Laurie Smale
Laurie Smale – Inspirational Speaker and Author
Sharing words of hope and inspiration to help you discover your own self-worth, communicate with confidence and have more happiness and meaning in your life!
 
															Getting you right first!
Whether it is through one of my inspirational books, speaking presentations, audios, videos or workshops, I help people to believe in themselves and communicate with confidence!
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Laurie Smale
Laurie Smale is an inspirational speaker and author.
His ideas and inspirations on communicating effectiveness whether you are speaking with one person or in front of hundreds have changed the lives of thousands.
Webinars
Melbourne Time for 30 minutes. 
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- Thursday 4 July 2024 - 7pm - 7:30pm AEST - 1 - Public Speaking - Now I can! Getting you right first
- Thursday 1 August 2024 - 7pm - 7:30pm AEST - 2 - Public Speaking - Now I can! Controlled anticipation
- Thursday 5 September 2024 - 7pm - 7:30pm AEST - 3 - Public Speaking - Now I can! The magic of being you
- Thursday 3 October 2024 - 7pm - 7:30pm AEST - 4 - Public Speaking - Now I can! Common stumbling blocks
- Thursday 7 November 2024 - 12pm - 12:30pm AEDT - 5 - Public Speaking - Now I can! Presentations that sell!
- Wednesday 5 February 2025 - 12pm - 12:30pm AEDT - 6 - Public Speaking - Now I can! Talks for social occasions
Speaking Topics
Invite me to present on any of the following topics as your guest keynote speaker!
- Communicating with Confidence!
- Believing in Yourself
- Presentation Skills
- How to be the Real You in a Presentation
- Panic-Free Public Speaking
- From Texting to Conversational Confidence!
- From Online Messaging to Public Speaking Confidence!
- From Digital Competence to Communication Confidence!
- Networking with Confidence in any situation
- How to move beyond death-by-PowerPoint and save the audience from boredom!
- Adding value to your own journey
- Relationships both socially and in the workplace...and life in general
“
A re-set of the mind holds the secret to successful public speaking; no one is born with an innate fear of speaking in public.
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Laurie Smale
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Happy to organise a copy of any or all of my books to be sent to you directly – but not on this red Vespa from 1969!
 
															Magic Minute Videos

Article A Lifetime of Being Bullied
Article A Lifetime of Being Bullied By Laurie Smale I once helped a young man (28) overcome his public speaking fears, and his story might help you. I’ll call him Bill. As Bill’s story unfolded, I learnt that as a kid, he had been systematically bullied by a bunch of, for want of a better word, thugs. Now, even though

Magic Minute Where English Comes From
My quirky loveable mother was something else!
Widowed when she was 23 with three little boys under 4 in far away Donald, she battled through thick and thin to keep us together.
When I was around 3, something remarkable happened while my mum was boiling the washing in the copper in the back yard.
In the 1940s, most homes had a humble copper; a big fire-heated recepticle with a copper insert in which the washing would be boiled and moved around with a big stick.

Magic Minute My Quirky Loveable Mum
My quirky loveable mother was something else!
Widowed when she was 23 with three little boys under 4 in far away Donald, she battled through thick and thin to keep us together.
When I was around 3, something remarkable happened while my mum was boiling the washing in the copper in the back yard.
In the 1940s, most homes had a humble copper; a big fire-heated recepticle with a copper insert in which the washing would be boiled and moved around with a big stick.

Quote I’ve Always Been a Plodder
Quote I’ve Always Been a Plodder By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “I’ve always been a plodder – but a determined, consistent plodder!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #plodder #determined #consistent #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter / X

Magic Minute From Terror to Wonder
Magic Minute From Terror to Wonder By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “So there we were, comfortably chatting by the fire in the wilds of the Bogong High Plains, completely oblivious to what was about to happen … I do remember the comforting red glow of the fire reflecting on our faces; the pitch blackness of our remote surroundings; and

Quote A Simple Touch of Kindness
Quote A Simple Touch of Kindness By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “A simple touch of kindness can cast a ray of sunlit hope into someone’s darkness” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #touchofkindess #rayofhope #someonesdarkness #lauriesmalequotes #Findingmefindingyou Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter / X

 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								