If you're like me, you might be thinking, “But Craig, there are so many programs out there promising to teach the art of speaking. Why should I attend yours over someone else’s?

That’s a great question.

Why Learn from Me (Craig Valentine)?

There are at least 6 major reasons why you’ll want to learn from me.

Reason One: Unlike many of the current public speaking coaches, I am actually a busy speaker. That’s right. I’m out on the circuit speaking and getting paid handsomely. In other words, I’m walking my talk and I know what doesn’t work TODAY that maybe did work yesterday.

“You were the talk of the conference! People who have attended the conference for years said that this was the best session the conference has ever had.” Sarah M. Heaton, Grants Managers Network

“The one word that I kept hearing to describe your presentation was phenomenal. You were phenomenal, inspiring, uplifting, and most of all motivating. Thank you once again.” Tamika L. Baxley, US Probation Office, ED/PA

“You were FANTASTIC. You energized the attendees to maximize learning, network, and share. The feedback was so positive on your session. ‘Gracias’ is not enough.” Lenys M Alcoreza, National Vice President, Sales, United Healthcare

Reason Two: I have some of the most successful professional speakers of all time as guest experts including Les Brown, Willie Jolley, Patricia Fripp, Bill Cates, Darren LaCroix, Mitch Meyerson, Ed Tate, Sheryl Roush, Tina Cook, Michael Hauge, and more!

Reason Three: You should know one very important thing about me. I am not a natural. It’s second-nature now, but I’m not a natural.

Why is that important to you? If you think you are a natural speaker then, even with all the greatest tools in the world, you won’t be able to connect deeply with your audience. Why? Because in speaking you don’t want to be special to your audience. You want to be similar to them. In these courses you’ll find out why and how.

I’m simply a person who, through blood, sweat, tears, and lots of failures, has uncovered the tools that continue to work for me and for the hundreds of speakers I have coached personally and the thousands who have invested in my programs.

Reason Four: Here’s something you’ll get from me that you won’t find in most courses. Because I’m actually out there speaking all the time, you’ll hear and see live examples from my speeches that illustrate the lessons you pick up.

This helps you go beyond theory to see EXACTLY how you can apply the tools you gain in the course. This is one of the main reasons why I have thousands of customers in dozens of countries. Plus, you’ll be able to JUMP ON THE MIC (Monthly Implementation Calls) with me to put the tools from the courses to work in your speeches.

Reason Five: There is no fluff in the courses. Have you ever accessed a course and it seemed to take forever to get to something valuable and practical? Well, you don’t have to worry about that here. In fact, you’ll get the nuts and bolts. You’ll receive workbooks and action guides that I’m sure you’ll fill with notes and actions you can take to become the best speaker in your neck of the woods.

Reason Six: You’ll become a complete speaker. You see, many would-be speakers are good at one thing but poor at others. For example, some are good storytellers. But that’s not enough.

Some have a very engaging delivery. But that’s not enough.

Some are good at stories and content and delivery but even that’s not enough. For example, most speakers are missing a huge key ingredient to really making it big as a speaker. They don’t know how to sell from the back of the room.

Hard to Watch

It’s hard for me to watch some speakers because I know that, as good as they are, they won’t be in business for long. Why? Because they haven’t mastered BORS (Back of the Room Sales).

The funny little secret is that mastering back of the room sales gets you more opportunities to be in the front of the room. That’s right. Your products promote your speaking engagements. Then your speaking engagements promote your products. Once you land on this wonderful Speaker’s Cycle of Wealth, you see opportunities and money coming at you from every angle.

Name one hugely successful speaker that doesn’t have a product or know how to sell it.

But what if you Don’t SWAP (Sell Without Annoying People)

You also have those speakers who actually DO know how to sell from the back of the room but there’s one big problem. They annoy their audiences. They too won’t be in business for long, because they won’t get that all-important repeat business. After all, what good is selling from the back of the room when you’re ticking off the rest of the room?