Public Speaking with Peter George
Your ability to speak well is the single greatest skill you can develop to accelerate your career, grow your income, and expand your influence. Public Speaking with Peter George shows you exactly how to do it. Each episode breaks down what separates forgettable speakers from ones people remember — and gives you a clear path to become the latter. Whether you're presenting to a boardroom, speaking on stage, or pitching to a prospect, you'll walk away knowing exactly what to do differently. Hit play. Start speaking like you mean it.
Episodes
Do you say "um," "like," or "so" more than you realize? In this episode, we break down why fillers creep into our speech and how they quietly undermine your credibility as a speaker. You'll learn the two main reasons fillers happen — an instinctive discomfort with silence, and a habit of stalling while you think — and why simply becoming aware of them is the first step toward eliminating them for good.
From there, we wa...
You walk into a room of 50 people, or 500, and something in you shifts. Your language gets bigger. Your eyes glaze over the crowd. Without realizing it, you start speaking to everyone at once, and no one in particular. In this episode, you learn the simple shift the best speakers make instead: speaking to one person at a time, even in a packed room, so every listener feels like you're talking directly to them.
You'll discover why t...
Are your slides helping you or upstaging you? In this episode, you'll learn what separates a slide that actually supports your message from one that competes with it: backing up a single point, being instantly clear, and staying light on words.
Learn why "Death by PowerPoint" became shorthand for a specific kind of pain, and you'll walk away with a simple test to run on your own deck before your next presentation.
You prepared. You know your material. You have a strong point of view. So why does the room keep tuning out before you finish your sentence?
The answer might be three small words you don't even notice you're saying.
In this episode, you'll discover the three verbal habits that quietly undermine smart, capable professionals every day, and why they do more damage than any nervous gesture or shaky slide ever could. You'll learn what e...
What if the presentations you dread are actually the opportunities you've been waiting for?
Most professionals treat workplace speaking as an obligation to survive. Something to get through. But that mindset is quietly costing you, because your audience can feel it the moment you start.
In this episode, you'll learn why two small words shape everything about how you show up, and how flipping them changes your energy, your preparati...
Ever walked away from a presentation more confused than informed? You'll discover why trying to sound smart often backfires, and why true clarity is what actually builds your credibility. In this episode, you'll learn five practical techniques to transform complex ideas into messages anyone can grasp and act on, from swapping abstract jargon for concrete language to using analogies that make technical concepts instantly relat...
What if your audience already felt connected to you before you said a single word? The most effective speakers don't wait until they're on stage to start building relationships — they begin well before the event starts.
In this episode, you get six practical pre-event engagement strategies that reduce your nerves, warm up your audience, and sharpen your content. From creating a short connection video to conducting a pre...
Most speakers show up, deliver their talk, and leave. They're competent but forgettable. Exceptional speakers ask one question: "What else can I do to serve this audience and this organization?" That question is what separates a good speaking career from a great one.
In this episode, Peter shares six practical ways to go the extra mile—from offering a bonus session and creating pre-event engagement videos, to following ...
Humans have been captivated by the same story structure for thousands of years — and the best business speakers have figured out why. In this episode, Peter George breaks down the Hero's Journey into a simple three-act framework you can apply immediately to case studies, client success stories, and your own origin story: the Setup, the Struggle, and the Transformation.
The key insight isn't just the structure itself &md...
The difference between a presentation that feels polished and one that feels choppy often has nothing to do with the content — it comes down to transitions. In this Quick Bytes episode, Peter George breaks down exactly what an effective transition does, why poor transitions create mental speed bumps for your audience, and how a simple past...
Every industry has its alphabet soup — ROI, KPI, B2B, API, SDK, LTO — and we toss these around assuming everyone in the room is fluent. They're not. Even in a roomful of professionals from the same field, someone is new, someone works in a different department, someone comes from a region where different terms are standard. And the moment you use an acronym they don't recognize, they stop listening to you and start tryi...
Ever wondered how one sentence can carry seven completely different meanings — without changing a single word? In this episode, Peter unpacks the subtle but transformative power of emphasis, the speaking technique that can flip a message on its head with nothing more than a shift in stress. Through a deceptively simple sentence — "I said he didn't steal the money from the bank" — you'll hear how moving the emphasi...
What's the one thing your audience will actually remember from your presentation a week later? Spoiler: it's not your data, your slides, or even your best joke — it's your repeatable phrase. In this episode, Peter reveals the deceptively simple technique behind the most memorable talks you've ever heard: a short, punchy statement that becomes the anchor of your entire message. You'll learn why great speakers from every field ...
The moment you think you've arrived as a speaker, you start declining. In this episode, you learn how the best speakers never stop learning, refining, and pushing themselves to the next level. You'll discover ten practical commitments that turn experience into expertise—from keeping a speaker's journal and seeking uncomfortable feedback, to recording yourself regularly, studying speakers across different fields, and building ...
Technology will fail you. It's not a matter of if; it's when. In this episode, you discover what to do when your mic cuts out, your slides freeze, or the internet goes down mid-presentation. From smart preparation strategies to in-the-moment recovery tactics, you'll learn how to stay composed, keep your audience engaged, and handle the unexpected like the professional you are.
Technical difficulties don't have to derail your presen...
That nagging voice telling you you're not qualified, that someone's about to find you out, that other speakers are more credible than you — it has a name: impostor syndrome. And it affects even the most accomplished speakers in the world. In this episode, Peter George breaks down exactly why it happens, what's driving it, and why the story you're telling yourself about your qualifications is almost certainly wrong.
You'll wal...
What's the ultimate goal of every presentation you give? It's not to inform. It's not even to inspire. It's to transform—to leave your audience thinking, feeling, and acting differently than they did before you spoke.
In this episode, Peter George breaks down exactly what transformation looks like and why it's the only standard that truly matters.
You'll discover how to get crystal clear on the outcome you're creating, how to...
Most speakers learn by watching others — studying their gestures, their pacing, their delivery — and then trying to replicate it. The problem? Audiences can feel the difference between someone who is performing and someone who is present. If you've ever walked off a stage feeling like you were playing a role rather than owning the room, this episode is going to change the way you think about your development as a speake...
For many speakers, Q & A is the part of the presentation they just want to survive. The questions feel unpredictable, the pressure feels real, and one stumble can seem to undo everything you worked so hard to deliver. But what if Q & A wasn't something to endure — what if it was a dynamic opportunity to connect, impress, and leave a lasting impression?
In this episode, you'll discover how to walk into any Q & A se...
Your slides aren't your presentation — you are. Yet most speakers build their deck first, then figure out what to say about each slide, and end up reading from the screen with their backs to the audience. In this episode, Peter George flips the script on how you think about visual aids, sharing a simple but powerful reframe that will change the ...
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