Daniel Mercer
Speechwriter and former college debate coach
Austin, Texas
Speaking without slides
Daniel coached college debate for nine years and then wrote speeches for two mayors and a hospital system. He teaches people to say one clear thing in a meeting and stop.
His course is built around short live reps: every student speaks in every session, gets two minutes of notes, and tries again the same evening.
At Lyceum
Every student speaks in every session
Video notes on each rep
Taught 7 cohorts, 168 students
The next cohort of Writing that gets read starts October 20
Forty seats, a group of six, line edits on every draft. Applications take five minutes and most students expense it.
Live cohort courses in writing and speaking for people who do it at work. Small groups, line edits, six weeks at a time.
Taught live from Chicago, Austin, Portland and Seattle
Lyceum