Wink: Transforming Public Speaking with Clown Presence

'This book is a breakthrough, a powerful tool for anyone who cares enough to give a speech or presentation.'

-Seth Godin, Author, This is Marketing

#1 Amazon Best Seller

Do you freeze up before you speak?

Do you over-rehearse until every ounce of you disappears from your own presentation?

Do you secretly suspect everyone else got some kind of charisma manual you never received?

They didn't. Nobody did. But there's something better than charisma, and it's already in you.

In Wink, former touring theatrical Clown (yes, that's a real job, and yes, it's as weird and wonderful as it sounds) and longtime corporate speaking coach Don Colliver shares the techniques he's used to train thousands of presenters, from Toastmasters champions to Google teams to circus audiences who couldn't see his face in the dark.

This isn't about tricks to manipulate a room. It's about Clown Presence: a way of showing up that's rooted in vulnerability, authenticity, and the simple joy of connecting with another human being. Don breaks it down into five practical pieces (the Five P's), each one built on research, two decades of trial and error, and stories from stages both polished and chaotic.

In Wink, you'll learn how to:


- Build personal confidence that doesn't depend on the audience liking you (though they probably will).
- Prepare in a way that frees you up to actually be present, instead of locked into a script.
- Partner with your audience so a presentation becomes a conversation, not a performance.
- Use your own mistakes and imperfections to build trust instead of hiding them.
- Find genuine play and humor, even in a quarterly status update.

If you've got a presentation keeping you up at night, a wedding toast looming, or just a nagging feeling that there's a more real version of you that never quite makes it to the front of the room, this book is for you.

No pressure, but it might change how you see yourself entirely.