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Don Colliver is a teacher, speaker, writer, and comedian with over twenty-five
years of experience passionately engaging audiences and helping them engage with
one another. Don’s mission is to help every speaker profoundly impact their
audience through the power of courageous vulnerability, confident authenticity,
and the joy of connection.
Thanks to his popular public speaking courses delivered at the largest tech companies
in Silicon Valley and around the world, hundreds of nervous speakers have
transformed into more effective and joyful communicators, reaching a deeper
level of audience connection than they ever thought possible.
In addition to teaching, Don can be found on the trade show floor, where he
writes and delivers presentations for companies including Adobe, Cisco, and
Medtronic. On the screen, Don has written and directed hundreds of hours of
nonfiction television for shows including House Hunters, 40 Dollars a Day with Rachael
Ray, and Roker on the Road.
Before teaching others to confidently take the spotlight, Don toured
internationally as a theatrical Clown for contemporary circus company
Spiegelworld and performed briefly with the Blue Man Group and he is listed in
the Cirque du Soleil performer database. He is a founding member of the
award-winning sketch and clown groups DJ Faucet and the Innocents. His troupes
have received awards, including the Improv Olympic Del Close Award for Best
Sketch Comedy Troupe and the Hollywood Fringe Award for Best Physical Theater,
and Don won the 2017 Toastmasters International District One Tall Tales Speech
Championship.
Don graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BS in Communications from Boston
University. He holds certifications in Design Thinking, Applied Improvisation,
and Instructional Design. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and when he’s
not helping speakers engage with their audiences more deeply, he can be found
hiking through the redwoods.
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