This Moved Me

  Scott Voss - high school speech coach and teacher, reading specialist, comedian, writer, meaning-maker and generally awesome human. He was my speech coach way back in the day, and was formative in my approach as a coach, and my belief in myself as a speaker! Scott - along with his fellow nationally-acclaimed coaches - has developed and taught hundreds (yes, hundreds) of national speech competitors. On the show today, Scott brings his telltale humor, storytelling and wisdom that I benefitted from as a high school student, and that I am so glad to be sharing with you today.

  Erin Walsh - parenting expert, brainiac, speaker and writer - brings to the conversation today her thoughtful, humble and honest approach to how she overcome her own fear of public speaking - because she’s so passionate about sharing the message. Most importantly, Erin masterfully marries the depth and smarts of the content with the need for narrative and emotion. She herself embodies this idea, and brings herself fully to the process and art of speaking. 

 Elise Robinson - theater director, writer, blogger, teacher, and general smarty-pants - brings to the conversation her witty and joyful mix of academia and traditional theater into the context of “communication.” In true Elise form, she references Peter Brook’s concept of “deadly” and “holy” theater - and shares with us some delightful and transformative moments.  (Which happens to include several references to the charm and brilliance of Brits - and Patrick Stewart - twice.) 

Scott Zimmer first got into public speaking by talking with students about personal safety on behalf of the Jacob Wetterling Foundation. He quickly realized that he loved speaking in front of people - not only because it was fun (even when talking about difficult things), but because he wanted to provide tangible take aways that could really help people. Now Scott is a keynote speaker at Bridgeworks, an organization that speaks about generations in the workplace, where he brings his GenX humor, knowledge and confidence - the ingredients to handling any speaking challenge that comes your way!

 Rita Boersma is a writer, speaking coach, performer, improvisor, playwright, speaker… ETC.! Her work as a speaker and coach at Youth Frontiers over the past decade - along with her work as an improvisor at HUGE Theater and ComedySportz - has helped her define and own the idea of “story truth,” believing - like Tim O’Brien - that it’s even more important than “happening truth.”  

A short introduction to This Moved Me, a weekly podcast about the art of public speaking, because a good talk can move the world!  With Sally Koering Zimney - a speaker, performer and presentation coach - whose zest and curiosity about what moves us as humans brings these ideas to light in a casual, fun and thoughtful way.