Speaking anxiety holds many people back from applying for promotions, sharing their expertise, meeting new people, and taking advantage of opportunities in love, life, and career.

The good news is that this is a solvable problem. With more than 1,500 stage presentations under her belt, author and keynote speaker Cara Hale Alter has first-hand experience with managing nervousness. She addresses the topic with warmth and humor (and some humiliation), and, along the way, offers practical, real-world solutions for bringing speaking anxiety under control.

Relying on 20 years of research, Cara has a deep understanding of how nonverbal communication shapes the perception of leadership presence. She literally wrote the book on projecting credibility and confidence: the critically acclaimed The Credibility Code. In workshops, she’s known for delivering precision feedback with warmth and humor. On stage, she’s an energetic and compelling presenter, having won numerous national awards for public speaking.

As founder and president of SpeechSkills, Cara has provided training to some of the world’s best-known companies, including Allianz, Caterpillar, eBay, Gap Inc., Google, IDEO, and Williams-Sonoma. A guest lecturer at UC Berkeley, Harvard University, Stanford University, and UC Hastings College of Law, Cara has also worked with numerous top-100 law firms, including DLA Piper, Morgan Lewis, O’Melveny & Myers, and White & Case. She is a frequent media resource, appearing in Forbes.com, The Globe and Mail, USA Today, and countless other media outlets.

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