Public Speaking Accelerator

For busy but ambitious marketers, entrepreneurs, and leaders

With coaching and lessons from me, you’ll develop, practice, and deliver the 3 most important parts of a talk which instantly transform any presentation from meh to memorable. This is built for extremely busy professionals.

From scattered thinking to focused message.

From passive audience to passionate fans.

From “wall of smarts” talks to powerful presentations, built get buy-in and create follow-up opportunities.

An 8-week Cohort Consciously customized for crazy Calendars

(And also attendees who adore alliteration.)

• Every registrant gets a 1-hour coaching call with me, plus…

• 6 hours of group coaching/Q&A led by me

• 6 video trainings with associated prompts/templates to execute better

• Resources to package and pitch your talks to get booked to speak more

• Accountability to submit pieces of the work + get notes directly from me

My goal is to instantly improve your speaking everywhere you go by focusing on the small number of high-impact things most people in the business world simply don't do.

By adding them to your repertoire, you'll go from "meh" to memorable with every talk and presentation you give. You can even use your abilities and materials to inform and strengthen your content and guest appearances everywhere too.

👉 Get on the interest list

I’ll use it to fill the next cohort, which starts May 5.

Watch me in-action:

In this video, I rework the all-important intro of a talk in realtime, fixing the opener of an entrepreneur’s signature webinar.

Brendan Hufford is a SaaS consultant, helping grow the pipeline and revenue of tech companies who are ready to scale. His 40k+ followers on LinkedIn and his network of executive clients means he’s often showing up publicly to give webinars, guest on podcasts and panels, and deliver in-person speeches too.

For the last few years, I've spent most of my time coaching and consulting dozens of entrepreneurs, consultants, creators, business authors, and small business owners to help them package and communicate their expertise for impact. That means messaging, speaking, and thought leadership, with a big idea we develop and they eventually own in the market. I help others compete on the impact of their ideas, NOT the volume of their marketing. When you matter more, you need to hustle for attention less.

I've also partnered with brands like Salesforce, Mailchimp, Wistia, and GoDaddy to help improve their storytelling. 

“It was like a magic trick … I was honestly blown away.”

—Steve Pratt, veteran entrepreneur, marketer, and podcasting OG, on his coaching calls with me.

Steve is a brand consultant & cofounder of Pacific Content, which built podcasts for Slack, DELL, Zendesk, and more.

Most speaker trainings pose 2 problems for business communicators and leaders:

1. We feel too pulled away from the "real" work. We have so much going on that we can't hit pause and go learn or practice, and we're also worried most speaker trainings aren't tailored for (A) the business world and (B) producing the work DURING the training. So we have some fun (or maybe cringe) doing group exercises, but we haven't made tangible progress on actual work ... all while we're stressed about taking time away from the rest of our jobs.

2. We aren't well-served by most trainings, which emphasize the extremes. Most individuals and orgs focus on beginners (i.e. the fear of speaking) or outliers (paid keynote speakers; execs and celebs addressing huge audiences constantly, with massive stakes each time). The thing is, you aren't a beginner. You're a professional communicator. But you're also not spending much time thinking about all the talks you'll give this quarter to 20,000 attendees or millions of viewers.

This accelerator is tailor-made for business builders using speaking as a powerful marketing approach, but not a career path

“A night & day difference from when I came to him.”

Justin Moore is a well-known entrepreneur and business owner in the creator economy who trusted me to help him develop his signature talk when the stakes were highest: he was looking to expand his revenue by meeting new types of clients, meeting his existing buyers earlier in their journey, and building the talk associated with his new book to get on bigger stages.

FAQ’s

What’s the schedule, and when do live meetings happen?

This accelerator spans 4 tightly-executed phases:

1. BEFORE WE BEGIN: I’ll prompt you to make a few foundational choices before we begin. This will take minutes, not hours.

2. RESULTS FROM YOUR SPEAKING: Week 1 will set the tone, offering a crash course on developing a smart strategy for your speaking. This will help you match your business-and-marketing goals with your approach to speaking and learn how to structure more effective talks accordingly. We’ll also cover how to pitch yourself more effectively and how to more easily generate follow-on opportunities from talks.

3. ACCELERATION MODULES: Weeks 2-7 are divided into 3 separate modules, each lasting two weeks, each addressing a piece of giving great talks which almost no one in the business world understands or does well. Once you know how to do these, you’ll be able to instantly enhance any talk or presentation greater impact. These modules follow the same cadence, described below.

DETAILED SCHEDULE:

📅 Week 1 - Kickoff + crash course on seeing more results from your speaking + book your 1:1 call with me!

• Thursday of week 1, from 12 to 1:30pm ET, we’ll gather live for a foundational session to transform your speaking results. This covers elements of developing a smarter strategy, structuring effective talks, pitching and getting booked, and generating follow-on opportunities.

• All future lessons are delivered async via email, but this live session gives us a chance to start strong, feel some momentum, meet each other, and meet me. The goal is immediate clarity and confidence, with foundational insights and frameworks you can apply forever.

• As with all sessions, this is recorded and shared if you can’t attend live.

• You'll also get my calendar link to book a 60-min 1:1 coaching call with me (recorded but private) for a future week of the accelerator. We'll make rapid progress on your talk in realtime. Here's a public example to give you a feel.

📅 Weeks 2-7 are divided into 3 separate modules, each lasting 2 weeks each, each with a critical focus area.

They follow the same cadence:

• LEARN IT (each Monday, a video lesson arrives via email alongside relevant templates, resources, and clear next steps to take)

• WRITE IT (you’ll then answer the prompts and sharpen your thinking and your speaking, submitting to a shared library of responses so you can see how others are doing it + get notes directly from me)

• PERFORM IT (you’ll record yourself giving that piece of the speech, due 7 days from the video lesson arriving, also submitting this to our shared library of responses for accountability and feedback)

• DISCUSS IT (we’ll end each 2-week module with a 90-min group coaching session where I’ll answer your questions and actively workshop the materials with you)*

  *these group coaching calls will be scheduled on the second Thursday of each module, from 12:30 to 1pm. You will receive calendar invites once registered.

📅  Week 8: Showcase + Celebration

• We all get together for a final, 90-min session, where each participant delivers their choice of their talk's opener or signature story, and we celebrate and analyze them, plus have plenty of Q&A time to end.

Do I need to attend live? What if I have conflicts?

All video lessons, templates, and prompts will be delivered async and accessible to you forever. However, the coaching calls and your 1:1 will of course take place live. There’s extreme value in going back and forth and receiving notes. That said, I’ll work around your schedule to find the right time for our 1:1, and you’ll have 6 chances (an hour each) to attend group coaching and Q&A with me. (Worst case scenario, you will still be able to submit drafts for my review, as each module keeps you accountable and submitting real work.)

Is this like your “Design My Signature Talk” bootcamps?

It certainly benefits from those, but no, this is different in 2 important ways, given what I learned from my bootcamps:

1. More emphasis on the pieces of a talk that immediately make clear, This is different, better, and memorable. My bootcamps mainly focused on the structure of great talks, but most experts are pretty strong when it comes to teaching their strategies and tactics. So rather than incrementally improve the majority of the talk, we’re going to make radical, positive progress on the elements which aren’t as familiar to most of us, but which instantly ensure our talks have a greater impact and stick in people's minds. (I'll still be teaching the structure, but it won’t be as central.)

2. More tailored to busy pros with busy schedules (and lives!). I've moved this from the previous 2-day virtual intensive, which some folks said were tougher to make time to attend, to instead be an 8-week experience. I’ve also separated out the teaching I’m doing (now delivered async) from the coaching (now more highly emphasized and of course delivered live, because there’s so much value in the back-and-forth). 
   
   

The Next cohort starts the week of May 5

Not Ready for the accelerator? No worries. 2 ways to get support:

Click here to learn about my 1:1 coaching.

Or read below to learn about my 2-day virtual bootcamps. The next one will launch late summer 2025.

Also watch for my two-day bootcamps:

Design My Signature Talk

Two-day Virtual intensive

Learn to develop keynotes, breakouts, webinars, and workshops that get picked and drive leads and sales.

Leave with clear direction and actual progress on a speech to serve your cause.

Built to help you grow your business and evangelize your ideas through stronger speeches.

[FEBRUARY IS SOLD OUT - subscribe to my newsletter to be the first to know when the next bootcamp opens]

Some talks are blog posts with a runtime.

Your talk should stir hearts and engage minds.

In this bootcamp you will…

1. Acquire all the tools and frameworks needed to develop your signature talk.

2. Make meaningful progress, guided by me, in a small group setting. I’ll ensure you have clearer direction and feel greater confidence and momentum than you’d otherwise experience building your speech alone.
   

Common needs we address together:

🏗️ Structuring engaging speeches

Turning too many ideas into a succinct talk 🎯

✅ Packaging and pitching your speech

Translating ideas you usually write into effective spoken word ♻️

❤️ Crafting stories for the stage

Whether, when, and how to use CTAs in your talks 🚦

In this intensive, We will:

• create a draft of your signature speech and move it forward based on what you uniquely need

• acquire the techniques to evolve from smart expert to trusted thought leader and storyteller

• ensure your speech generates follow-on business and invitations to keep speaking

• learn to use your talk to inform a stronger public platform, everywhere you go

Your signature talk is the densest dose of your brilliance and influence you can deliver online and offline

It’s a repeatable, ever-improving speaking product you develop, hone, and distribute, opening new doors to bigger, better opportunities.

It’s the single-best way to show others (not just tell them) why they’d care about you and your ideas.

Next bootcamp: Feb. 25 +27

Everything is recorded and shared.

Tues, Feb. 25 + Thurs, Feb. 27

(No programming on Wednesday.)

Both days, Session 1 is 11-12:30 ET, with optional office hours for 30 minutes to follow

Both days, Session 2 is 2:30-4 ET, with optional office hours for 30 minutes to follow

To help you as you execute after, I’m also offering a bonus office hour 2 weeks later: March 13, 1-2 ET

Topics covered:

1. Intro to signature speech development (rethinking what makes an effective talk)

2. Structuring your speech for maximum impact (making a stronger case for your ideas)

3. Effective storytelling in a speech (how to ensure your message sticks)

4. Gripping and moving the audience (crafting better opens and closes + navigating CTAs in your speech)

Our focus Over 2 days shifts from viewing to doing

All four sessions involve a blend of live learning, discussion/Q&A, and prompted work, but you’ll spend more time on the latter as we move through the agenda, so you can make meaningful progress on your actual talk.

Who Is this for? How can I decide?

This intensive is for anyone using speaking to build their business and evangelize their ideas. However…

1. This is NOT meant to help clarify your overall message or sellable offers. You should have at least a rough idea of what you teach, what you’re saying to the world, or at very least, what problem you want to solve for others.

2. This bootcamp centers on how to intentionally design a speech to resonate, but part of being intentional means actually rehearsing the talk and actually giving the talk, so you can rapidly improve. No talk is “final” after designing it in theory in just two days. But you WILL leave with a far superior product than you arrived with.

3. A bootcamp is an intensive. That’s a specific type of learning experience. We’ll move fast, cover a lot, and do some active, prompted work that might make you feel a little uncomfortable, but I promise to provide a helpful, encouraging hand as I push you slightly outside your comfort zone.

4. This is NOT a substitute for my 1:1 coaching and consulting. My job is to steward the entire group forward, while personalizing to everyone as best I can. But for deeper, ongoing 1:1 support, visit jayacunzo.com/services.

Still not sure? Contact me here

We can swap emails or even schedule a call

I will NOT push you to attend. Unhappy registrants hurt my business. (Also? My heart.) If you contact me, I’ll be honest with you. Maybe the intensive isn’t right for you, maybe it is, or maybe it’s right for you but just not at this time.

Contact me, and we can either swap emails or set up a 10-min call.

WHAT’s INCLUDED:

More about my speaking

For years, I’ve been a professional keynote speaker able to charge five-figures per speech and earn six-figures through my speaking. I’ve also given hundreds of virtual talks in support of my business, some organized by me, most as the guest speaker at others’ virtual events.

I’ve also advised dozens of experts, entrepreneurs, and execs as my clients to help them write and speak with greater impact as thought leaders and storytellers. Because it’s not just what you know that ensures others care. It’s what you say, how you say it, and how it makes them feel.

This is a skill, and the crafting of a signature talk is a repeatable process.

Today, I’m mostly off the road to stay home with my kids. I’m much more focused on empowering others to craft their signature talks, their differentiated messaging, and their underlying premise and IP—the big idea you own, and the thinking behind it, empowering you to develop, distribute, and monetize your thinking.

Watch me in action:

I’ve built a career helping exceptional experts become stronger storytellers

I’m also grateful to have partnered with brands like these:

My Refund Policy

Request a refund anytime before the start date of the program and receive a full refund, no questions asked.

As of the start date, no refunds will be issued.

I can make no exceptions to this policy, but please know that if you are unable to attend the bootcamp live due a last-minute conflict, (A) I send around recordings of all sessions, which you can access forever, and (B) for 30 days after the program ends, you are invited to email me with questions you wanted to ask me live to get some personal support.

Refunds may take 5-10 business days to process, depending on the mysterious magical powers of the goblins controlling our banking systems, credit cards, and payment processing programs.