Get to the Point! Workshop & Book Signing: How to Identify, Sharpen, and Champion Your Most Important Ideas

Based on the ideas in his bestselling book "Get to the Point!," Joel's interactive workshop demonstrates what a point is, how to sharpen it, and how to champion it regardless of your field, background, or audience, including actionable insight on making your words matter in presentations, conversations, and meetings.

Many professionals—from salespeople and scientists to CEOs—deliver speeches and presentations but fail to make impactful points. Do they miss the mark because they're "bad public speakers"? No. Presenters fail when they don’t have points or confuse actual points with topics, themes, definitions, observations, and catchphrases. Not having a real point renders them pointless, which is the biggest cause of rambling and audience disengagement. 

ABOUT JOEL

A Chatham Borough resident since 2012, Joel Schwartzberg is a presentation coach and writer whose clients include American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Synchrony Bank, State Farm Insurance, Neurocrine Biosciences, Sandia National Labs, the Brennan Center for Justice, the American Jewish Committee, and North Point Ministries.

A former communications and editorial executive for Time Inc., Nickelodeon, PBS, and the ASPCA, Joel is the author of “Get to the Point! Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter” and “The Language of Leadership: How to Engage and Inspire Your Team.” He writes about leadership communication for Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, Fast Company, CNBC, Inc.com, and Toastmaster Magazine, is a frequent business podcast guest, and has contributed essays to The New York Times Magazine, New Jersey Monthly, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and several editions of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Joel is also a former state and national champion collegiate public speaker and speech coach for colleges including the University of Pennsylvania and Seton Hall University. When not busy training clients, giving speeches, writing, or ordering Turkey Reubens from Joe at Chatham Sandwich Shop, Joel welcomes questions and comments at www.joelschwartzberg.net or followers on X at @TheJoelTruth.