The Speaking Circles International Team
 Lee Glickstein, who founded Speaking Circles International in 1989, is an authority on authentic power and presence in public speaking. He offers keynotes, seminars and private coaching with a unique combination of inspiration and step-by-step innovation. Offering speaking coaching to clients ranging from top professional communicators to "non-speakers" with severe stage fright, he is committed to facilitating ease, power and effectiveness for anyone who needs or wants to address groups.
Lee is author of Be Heard Now! Tap Into Your Inner Speaker and Communicate with Ease (Broadway Books) , Be Heard Now! How to Speak Naturally and Powerfully in Front of Any Audience (Sounds True Audiotapes), and the Ebook: Speakers' Guide to Authentic Connection: The Alchemy of Influence through Relational Presence.
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Doreen Hamilton PhD, Training Director
 Doreen is a Clinical Psychologist and author of Essential Speaking: The 7-Step Guide to Finding Your Real Voice. As Training Director of Speaking Circles International since 1997, she oversees the design, development, and delivery of the public classes and Facilitator Training programs.
Doreen once suffered from stage fright and this fear is what brought her to Speaking Circles where she learned to face and transform anxiety. She discovered that being connected to herself and others was the key to confidence. She is now an internationally recognized seminar leader.
Between earning her degree in Sociology and a Ph.D. in Psychology from University of California Berkeley, Doreen's journey took her to Malaysia as a Peace Corps volunteer. She saw that at the core of social problems were communication and relationship issues. Doreen's calling is to facilitate personal and professional transformation and to help people recover their vibrant inner spirit.
Koos Wolcken, Training Director Europe
 Koos oversees all European training programs for Speaking Circles
International. He is responsible for daily operations
and Facilitator continuing education in Europe.
Koos discovered Speaking Circles through a workshop by Barbara
Whitney and was immediately touched by the power of its ease and simplicity.
He teamed up with Walter Berghoef to coproduce Speaking Circle
trainings in the Netherlands. Besides his work with Speaking
Circles International, Koos is a Trainer and Life & Career Coach,
combining Speaking Circles and Neurolinguistic Programming
(NLP) with elements of assertiveness and classical communication training.
Koos has a degree in Human Geography and Education. His career has
included work at the University in Utrecht, the Netherlands, as well
as in private business, always with an emphasis on practical communications
and education projects. In the last decade, he has specialized in
effective human communications and applied psychology. Koos's goal,
his gift, and his passion are to create learning environments in which
people are free to discover what true communication really is, so
that they can be seen and heard fully for who they truly are.
Jennet Burghard, Trainer
 Jennet
Burghard coleads Speaking Circles International programs in Europe.
In particular, she specializes in Facilitator Training and its prerequisites.
At her first Speaking Circle (in 1999) she discovered the
value of being in relationship with the audience in the moment. Lee’s
statement "stop performing and start connecting" touched
her -- that it doesn't have to take years to discover the power of
being oneself, because Speaking Circles gives an immediate
experience. Since being Certified in 2001, she has worked with Koos
Wolcken to apply the principles of Speaking Circles to professional
development programs for individuals and teams, including communication
and leadership training.
Jennet has a masters degree in Public Administration, and is a Master
Practitioner NLP and Certified Destination Coach. Her business experience
includes seven years as a program manager and business consultant
supporting change in public and private organizations. She has been
working as a dedicated coach and trainer since 1998, and it’s
her passion to help people deal effectively with deep and lasting
change so they can reach their desired destination.
John Dawson, Trainer
 John has been our hub for Speaking Circles in the UK since 2000, when he became a Certified Speaking Circle Facilitator. His passion is to help people find their voice and to help them live life to the full. John feels that "Speaking Circles help us to take our place in life so we can really shine".
His work around positive change started 30 years ago when personal tragedy inspired him on the journey to find ways of transforming sorrow into positive energy. In 1993 he founded and edited The Spark Magazine, the UK's biggest free alternative magazine, which continues to thrive under new editorship. John is "very keen to look for ways of deepening my understanding of the work and exploring where we can take Speaking Circles in the future."
John holds a Diploma in Group Facilitation, an Honours degree and a bus conductors certificate! He is currently training to be a personal coach with the Coaches Training Institute.
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