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 Co-Director Europe
 Koos works with Jennet Burghard to oversee all European training programs for Speaking Circles
International. Together they are 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, Training Co-Director Europe
 Jennet works with Koos Wolcken to oversee all European training programs for Speaking Circles
International. Together they are responsible for daily operations
and Facilitator continuing education in Europe.
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 the senior Speaking Circle Facilitator in the UK since 2000 and now helps individuals prepare for Facilitator Training.
His real passion is to help people find their voice and live life to the fullest. John feels that Speaking Circles help us to take our place in life so we can really shine.
John is very keen to look for ways of deepening our understanding of the work and exploring where we can take Speaking Circles in the future. This includes setting up a social networking site for Speaking Circle Facilitators around the world as well as helping to develop new models of leadership and professional practice for Facilitators in Europe.
He's passionate about working with Appreciative Inquiry - a strengths based approach to organisational and personal change - and is part of the Speaking Circles International Appreciative Inquiry project core group.
From 1993-2007 John founded and edited The Spark Magazine, the UK's biggest free alternative magazine.
He holds a Diploma in Group Facilitation, an Honours degree and a bus conductor’s certificate!
The SCI Advisory Team
Audrey Seymour
 Former Vice President of Speaking Circles International, Audrey now leads the Advisory Team as well as consulting on Facilitator programs and website development.
Audrey felt an immediate resonance with Speaking Circles when she discovered them in 2002, becoming a Certified Facilitator and joining the team. She is now founder and principal of the Clear Change Group, helping mission-based businesses and leaders increase their impact and financial flow.
Previously she spent over twenty years as a software development manager and lead engineer building 3D graphics and biotech applications at Autodesk, Sega, and GeneLogic among others. Audrey has been certified by the Coaches Training Institute, the True Purpose Institute, and is credentialed by the International Coach Federation. She is also a trainer at the True Purpose Institute.
Audrey hold degrees in Mathematics with a minor in Physics at the California Institute of Technology and University of California at Berkeley.
Sahara Chaldean
Sahara Chaldean has been involved with Speaking Circles International
for over ten years, both as a dedicated participant and Certified Facilitator.
She specializes in bringing the practice of Relational Presence to all areas of
her life.
Sahara is also a gifted wilderness guide, teacher, poet and storyteller. She brings much heart and humor to her work.
Sally Forman
 Sally’s deepest intention is to serve wholeness; of body, mind, feeling and spirit. As an educator, relational psychotherapist and certified co-active coach it has been Sally’s vocation to guide individuals and groups to deeper connection, and authentic self-expression and engagement.
The practice of Relational Presence and Speaking Circles are in alignment with Sally’s intention and vocation. She certified as a Speaking Circles Facilitator in 2011, and has been in the core team to introduce the process of Appreciative Inquiry to Facilitators worldwide. She emigrated from the UK to New Zealand in 2011.
Sally grew up a silent child and adolescent, and wanted to remember her voice and express the resonance of its truth. Speaking Circles became the transformational container in which she rediscovered the depth and range of her authentic spirit. She relishes convening the space and relationships from which others discover and share the essence of who they are.
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