Michael is an expert in the art of public speaking, presenting, and investment pitching, he helps people to win the hearts and minds of any audience on any stage. He is also a master trainer and facilitator, he has trained extensively with Dr. Rich Allen in accelerated adult brain-based learning in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and America, and trained in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) with Dr. Richard Bolstead in New Zealand. With a proven history of coaching for a global platform like TEDx, Michael coaches business and thought leaders in the design, development, and delivery of their most important talks, so they can speak with confidence, clarity, congruence, charisma, and conviction. He’s coached CEOs, celebrities, sales executives, tech giants, best-selling authors, professors, PhDs, and start-up founders to achieve outstanding results from their keynote talks, investment pitches, and formal presentations.  From 2016 - to 2019, Michael held multiple roles within TEDxChristchuch including the organizational committee, speaker selection committee, and speaker coach. Every year the team planned, curated, and delivered a world-class event to the international TED standard that’s live-streamed globally. He has coached inspirational people like best-selling author Lilia Tarawa, attract over 11 million views on Youtube, and become New Zealand’s most viewed TEDx talk and fifth most-viewed TEDx talk on the planet and he coached iconic kiwi YouTube celebrity Jordan Watson (How to Dad) to deliver his talk in style, and legendary world champion freediver William Truebridge to craft a message that inspired his audience to dive deep with him. Michael also coaches sales executives, like Stephen Pike from Williams Corporation, to sell real estate valued at over $1,000,000 from a 5-minute wealth creation seminar, and start-up founders attract over half a million dollars in funding from a 7-minute investment pitch whilst also winning the ‘Best pitch of the night’