Walt interviews Michael Alexander – Survive & Thrive as a Witness

Michael Alexander is a professional witness. He also coaches others to serve as witnesses, whether professionally or in their own personal cases. He has won over one and a half billion dollars in awards and settlements for the citizens of California and Minnesota. He has also served as the coach for the Monterey Highlands Middle School Mock Trial team. That team has gone to the quarter and semi-finals for 4 years in a row. And, several of his students have won individual awards. Michael is an award winning public speaker. He has been a member of Toastmasters for over 26 years and was the winner of the 2016 Spirit of Excellence Award. He has delivered presentations to the American Asian Professionals Association, the Minnesota State Legislature, city councils and several universities. Michael's success is the result of good old fashion hard work, not luck or good genetics. His grandfather and both of his parents were involved in community theatre. Michael also enjoys theatre and his son is following in the family hobby. But he wasn’t born with a silver star in his dressing room. He spent as much time backstage as on-stage and had to study both to get good at them. He studied storytelling with the Chicago Storytellers Association. As noted before, he put in his time studying with Toastmasters. And, of course, his Ph. D. from the University of Minnesota was not handed to him either. Michael also juggles, rides motorcycles, SCUBA dives, and eats fire. You can find Michael on line at www.AlexanderTalks.com