Layne McDonald
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Public Speaking Seminar

A message only works if it lands. Learn to land it.

A working seminar on preparing and delivering talks people remember: structure, story, voice, and the room, taught from a pastor's and a filmmaker's desk.

The issue

Capable people lose their audience in the first two minutes: no clear spine, stories that wander, and delivery that fights the words.

The fix

A simple structure that carries any talk (a question, an answer, and the moment it changes a life), plus delivery habits that make it sound like you.

How I help

I teach the way I preach and the way I direct: find the one thing, build everything toward it, and say it like a person. I have taught scriptwriting classes and I lead a live Bible study every week, and the same rules run all of it.

Why it matters

Speaking is where ideas become decisions. One clear talk can move a room further than a year of memos.

By the numbers

14
recorded teaching sessions across the Scriptwriting and LIKA 2025 class series
Weekly
live Bible study taught on Boundless, Tuesdays at noon Central
A stat from Layne's own records belongs here. He is filling this one in himself, rather than a guess going on the page.

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No price is listed on this page. The right shape of the work is set in a first conversation, and Layne answers these emails himself at laynemcdonald@gmail.com.

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