Meet Megan McCaleb

Use public speaking skills to become a compelling and inspiring leader that people will WANT to follow -

Here's 10 reasons you can stand out as a captivating presenter in the office and way beyond:

10. Public speaking helps business leaders effectively communicate their vision and ideas to employees, customers, and investors.

9. It builds credibility and establishes trust with stakeholders, which is essential for business success.

8. Public speaking enhances a leader's ability to inspire and motivate their team, leading to increased productivity and employee engagement.

7. It allows business leaders to share their expertise and thought leadership within their industry, positioning them as a thought leader.

6. Public speaking helps leaders navigate challenging situations and overcome obstacles by effectively communicating their strategies.

5. It boosts confidence and presence, which are crucial for making a lasting impression on audiences.

4. Public speaking helps business leaders expand their network and build valuable relationships with potential partners and clients.

3. It enhances a leader's ability to pitch ideas and stand out as you make career moves.

2. Public speaking allows business leaders to showcase their company's brand and values, helping to attract and retain customers.

1. It differentiates business leaders from their competitors, showcasing their unique perspective and expertise in a crowded marketplace.

Simply put - if you have a message you need to relay, be it to your teams on the daily at work and client meetings with key decision makers OR you have big objectives to take your industry to the stage to create a movement...

Public speaking skills are absolutely paramount.

What are the toughest conversations you need to have?

Where do you NEED to be able to inspire people to take action?

It's in these areas that matter most that I get SO excited about serving leaders. Helping Chief Executives to inspire, and MOVE their audiences.

And - as an award-winning comedian, I've got some extra skills to pack a punch because if there's one thing I've learned on stage - it's that if you can make people laugh, you can make people listen.

Hey! I’m Megan McCaleb -

🎤 Speaker Coach for High-Achieving Business Leaders
📣 Communication Expert/CEO Improv Team Culture
📓Award-winning Author & Award-winning Comedian

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I would rather share a LOT and risk people thinking it’s TMI than NOT sharing enough and risk other people feeling alone in their experience.

Stop talking about it and start BEING about it.

One of the most COMMON excuses I hear from people who want to get into speaking is that they don't think they have time and they want to realize this big dream "someday."

One thing I have learned for myself is, that until I create the time and make the necessary changes to re-prioritize in my own life, things don't just suddenly open up to where I have all this FREE time to dive into my dreams.

I'm going to shake things up in the world of masterclasses and show you how accessible these shifts can be if you are SERIOUS about using speaking to become a better leader, to grow your business, and to create an impact with your message and skills.

Join me for just 22 mins and I'll show you what I mean.

Everyone you come in contact with, personally and professionally, will benefit from YOU finally standing up to take action and stand OUT as a leader in your field.

And most importantly - YOU will be transformed when YOU start making the decisions to serve your own growth instead of waiting for the "someday" that may never come.

See you there.

In comedy and in public speaking it’s CRITICAL to record yourself any chance you get and then...dare I say it...WATCH the footage.

It’s brutal.

And, it’s the BEST way to improve your skills quickly...

IF -

You are willing to be honest with yourself about what is working and what needs to be improved.

Don’t like the way your voice sounds? Practice with tone, pace, and vocal range.

Don’t like your ticks? STOP DOING THEM... and replace them with a NEW physicality, motion, or hand positioning.

If you want to become a powerful, influential, memorable speaker, you MUST take accountability for yourself and do things differently than you have been.

Friends - some of you have been speaking for a long time, or present for work regularly and they are CHECKED OUT and lose interest because your talks lack stories, simple/compelling visuals, and the connection to THEM that is required for the audience to care.

It isn’t about YOU.

Yet, if you focus on how YOU can be better, you will become the talk of the conference because you leveled up and made all your stories, skills, and stage time about THEM.

Hey! I’m Megan McCaleb -
🎤 Speaker Coach for High-Achieving Business Leaders
📣 Communication Expert/CEO Improv Team Culture
📓Award-winning Author & Award-winning Comedian

Like what I share?
🔔 Follow for more
📩 DM me to plan a workshop for your team or to book me to speak

Men in leadership, (let's be honest...this is ALL of you in some capacity...)

Speaking on stage and sharing your personal stories MAY or MAY NOT be an end goal for you.

HOWEVER - knowing your stories, strengths, skills AND being honest about your shortcomings, fears, or roadblocks WILL help you to become a captivating, trustworthy, and impactful communicator.

I'm doing a MEN ONLY virtual speaker training cohort (for up to 8 fellas) and you will leave the experience as the 10.0 version of yourself (if you are willing to DO the work.)

If you are wondering WHY speaking skills are so vital for your success, here's a top ten list you can chew on:

10. Public speaking helps business leaders effectively communicate their vision and ideas to employees, customers, and investors.

9. It builds credibility and establishes trust with stakeholders, which is essential for business success.

8. Public speaking enhances a leader's ability to inspire and motivate their team, leading to increased productivity and employee engagement.

7. It allows skillful sharing their expertise and thought leadership within their industry, positioning them as a thought leader.

6. Public speaking helps leaders navigate challenging situations and overcome obstacles by effectively communicating their strategies.

5. It boosts confidence and presence, which are crucial for making a lasting impression on audiences.

4. Public speaking helps business leaders expand their network and build valuable relationships with potential partners and clients.

3. It enhances a leader's ability to pitch ideas and secure funding from investors and stakeholders.

2. Public speaking allows business leaders to showcase their company's brand and values, helping to attract and retain customers.

1. It helps YOU to stand out as a collaborator, a builder, a connector, and part of the SOLUTION to work and life's BIGGEST challenges.

Message me to snag your spot for this life-changing experience.

Testimonial, hot off the DM from a client who was the opening keynote for a conference yesterday:

“When people stopped afterwards and thanked me for a great presentation, I asked them what was their biggest take-away or what they liked about it, every time someone would say something, in my head I was like: “yip - Megan coached me to do that, or yip, I’ve got Megan to thank for that...” Thanks!!! Best investment I ever made for my business was to work with you.”

If you are someone who desires to take your story to the stage to grow your business or you are already a speaker and you want to go from good to HOLY CRAP AMAZING...I got you.

Why in the heck would I put a start date for a brand new group training for an ultra-special men-only speaker cohort smack at the start of summertime?

Honestly?

I can’t imagine a better time to gather people who are excited about their dreams and give them simple tools, focused mindset strategies, and resources to help them as they cast their vision and prepare to FINALLY use speaking as a way to stand out as a visionary and a leader with impact.

The Ovation speaker training kicks off here in a couple weeks and you'll direct virtual coaching with me and a dynamic group of other high-achieving fellas.

We spend so much of our life trying to find time to REST and RECOUP from the current grind.

It's hard to believe there is another way.

This summer, enjoy the time with your friends and loved ones, while getting a turbo boost on the transformational journey of elevating your business through speaking.

If you are ready to fast track the process of harnessing your professional expertise and your life experience into a defined and refined signature message, along with the tools to deliver it all in a captivating, influential way, this is the way.

By this time next year...you could be rolling into the sunshine-y summer with an ENTIRELY different energy.

Shoot me a note to see if it's the right fit for you.

(Or, if you know someone who could really thrive as a leader with better speaking skills, send this their way!)

The smells, the feelings, the vibes of the moment when YOU were in an experience that transformed you can bring your story to life and draw in your audience because they can relate to a time where they felt the same type of thing.

Gah! Storytelling is such a necessary tool to captivate your audience as a business leader, as a business owner, and as a high-achieving individual who wants to leave a positive legacy.

PLUS - learning HOW to tell your story in a way that helps you to create meaningful connections as you build your business is just SO. MUCH. FUN.

Hey! I’m Megan McCaleb -
🎤 Speaker Coach for High-Achieving Business Leaders
📣 Communication Expert/CEO
📓Award-winning Author & Award-winning Comedian

Like what I share?
🔔 Follow for more
📩 DM me to plan a workshop for your team or to book me to speak

Men. This is for you.

If you are a leader in the organization you work for, or run your own company and you need to communicate directives and presentations, represent your business or brand at events, or hope to inspire teams to take action, you NEED to become a better speaker.

Scratch that. You need to become an INCREDIBLE speaker.

The way we communicate is EVERYTHING.

The way you speak can either EXPAND your initiatives or leave your message in the mix of every other mediocre presentation.

Or worse - people will have felt uncomfortable, awkward, or just plain BORED when you were speaking.

I believe we all have incredible personal stories and valuable skills to teach others. Business isn’t just about what you sell, it’s about the story you tell...of a better life; a better WAY to live.

I’m looking for 8 men in leadership capacity who either already speak/present regularly, or know that speaking is on the horizon, (ready or not!)

You’ll work with me directly, alongside this cohort of other men, who are ready to rise to the challenge to become a tranformational speaker who drives business forward and creates lasting impact and POSITIVE influence.

My brothers, we need you. We need you to shine a bright spotlight onto the brilliant strength that IS the sleeping giant of vulnerability.

Men - Even if you think you are already a good speaker. I can show you how to become REMARKABLE.

Friends - please share this with the man that just popped into your mind who you KNOW would be a great fit for working with me because you can already see the potential he may not realize yet.

My life before "Yes, And" --

I was working as a bank manager, and that meant I often got to handle the difficult customer situations.

I dreaded conflict.

I would absorb the negativity of customer and feel flustered and defeated.

Sometimes, that negative experience would spill over onto other customer interactions because I was so frustrated with what happened and I wasn't able to serve the following customers joyfully or be as present and aware with my team.

I was letting a negative interaction dominate me, and it was because I didn't have the right tool to navigate POSITIVELY and PRODUCTIVELY in the face of conflict.

I would be on the defense ("Yeah, But") in these conversations, because, after all, it wasn't the bank's fault they overdrew their account!

Everything changed when I learned "Yes, And."

By taking improv classes for a fun personal outlet, I learned tools that transformed me professionally.

I learned how to turn "Yeah, But" conflicts into "Yes, And" solutions.

Using YES to acknowledge someone, particularly when they are angry or sharing an opinion different from yours is the first step. It gives them validation for their feelings and let's them know you hear them EVEN when you don't AGREE with them.

AND, is the action to move towards solution. What are the options? How can we WORK TOGETHER to navigate out of this discomfort.

I began using "Yes, And":

- to diffuse heated situations.
- to be more effective in managing my team meetings and communications.
- to be strategic in delegating tasks.
- to increase MY emotional intelligence, one human interaction at a time.
- to finally recognize where conflict was hiding in my life when I hadn't been able to identify it before, even when I felt something was "off."
- to be a more active participant in my own life and career.

This is a taste of WHY I am so incredibly passionate about IMPROV.

If you are ready to level up your leadership and bring cohesive collaboration to your team dynamic, let's talk as before you plan your next team event.

YEStimonial!

My client went from a feeling that there was something more for her message; for her professional growth, to having a defined and refined signature speech to share in front of a LIVE audience in less than 4 months.

Inside my signature speaker programs, I teach my clients how to harvest the relevant stories from their experience and merge them with the brilliant lessons that they teach others so they can step onto stages as the authority in their industries.

Like most of my clients, she knew there is power in becoming a speaker, but struggled with knowing WHERE to start, connecting the dots of story flow, and wondering if she could REALLY do this.

Don’t push off your ambitious daydreams of being in the spotlight.

If you KNOW you are meant to do more with your message and need clarity on the first (or the 6th or 12th) step, we can work together to equip you with the blueprint to create a speaking platform where you can shine, change lives, and THRIVE.

PRO TIP: It’s okay to borrow the confidence that others have in you while you gather the tools to fuel your own.

Performing improv and stand-up comedy has, by far, been one of the best teachers for me when it comes to public speaking. Humor has the power to connect or divide people and you learn REAL quick how you are doing in that type of environment.

It’s terrifying and yet...oddly addictive to put yourself, and your ideas out there in such a candid way.

One of the things that sets my speaker coaching apart is that I get to pull back the curtain on the mechanics of humor, effective improv insights, and comedy in general when to give you an edge in how you can elevate your ability to connect in a positive way, and make a bigger impact because people actually FEEL good when they are listening to you speak.

We must heal ourselves so we can help to heal the world. ❤️‍🩹

Our stories and experiences have forged us into the person we are today. For better or worse! We often attach a lot of meaning to our stories or cling to the pain unintentionally because that is what is normal for us.

We can let it go. We can look back on the biggest challenges or pain points of our lives and transform them into something that can be used to help and heal ourselves.

As we grieve, grow, and let go, that healed version of us can bring so much light into the lives of everyone we interact with. 🙏🏻

“That’s life.”

That’s life?!? Ick. Those two words are so dismissive and discouraging.

Not long ago, someone I adore told me that something I truly desire is unrealistic and went on to tell me, several times, “that’s life,” while explaining to me why it is unrealistic.

I think that’s the first time I’ve ever actually been told that! That something I am specifically building into my life strategy is unrealistic.

And honestly I keep thinking about it.

“That’s life” is just about the biggest “Yeah, but” there ever was, and that’s not how I live my life.

And I certainly didn’t get to this point and go through what I’ve experienced so far to just lower the intensity and scope of what I desire most from this life.

Sometimes “Yes, And” is a tool we must use to accept something or someone for what/who they are and determine if they are compatible with our trajectory.

You cannot force someone to “Yes, And” with you. When you know how it works you can only lean into it so you can find your fellow “Yes, Anders” (including moments that YOU need to be it) more easily.

If you find yourself feeling limited or like your dreams are unrealistic, let’s have a chat!

I’ve climbed literal and figurative mountains in my life and I’ll tell ya, there is room for more of us at the top together.

Wishing you all the strength and the wisdom to say YES to yourself AND don’t stop until you get what your heart desires.

Even if you are a seasoned leader in your field, you are missing the mark on creating REAL impact within your industry if you are an unpolished (or down right CRAPPY) speaker.

And worse, depending on your position in the company and general rapport you have with your team, you may THINK you are doing great because no one is comfy enough to tell you how you could improve. (Even though they are most certainly talking about it to each other…YIKES.)

I hang around at EVERY event that I speak at to see what other people are doing, and my friends, some of you who are the MOST tenured folks in your business are just absolutely cringe-worthy on stage.

There, I said it.

📣 You have TOO much boring jargon/text/self-serving imagery in your slides.

📣 You talk TOO much about YOUR experience and strong opinions without sharing stories and insights that draw the audience in, thus feeling like the story is about US (which is where impact happens.)

📣 Even when you are talking about yourself, you are MISSING THE GOOD stuff. You are skipping the good parts of your personal stories, feelings, and moments of transformation that made YOU the person you are today.

I could go on.

I think you are getting the point.

If you are an industry expert, why not learn to present for meetings, for big promotions, or as a rep for your company at big conferences in a way that keeps people engaged, activated, and rising in ovation as you leave them transformed into better people than when you stepped onto the stage?

Ugh. I’m tired of trying to say all this nicely.

To make IMPACT and be a true influence for good, you MUST become a great speaker.

And if you can be ready with a polished video of you speaking, headshots that actually look like present-day you, and a kick-@$$ signature message and defined deliverables, you can catapult your credibility and be an agent for change instead of another run-of-the-mill talking head that only inspires more caffiene for your checked-out audience.

Transform those yawns into hell-yeahs.

Message me IMPACT to learn about the launchpad that is waiting for you to become a captivating speaker.

As you plan your next team event, leadership retreat, or want to infuse your current in-house training options, I am telling you, improv is where it’s at. (This is also why I am so obsessed with infusing improv into my speaker training.)

I get the most incredible feedback like this every time. People each identify unique yet parallel takeaways and I often hear how impactful this is for their personal relationships with their kids and significant others.

My friends, giving your team tools to help them become better individuals that work at home and in the office is EVERYTHING you could hope for.

Happier, healthier humans are going to be more enthusiastic about showing up and giving you more bang for your buck.

The same exact message can be heard by 20 people and there will be 20 different applications or personal take-aways.

We are all perceiving information and skills from the perspective of what we know so far in life, so as a speaker, it’s important to share simple, approachable context for the tools you KNOW can help others, while being open to the variations that may open up on HOW it could be applied to each individual.

It’s pretty dang cool to trust people to show up as they are and give them materials they can build into something uniquely helpful for their own life.✨

Captivating speakers aren't just telling people the answers.

They are teaching people the tools so they can find the answers within themselves.