How to Relate to Any Audience with Public Speaking

Tom Dowd, AKA Transformation Tom, speaks with Thomas College Public Speaking students (12pm Spring Semester Class) about how to remove "awesome" from a speech to make it better. Using two speeches, Tom hosts discussions that include speech feedback, analysis, and Q&A.

With over 20 years of management, leadership, and customer service experience in the financial industry, Tom currently runs his own business "Thomas Dowd Professional Development & Coaching, LLC" where he is a speaker, trainer, author, and coach. Company mantra: "Transform into who you really want to be professionally."

He was the 2010-2011 District 45 Toastmaster of the Year, two-time District 45 impromptu speech champion (2012, 2013), and is the author of three business books: "Displacement Day: When My Job was Looking for a Job", "The Transformation of a Doubting Thomas: Growing from a Cynic to a Professional in the Corporate World" (2012 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention) and "From Fear to Success: A Practical Public-speaking Guide" (2013 Axiom Business Book Awards Gold Medal/2013 Honorable Mention Paris Book Festival/2013 Honorable Mention New York Book Festival)- available in softcover and audiobook on www.transformationtom.com and Amazon.com (softcover, audiobook and eBook).

Tom can be contacted at www.transformationtom.com.