Every round of Speech Club fills before I'm ready to let it. So we're doing something different: no more open enrollment. The next cohort opens first to the waitlist before I announce it anywhere else.
Join the Speech Club Waitlist
Joining the waitlist doesn't commit you to anything. No deposit, no payment, no obligation. You're just first to hear when the next cohort opens. If the timing's wrong when we reach out, you can pass. No problem.
Same 12-week program. Same small group. Same goal: a signature talk that works everywhere, for the rest of your life.
Marketers would tell me to build a flashy sales page with a pile of testimonials and bonuses. You'll see a touch of that below, but I do want you to know this is worth your investment.
But mostly I want to give you a candid view of what you're getting when you join Speech Club. If I were on your side of this conversation, what would I be wondering about?
That's what I'll answer.
The Candid Pitch
Speech Club teaches you how a winning speech builds trust with any audience. You'll script not just your speech but your answers for future interviews. No more searching for the perfect example 15 minutes after the interview ends.
Your stories will land better on podcasts, panels, and at cocktail parties. And as a human being, you'll be more confident. It'll be a battle-tested speech. And for the rest of your life, you'll know exactly what to do to build the next one.
What You Get Out of It
You'll exit with an unforgettable signature talk that connects and earns trust with any audience, at any time.
Program promise
That’s me,
Mike Pacchione!
As best I can tell, this is my calling. I usually wind up caring about your speech as much as you do. Every time I teach Speech Club, I build the videos from scratch so I can customize them to the people in the cohort, because your success matters to me.
Who's Teaching This
Robin Laird
Gareth Pronovost
Andrea Davis
Prerna Malik
Mark Leruste
Rosemary Lewis
Jamie Bruesehoff
Chris Failla
(just to name a few)
Speech Club Alumni
Unstoppable Cultures
Raise Conference
PA Economic Developer Association
University of Texas
Craft and Commerce
Rider University
University of Mississippi
National Converge Autism Summit
NRECA Connect Conference
DevRelCon London
API Days
We Empower Her
Women’s Realtor Summit
The Plug Mastermind
Unstoppable Cultures
Raise Conference
PA Economic Developer Association
University of Texas
Craft and Commerce
Rider University
University of Mississippi
National Converge Autism Summit
NRECA Connect Conference
DevRelCon London
API Days
We Empower Her
Women’s Realtor Summit
The Plug Mastermind
English Premiere League
TEDx
Nike
Business Made Simple
Atomicon
Neptune Energy
Girls With Grit Conference
Speech Club alums have gone on to present at places like
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Vanessa's end speech was going to be five minutes. That's really short when you care about your topic. She and I talk what we discussed in class, the decisions we helped her make AND you get to hear her speech at the end of the interview.
Vanessa discusses the whole experience (and we play her speech at the end)
listen to my podcast with Vanessa Kynes
His book "Glow in the Dark" just published, which landed him in Forbes. So did he have anything to learn in Speech Club? He sure did. Check out Mark’s breakdown of how to take advantage of class, even if you consider yourself good already.
Mark was already a strong speaker, but wanted to be all he could be
check out my interview with Mark Leruste
Robin took Speech Club to prepare herself. Now people in her industry are asking her for storytelling advice.
I am like a proud parent.
Robin took Speech Club for career development
you’ll want to hear from Robin Laird
After Speech Club, Andrea has delivered the best speech of her life. She sent me a text afterwards that made me so proud. She was speaking at someone else’s conference and no one knew who she was. She gave the speech and left her audience in disbelief. As she walked off the stage one of the speakers looked at her and said “You knocked it out of the park. Really. That was incredible. That was exactly what parents needed to hear.”
Andrea needed to develop a speech she could deliver repeatedly
Listen to this interview with Andrea Davis
Past Results
Name Dropping
Prerna Malik
Content Bistro
He just KNOWS what separates a good speech from a great one and will give you tactical strategies that you'll continue to use long after you've stopped working with him. He's like one of those teachers you have in school who you continue to credit for your success years after you've graduated.
Mike is equal parts magician, speech scientist, and storyteller.
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John Dictson
Senior Product Manager, Adobe
Would recommend."
10/10
This was a phenomenal experience.
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Adam Duvander
author of Developer Marketing Does Not Exist
But Mike is the kind of guy who would open up a dog training school specifically to disprove the idiom about old dogs. In the first 10 minutes I already had a couple new tricks."
Honestly, I was kind of skeptical that it was right for me,
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Jamie Bruesehoff writer and speaker
Mike's content and coaching are top-notch, but it was his expertise combined with the interaction and feedback from the other participants that took the experience to the next level."
Speech Club was the perfect combination of inspiring and practical.
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Fully over Zoom. We kick off with a 60-minute Happy Hour Orientation, so you know the group by Week 1. Finance plan? Just ask.
- Weekly live coaching, your speech workshopped in real time
- Lifetime access to every training video
- A group that becomes your network. Capable people who'll open doors for you…forever.
- A 45-minute 1:1 with me
- Bonus lessons: the business of speaking, pitching yourself to podcasts
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For that you will get
(Yes, We Can Do A Finance Plan)
$5,000. Twelve weeks.
What You Get & What It Costs
Join Waitlist
Joining the waitlist is free and commits you to nothing.
- Two more 1:1 calls (three total)
- A personalized slide critique
- One-on-one delivery coaching
- The Tonic Site Shop slide template — designed by Jen (Amy Porterfield, Jenna Kutcher, Ben Higgins)
this tier adds
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(Yes, We Can Do A Finance Plan)
The $7,500 tier.
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• Putting yourself in the right mental state. Where you’re walking on stage unintimidated by the audience. Where you feel like you’re the right person to deliver this talk
• Bonus: how to rehearse
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Psychology
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• Honing your delivery to be fully present on stage
• Presenting in a way where your audience is rooting for you
• Feedback that’s specific to you - what your strengths are and how to amplify them
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Delivery
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• Creating slides that don’t replace your talk, but amplify it
• Design principles to help the perceived value of your talk
• Inserting your personality into your slides (and the talk itself)
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Slides
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• An introduction that hooks people and holds their attention throughout your entire talk
• An outro that gets applause (real applause, not the obligatory stuff), leaves people wanting more and converts attendees into fans (and buyers)
• The 7 ways to structure your talk so it’s entertaining + holds your audience’s attention
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Writing the Talk
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what you'll learn – week by week
take aways
Week 1: Telling a Story From Stage
Week 2: Building Blocks of a Great Speech
Week 3: Content - Brainstorming + Organizing the Talk
Week 4: Intros and Outros
Week 5: Making it Memorable
Week 6: Stories Redux
Week 7: The Science of Slides
Week 8: Best Slides of Your Life
Week 9: The 5 Most Important Parts of Delivery
Week 10: Psychology of Presenting
Week 11: Practicing Delivery
Week 12: Final Presentation
week-to- week summary:
bird's eye view
(I can help with that if you’re feeling stuck)
Everything is over Zoom, so you just need to be able to
a) attend;
b) begin with a speech topic.
Classes are 90 minutes, mostly implementation and feedback.
We kick off with a 60-minute Happy Hour Orientation to meet each other and set goals.
logistics & requirements
get me to the sign up
Questions you might be asking:
Almost certainly. Of everyone who's booked more than one session with me, nobody's ever left without something worth working on, including the strong speakers. There's always another level, and finding it is the part I'm best at.
You get reactions from more than just me, and a small group hearing your speech for the first time is a lot closer to your real audience. Want my full one-on-one attention instead? That's Zero to Keynote or 1-on-1 Coaching.
Normal, not a problem. Most people join without a fully-formed topic, though it’s helpful if you have a direction. We’ll figure it out together once class starts.
One 90-minute class a week for 12 weeks, plus a 60-minute Happy Hour Orientation to kick off. Most of class goes to workshopping, not lecture.
Yes. Just ask.
A biochemistry master turned YouTuber, Robin joined Speech Club knowing she'd need to be excellent on a stage eventually.
A year later she nailed her TEDxAU College talk in Amsterdam, and in the first week after, landed another speaking gig, added YouTube subscribers, and got praise from nearly everyone who heard her.
From Youtube to TedX
Case Study: ROBIN LAIRD
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Metaphorically speaking, a lot of us do the same when we start a speech: we make it all about ourselves. We read our resume to the audience.
Y’all. We don’t need to do that. At best that comes off as braggy; more likely it comes off as insecure.
Don't be that guy.
Win over your audience in 13 seconds
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