I’m going back to school and I couldn’t be more psyched.

Here in Boston, the Improv Asylum offers 6 levels of training in Improv. Why not join me and sign up for the next round of classes starting in July? Yeah it’ll be fun, but I’m also “in it” to keep getting better at what I do. Want to increase confidence, think on your feet, read your audience and fellow “presenters” better and of course, practice, practice, practice?

I heartily recommend acting classes, Toastmasters, improv, karaoke (especially if you can’t sing) and any public speaking op you can get, no matter how good you already are. Read all the good ideas you want, to get substantially better you need practice, training and coaching. Penelope Trunk blogs today about the excellent speaker training she just took at TAI Resources. John Wesley of Pick the Brain talks about “brain plasticity” research that monks can literally re-wire their brains through ongoing meditation practice. There is measurably different brain performance between the novice who has “learned” mindfulness but hasn’t done a lot of it and monk who has practiced for years.

Sharpen that axe, baby.