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!
The story of
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
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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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Magic Minute Videos

Article Overcoming Bullying
Article Overcoming Bullying By Laurie Smale I once helped a youngish man (28) to 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 this started

Magic Minute Not A Second To Spare
Magic Minute Not A Second To Spare By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “I’ll never forget the day our neighbour ran into our front yard screaming, “Mrs Smale! Mrs Smale! My baby’s choking! It was 1954 in the back-blocks of Seaford and my single mum, a real hands-on ‘Ma Kettle”, didn’t waste a second for the toddler was now blue.

Quote Why Do We Blindly Squander
Quote Why Do We Blindly Squander By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Why do we blindly squander our momentary stay on Earth when the things that really matter have always been before us!” Laurie Smale, Inspirational Speaker and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #thingsthatmatter #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #stayonearth Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn

Magic Minute Australian Grizzlies
Magic Minute Australian Grizzlies By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “All an English friend of mine remembers from his visit to the magnificent Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains was what happened to him on his perilous journey back to his hostel in the dead of night. Because it was much too late, the local park ranger advised him, “Drive

Quote There Are Times For Fitting In
Quote There Are Times For Fitting In By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “There are times for fitting in and give others space and times for stepping forward and shine!” Laurie Smale Inspirational Speaker and Author 🎤 #lauriesmalequotes #panicfreepublicspeaking #fittingin #steppingforward Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile Pinterest Twitter / X

Magic A Teaspoon Of Sugar
Magic Minute A Teaspoon Of Sugar By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “The song might say a teaspoon of sugar makes medicine easier to swallow, but that’s not all it can do! While visiting some Italian friends, something caught my eye. The teaspoon in the sugar bowl was shaped like a little shovel with a lovely enamel design on its