Join Jay’s Public Speaking Accelerator
8-week virtual program For experienced Service providers & Busy experts
Not a course. Get personalized feedback + Make actual progress.
🔥 Register now to receive a 1:1 call with me, plus 6 group coaching calls and 3 rounds of video notes.
This personalized feedback is supported by asynchronous video lessons, resources + templates, and prompted work, all tailor-made to accelerate your speaking success.
Together, We’ll work on your:
Strategy [marketing, pitching, pricing, bookings]
Premise [your big idea driving it all]
Structure [shaping a speech to resonate]
Opener and Closer [overlooked but crucial!]
Signature Storytelling [useful everywhere]
Driving follow-on business from your talks
📅 Join the waitlist
get notified + Get early-bird pricing
Early-bird price: $1,850 - Regular price: $2,350
Registration opens soon. Next cohort August 2025.
“Worth every penny.”
Michelle tried other programs. Hear how this one compares.
(Michelle Pollack is an executive coach and former creative exec at CBS.)
Everything you need to Give better Talks to bigger audiences (For free or for a fee)
Whether you plan to speak for free to drive marketing results, charge a fee to generate direct revenue, or both, this accelerator has been built to address the hidden elements of the public speaking business and craft which our peers tend to ignore—but which the pros reliably use to deliver incredible speeches and drive measurable results.
“Transformative in a way I didn’t expect.”
Most talks are blog posts with a run time.
Your talk will stir hearts and engage minds.
“a game-changer for me and my speaking career.”
"I had a speaking engagement yesterday to 400 athletic directors and coaches. Thanks to Jay, it was my best I've ever felt. I was totally comfortable and confident, and a lot of people told me after how much I resonated. Jay’s expertise has been a game-changer for me and my speaking career."
—Travis Wyckoff (leadership coach & keynote speaker)
How the Program works:
Before kickoff:
60-minute 1:1 with me: together, we’ll develop your ideas + speech structure
Getting Results from Your Speaking: you’ll also access a learning module containing everything you need to set a smarter strategy, set pricing (if you charge a fee), pitch events, and generate follow-on opportunities from talks.
After kickoff: 4 Modules across 8 weeks
Week 1: Premise + Structure
Group kickoff and live lesson
Intro to the frameworks we’ll use to develop stronger work (the Barbell Method + Dialogue Outline)
Access to the first learning module, with video lessons, templates, and assigned work to improve your idea + outline
Weeks 2 and 3: Openers
Video lesson arrives via email, with prompted work to complete on your actual talk
Access a learning module containing additional lessons + immediately useful templates
Access 2 group coaching calls for questions/workshopping your materials
Weeks 4 and 5: Closers
Video lesson arrives via email, with prompted work to complete on your actual talk
Access a learning module containing additional lessons + immediately useful templates
Access 2 group coaching calls for questions/workshopping your materials
Weeks 6 and 7: Storytelling
Video lesson arrives via email, with prompted work to complete on your actual talk
Access a learning module containing additional lessons + immediately useful templates
Access 2 group coaching calls for questions/workshopping your materials
Week 8: Showcase + Celebration
We’ll hold our final group call to showcase and present completed work from a few volunteers, celebrate our progress, and send each other out into the world motivated and inspired.
“Jay is incredibly giving of his years of experience and does not settle for mediocrity.”
“This program gave me a mindshift in how I approach creating a talk and why the audience should care about what I'm saying. The cohort environment also allowed me to learn from peers who are focused on improving their own speaking skills, and seeing their growth made me want to keep up with them.”
—Julie Huval (marketing ops advisor and podcast host)
The bar is SO low to give great talks.
You will leap over it.
From scattered thinking ➡️ to focused message.
From passive audience ➡️ to passionate fans.
From “wall of smarts” talks ➡️ to powerful presentations
Join the Waitlist Now
Get notified via email when enrollment opens and be first in-line to claim early-bird pricing:
Watch Me in Action
ABOUT MY SPEAKING AND SPEAKER COACHING:
Hi, I'm Jay Acunzo! I'm the former head of content at HubSpot, a digital media strategist at Google, and VP of content and community at NextView Ventures, a seed-stage VC. But since 2016, I've been traveling the world giving keynote speeches. As a professional, I've spoken in 25 states and several countries, to crowds as big as 4,000 marketers and as tightknit as 40 CEOs in a closed-door meeting. I can charge five-figures for a speech, but I also use my speaking both virtual and in-person to drive leads and sales of my client services.
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.
Most speaker trainings pose 2 problems for business communicators and leaders:
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.
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
“I’ve already received a positive return on my investment."
“Jay gave me actionable advice to improve my talk and take it from ‘meh’ to ‘this is going to be amazing.’ Before working with Jay, I felt like I was just winging things. He helped me rethink things and add emotional stakes to my talk to help me stir the hearts and engage the minds of my audience.”
—Ramli John, author, SaaS product expert, and growth advisor
FAQ’s
Do I need to attend live? What if I have conflicts?
Everything will be recorded, and all video lessons (except Week 1) happens entirely asynchronously via email too. The most important live element are the office hours to get questions answered and workshop materials with me.
Is this for paid speakers or speaking for free to drive leads?
Both! Past registrants have included paid professional speakers, business builders who speak for free in support of their marketing, and people who do both. There’s an entire Strategy Module in our Accelerator HQ which has you covered for all things marketing, selling, pricing/negotiating your speaker fee (if you’d like to quote a fee and/or raise your existing rate). That said, this accelerator primarily focuses on the foundational, transformational elements of public speaking and crafting your signature speech, which too few professionals understand or master.
What’s your refund policy?
I’ve had people contact me for prior programs about radical changes in circumstance, where they really need their money back to cover that life change or issue. To be sympathetic to those cases, I’m offering a full refund to anyone who requests it up until 7 days prior to your first live session with me. After that, I do not offer any refunds.
The Next cohort starts this August
Join the waitlist to receive access to early-bird pricing when enrollment opens.
“The most inspired I’ve been in the longest time”
"I've been delivering keynote talks for over 20 years. To say this was outstanding simply would not give it justice. Jay, in a very short period of time, was able to dissect the message I was struggling with and taught me to actually deliver it concisely. He found a premise for me that worked and the flow to my new outstanding talk that I cannot wait to release out into the world. If you want your talk to go to the next level, you want to work with the best in the business, and I don't say that lightly. Jay Acunzo is your man."
—Shawn Shepheard (performance coach for small business owners)
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.