About the Author

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Frederick Gilbert

Rick is the founder and chairman of PowerSpeaking, Inc., a speech communications training company in Redwood City, California. Rick’s coaching of more than 200 senior-level executives led to the creation of the award winning Speaking Up®: Presenting to Executives.

Before starting his own company, Rick held quality assurance and communications management positions with Hewlett-Packard and Amdahl corporations in Silicon Valley. He is the author or two other books: PowerSpeaking®: How Ordinary People Can Make Extraordinary Presentations, and Jazz, Rock and Roll, and the Revolution in Psychotherapy, 1950–1975 (based ...

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