About this Event
Your skills get you hired. Your voice gets you promoted.
Nail your next presentation, promotion interview, or pitch, or you don't pay.
Does your heart start pounding right before it's your turn to speak? Does your voice come out weaker than the one in your head? Do you ramble or lose your train of thought, even though the words came easily when there was no pressure?
The Public Speaking Accelerator is a full day of in-person speaking and coaching. It's built around the fastest way to get really good at speaking: practice in front of real people with an expert coach by your side. You get specific feedback, try again on the spot, and repeat until calm, clear, and confident is simply how you speak.
Fair warning: this is not a passive seminar. You wouldn't learn to drive by watching YouTube. You'd get behind the wheel. If you want a lecture you can sit through anonymously, this isn't it. But if you're in: by the end of the day, the people around you will hear the difference.
The day (times approximate)
- 10:00am · Welcome
- 10:15am · Ease: calm your nerves under pressure by changing how you breathe, where you focus, and how you position your body
- 11:15am · Authority: projection, pace, pausing, posture, and presence
- 12:30pm · Catered lunch
- 1:15pm · Connection: sound conversational even when the stakes are high
- 2:45pm · Integration: a short capstone talk, filmed for your private review with Joseph
Everything included
- One full Saturday, in person
- 14 days of personal follow-up, including a private review of your footage with Joseph and a plan you keep
- Catered lunch
- Joseph's book, Everyone Is Bored: How to Hold Attention as a Public Speaker
- The WhatsApp accountability group
- Certificate and employer-reimbursement support
Bonus: register by Friday, October 9, and bring one person free. Your guest joins you for the full day, lunch included.
The Every-Dollar-Back Promise
Attend the full day. Then go give your presentation, promotion interview, or pitch. If you don't walk out of it clearer and more confident than you would have been without the Accelerator, email us within 30 days of the Accelerator and we'll refund every dollar. No forms, no argument, no hard feelings. (And keep the book.)
Your coach
Joseph VanderStel came to speaking coaching from music: a PhD in music theory, teaching at MIT, and a decade studying how sound holds attention. In 8 years he has coached around 3,000 people, many of them introverts who were sure they were the exception. He appeared on WCCB Charlotte's Rising morning show in July 2025.
★★★★★ "Joseph brought a great energy to the 2-hour class which felt like much less time! … 10 out of 10!" · Zach Spring, Founder & CEO, Yourekko
★★★★★ "I learned several techniques I can immediately apply." · Howard Glover, Entrepreneur & Youth Mentor
Watch the video and read more: accelerator.josephvanderstel.com/charlotte
Questions? Book a free 15-minute call with Joseph.
Event venue & nearby stays
Central Piedmont Community College, Zeiss Building, 1231 Elizabeth Avenue, Charlotte, United States
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