Chamber Learning Lab

Description

Join us on Tuesday, November 17, for an interactive workshop with public speaking and communication coach Michael Macdonald, where you'll learn practical strategies to strengthen your message, build confidence, and communicate with impact.

Speaker 

Michael Macdonald, Public Speaking and Communication Coach, TEDx Speaker, Published Author, and founder of The Macdonald Method

Topic Overview

This session is for accomplished professionals who know they have valuable ideas but sometimes struggle to express them with the clarity, confidence, and impact they intend. Whether it’s a meeting where you wish you’d spoken up, a presentation that didn’t land, or a conversation you keep replaying, wondering why your words didn’t have the impact you intended, the challenge is rarely your expertise; it’s how you communicate it.

The Macdonald Method: Master Your Message helps attendees see that communication isn't just about speaking; it’s about being heard, remembered, and trusted. When your message aligns with your mindset, presence, and delivery, you stop second-guessing yourself and show up with purpose.

What the Session Is About

This presentation introduces the core pillars of The Macdonald Method, a practical, human-centred approach to public speaking and communication. It focuses on strengthening both the internal communicator (mindset, confidence, and self-belief) and the external communicator (message structure, delivery, and presence).

Attendees will explore why communication breaks down, how fear and self-doubt undermine impact, and how to rebuild a communication style that feels natural, grounded, and influential.

What Attendees Will Learn

Participants will learn how to:

• Shift a negative belief system and cultivate a mindset that fosters confident communication
• Recognize and manage the Critic and the Imposter so they no longer sabotage your message
• Break through the fear barrier that keeps you quiet, hesitant, overly cautious, or just stuck
• Structure and deliver a strong, clear message that resonates and inspires action