Matthew Cossolotto – Award-Winning Author of The Joy of Public Speaking – Appears on The Douglas Coleman Show, Launches Spread the Joy Campaign

CLEVELAND - April 4, 2025 - PRLog -- Matthew Cossolotto (aka The Podium Pro), speaker and award-winning author of The Joy of Public Speaking, recently appeared on The Douglas Coleman Show. In the interview, Cossolotto explained that at least 75% of the population is hampered by some degree of anxiety or trepidation about public speaking. That means the fear of public speaking negatively affects roughly six billion of the earth's eight billion people.

Cossolotto's mission is to empower as many people as possible to banish the fear and embrace the joy of public speaking. To that end, Cossolotto is actively seeking clients and venues for his speaking and coaching programs in Ohio and more widely in the United States and worldwide.

A former aide to Congressman Leon Panetta, Cossolotto's high-profile leadership communications career spans the corridors of power and influence on both sides of the Atlantic – from NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, to the Speaker's Office in the U.S. House of Representatives. As a guest speaker, workshop leader, and speech coach, Cossolotto has shared his ideas and expertise with a wide range of domestic and international audiences, including corporations, associations, government agencies, conferences, schools, community groups, and nonprofits/NGOs.

Spread the Joy Campaign: From Stage Fright to Stage Delight!
In the coming weeks, Cossolotto is scheduled appear on several podcasts, including Get Authentic with Marques Ogden, Achieving Success with Olivia Atkin, The Unfiltered by G'ade, and Real Talk with Grace Redman. He also plans to release an ebook version of The Joy of Public Speaking and speak to the Oberlin (Ohio) Rotary Club.

In The Joy of Public Speaking -- a 2024 Maincrest Media Book Award winner -- Cossolotto distills many years of senior-level speechwriting and speech coaching experience into a comprehensive, how-to guide to help experienced, novice, and terrified speakers overcome self-defeating attitudes, feelings, and habits about public speaking. Maincrest Media Book Award judges praised the book for its originality, clarity, and engaging style, calling it a standout in the business communications category.

Dedicated to the leaders and staff of NATO, The Joy of Public Speaking helps readers recognize self-defeating attitudes, feelings, and habits and replace them with empowering mindsets to fast-track success on the podium and beyond. Readers will learn about these and other powerful concepts to propel them on their journey to joy:

• The Gentle Art of Mental Joyjitsu
• The Six Axioms of Personal Empowerment
• The Seven Steps to Joy
• The Power of SPEECH: The Six-point Checklist for Powerful Presentations
• The Wizard of Oz Formula and the Rule of Three
• Twenty Terrific Tips for Top-Notch Talks

Cossolotto's Personal Empowerment Trilogy: Reach Your Peak Potential
The Joy of Public Speaking is the first book in Cossolotto's personal empowerment trilogy. Two more books will be published soon. Harness Your HabitForce highlights the seven habits of FAILURE and SUCCESS. Harness Your PromisePower features an extensive foreword by Jack Canfield, author of The Success Principles and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul^® series.

Personal Empowerment Programs (PEPTalks): Success Is An Inside Job
Cossolotto's PEPTalks programs guide audiences to replace disempowering habits with empowering mindsets, leveraging all three "power tools" in his Triad Empowerment System: Habits / Speaking / Promises.

To book Matthew Cossolotto as a guest speaker, workshop leader, or speech coach, visit www.MatthewCossolotto.com