If you've ever watched a speaker and thought "I could never do that" then this session is for you. I thought the exact same thing, for years.

Before I became a speaker the barrier that kept me in my seat was never a lack of knowledge, it was a lack of belief. I assumed the people on stage were made of something I wasn't. Looking back, the only real difference between us was proximity: they had gotten near the people and places where speaking happens, and I hadn't yet. A principle I stumbled into gave me the nudge, and the community did the rest.

In this session I'll walk you gently through my own path from audience member to speaker and the small, doable steps that got me there. You'll leave with the exact recipe I used, a blueprint of how I craft and submit my sessions, and the resources I still rely on today.