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Professional communication and presentation courses to help your employees say more in less time.
I show you how to GET TO THE DAMN POINT.
Talk isn't cheap. Team members who don't know how to communicate well are an invisible "hole" in your business costing you thousands - or even millions - of dollars in wasted time.
If your people are...
...then it's time to Get To The Damn Point.
Get To The Damn Point: How To Say Less and Be Heard More
Empower Your Team
Your people will learn how to boldly share and discuss ideas clearly, concisely, and with confidence.
Increase Meeting ROI
Meetings don't have to make you wish you were anywhere but here. This course will turn your meetings into cash machines.
Equip Your Salespeople
Teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime. Teach a salesperson to become a master communicator and you boost your sales.
Disclaimer: I don't promise any magic pill, potion, button, breathing exercises, yoga, warm up, stretch, relaxation, visualization, meditation, sacrifice or guru nonsense that is going to get rid of your nervousness. That's why wine was invented.
What I DO promise is teaching how to emotionally connect with people using the unique blend of advanced skills I have gained over my 30+ years career in media, advertising, and filmmaking.
I do that utilizing this course, Keynotes and other programs. Just contact me.
testimonials
This stuff works!

Lewis helped us take a pre-designed sales presentation and add stories and humor to really help drive conversions. The more Lewis shaped the material, the higher the conversion rates were - reaching an average 75%, the highest conversion rate in our company, nationwide.
Dr. Ash Javer - CEO

If you need to put some “pizazz” into your public speaking I can’t recommend any book, seminar or professional development course more than Lewis Chaney’s course. His strategies have improved my public speaking skills and taken my presentations from "boring" to “Bravo”!
Dr. Sally Sugg, EdD - School Superintendent
Meet Your Instructor
Lewis D. Chaney is a National Speakers Association member and TEDx Alumnus with over 30 years in TV broadcasting, advertising, and filmmaking, and has mastered the art of getting to the damn point.
From news interviews to meetings to breakroom brainstorms, Lewis’s courses teach your team how to speak clearly & confidently in any situation.
But most importantly, he's pioneering how poor communication skills are costing you valuable time.
His "Get To The Damn Point" communication soft skills course is much more than a "public speaking" course. It's about emotionally, and concisely, connecting to your audience and clients.
Get a course today and equip your team with the little-known strategies media professionals use to
capture attention, tell great stories, and get people onboard with any mission or idea.

Lewis presents in a way that keeps your attention. His excitement draws you in and his wisdom can be applied to many situations. I learned more in a 5 minute presentation from him than I have in many other storytelling webinars combined.
Nicole Lowe
Community Services Coordinator
It couldn't be any easier.
Buy the Damn Course
You can purchase one license for yourself, or license your whole company or team. Your license gives you access to the course for one year.
Take the Damn Course
Say goodbye to half-day seminars drowning your profits. In just 20 minutes a day for 20 days, you will master the art of speaking and presenting.
Get To The Damn Point
Empower your employees with all the speaking skills they need to Say Less and Be Heard More - meaning more profit, and better communication.
how Much Does It Cost?
When you're on your deathbed, will you wish you had more money or more time?
What an annoying question! Get more of both for just $1,000.
Media Training 102
Train your team to leverage news media as a PR tool! They'll become a pro interviewees, look great on camera, and make journalists love working with your organization.
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Get To The Damn Point
Get To The Damn Point is THE professional communication and presentation course to help your employees say more in less time. Includes
BONUS Course: Virtual Speaking.
$1,000/ea
The Course
Get To The Damn Point:
How To Say Less and Be Heard More
Module 1: Intro
Your employees are costing you HOW much each minute?? Discover the little-known “Time Buffet” and why it’s costing you thousands.
Module 2: The Power of Storytelling
Discover how to connect to your audience's 7 CORE EMOTIONS with powerful storytelling.
Module 3: The Power OF Words
Your words will become so powerful, your co-workers will have your quotes framed above their desks (probably).
Module 4: The Power of Images
What do a crime scene, an animal shelter, and a TV commercial have in common? Find out in Module 4.
Module 5: The Power of Humor
Tell better jokes by understanding blue language, how NOT to tell a joke, and "The Power of Threes."
Module 6: Writing
Get WRITE to the damn point! Capture attention, master the KISS rule, & introduce a speech without putting everyone to sleep.
Module 7: Memorization Techniques
Turn your couch into a loaf of bread, stage a goldfish fight, and learn how to STOP reading your damn PowerPoints (and remember your grocery list).
Module 8: Speaker Training
Ah, um, well, you know, and so, like, I guess, um, and then, um...MAKE IT STOP!! Plus how to sound more interesting, fit into your time slot, and more.
Module 9: Rehearsal
Off your ass and on your feet! Learn how to use your hands, body, notes, and stage to give a memorable presentation.
Module 10: PowerPoint
Why you shouldn't use it, and how to maintain everyone's sanity if you have to. Plus tips and tricks to power up your slides right now.
Module 11: Media Attention
Discover how to leverage news media as a PR tool. Become a pro interviewee, look great on camera, and make journalists love working with you.
This module can be purchased alone as "Media Training 102."
Module 12: How This Applies To meetings
When everyone gets to the damn point, your meetings will be shorter, more productive, and less painful.
Purchase Get To The Damn Point and get the BONUS Mini-Course:"Virtual Speaking"
Zoom meetings don't have to make you want to throw your laptop out the window anymore.

Module 1: The Tech Side
Master the audio and video secrets media professionals use to look professional in virtual meetings - including lighting, props, mics, and cameras.
Module 2: the Engagement Side
Let's face it, virtual meetings can be downright awkward and just plain weird. Discover how to reach through the screen and grab people's attention with expert engagement techniques.
Do your meetings sound like this?
If so, it's time to train your team how to get to the damn point. You're wasting time, and losing money.
Taken from actual TV interview, 3:11 long. 36 seconds were wasted with these filler words.
Had this been a 30-minute presentation, 6 MINUTES would have been lost to useless filler words.

FREE Guide:
3 Media Tips
Poor communication skills result in lost customers, clients, donors, and volunteers. Use these 3 tips to make the most of your meetings, media interviews, fundraisers, board meetings, and other client-facing endeavors.
For your free copy email: [email protected]
Hey you! I have your wallet!
...and I'm chucking money out of it into a fire!
How long does it take you to take your wallet back and punch me? About half a second.
But if I want to waste your time, guess what you'll do? You'll just give it to me.
That's what's happening - in your meetings, your presentations, your conversations...
Poor communication soft skills are the enemy of productivity and progress.
Whether you're a team leader for a large organization, a nonprofit leader, or just a man or woman trying to become a great speaker, Get To The Damn Point WILL make you a better speaker.
When you learn to "Get To The Damn Point," people will finally listen to you the way you've always wanted:
They'll get onboard with your mission. They'll understand your side of the argument. They'll get excited about your ideas. They'll laugh when you want them to laugh, and cry when you want them to cry. They will gain tranferable skills that will improve the culture and relatability of your team.
So get the course today so you can stop wasting people's time, get to the damn point, and finally change the damn world (or at least give a great presentation).