Time to Shine Podcast : Public speaking | Communication skills | Storytelling

Alessandra Cimatti is a Marketing Consultant, Presentation Designer, and Social Media Coach. Based in Milano, Italy, she has 25+ years of experience in a variety of management roles in multinational IT companies such as IBM, 3Com and USRobotics. The most typical mistakes in company presentations 1. No clear structure and flow. Hard to follow. 2. […]

Kin Tue-Fee is a very experienced speaker, coach and author, originally from beautiful Mauritius and based in Ottawa, Canada. Kin is author of two books: “Become your best – Principles of personal management and development” and “Putting People First – A personal approach to management and leadership”. Long time member of Toastmasters International. His stage […]

André Noel Chaker is an award-winning public speaker, writer, entrepreneur and business executive. Canadian born based in Helsinki, he has published five books, and his latest one–“The Finnish Miracle”–has become a best-seller in Finland. TEDxSemesteratSea speaker 2014. His stage fright moment When was still a student at Law School, André worked part time performing “singing […]

Timo Sorri is a presentation designer who helps people turn their ideas into compelling and understandable visual stories. Based in Helsinki, he is founder and owner of Havain, a company specialized in designing business presentations and also offers training in the subject. Author of the Presentaatioiden Pelikirja -blog (the Playbook of Presentations). Member of Toastmasters […]

Estève Pannetier is a consultant, trainer and ritual designer based in Helsinki. He has been TEDx Turku speaker in 2013. Currently he is a very active advocator of the GreenBlueRed communication framework. The world needs more communication, not more knoledge The problem is not having enough knowledge but how to communicate and share the knowledge […]

Mette Højen is a rhetoric expert and keynote speaker based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is also professional trumpet player and very interested in conductors’ rhetoric and leadership. Lifetime best opening Opening for Mette’s keynote speech “Emotions” at PSA World Conference (New York, May 2014): “There is a powerful moment just before a classical concert is […]

David Gelkin is a public speaker, actor and serial entrepreneur. He is also a Toastmaster, and currently serves as Division G Governor (Nordics) 2014-2015 for Toastmasters International. He has written the book “Financial Freedom from 499 Euro”. His stage fright moment Haven’t had yet, but he gets nervous and has butterflies in the stomach just […]

Antonio Meza is a consultant, trainer and coach, specialized in Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and therefore in storytelling. He is also a cartoonist and illustrator, currently involved in live sketching. Member of Toastmasters International since 2012. He is lately organizing webinars too. His stage fright moment When he was a kid he had to deliver a […]

Julie Kertesz is today a storyteller, keynote speaker, photographer and stand-up comedian. She started stand-up comedy at 77 years old. She is also a Toastmaster, awarded as DTM (Distinguished Toastmaster). Julie currently serves as Division K Governor (UK South) 2014-2015 for Toastmasters International. PhD in Physico Chemistry. Julie writes her diary since she was 10. […]

Florian Mueck is a corporate trainer for communication seminars, keynote speaker and presentation coach. Author of two books “The Seven Minute Star” and “PlusPlus”. Toastmaster since 2005. TEDx speaker 2010. In 2012 he introduced Rhetoric — The Public Speaking Game. His best opener “I am sorry, I’m super sorry, I’m super extremely sorry… But I […]

Jerzy Zientkowski is a public speaker and coach. He is founder and owner of speakerslair.pl a coaching company, which organizes workshops, coaching sessions and helps clients with business presentations. He has nearly 20 years of experience in IT field, working for small and big companies. Jerzy currently has 100+ speaking appearances per year and has […]

Garry has over twenty years of experience as public speaker. He is Chairman of British and Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce in Finland. He has large experience as communications coach. He has advocated the cause of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) for more than two decades at European and Commonwealth levels. Lifetime best opener During […]

Oili is a speaker and communications trainer. This year she published the book “Loista Puhujana” (Shine as Speaker). She runs her own company “Will et Way” and has a web magazine Puhetyö (Speechwork). She is also a Toastmaster.   “Loista Puhujana” (2014) Her first book in public speaking, which translates in English as “Shine as […]