". The games he shares each reinforce at least one of these.

Getting Started With * Milo `The Improv Guy` Shapiro *

Whether you think improv might interesting for teambuilding or...

you want a fun and interesting speaker to light up a conference or...

you want to see improvement in your public speaking delivery (or your own...)

check out www.IMPROVentures.com where we have info, video, testimonials and more.

The website includes a free preview of the first 17 pages of Milo Shapiro's book, "Public Speaking: Get A's, Not Zzzzzz's" (A fun and helpful guide to being prepared, polished, and powerful). Check out this enlightening PDF at no cost to see if the book appeals to you.