Eli Gladstone and Eric Silverberg are the Co-founders of Speaker Labs, a public speaking training company that helps professionals and enterprise teams communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and impact. Since launching the company in 2016, they have trained professionals and teams at leading companies, including Shopify, Google, TD Bank, and RBC. Both began their careers as faculty members at the Ivey Business School before gaining experience in tech startups. Drawing on backgrounds in teaching and business, Eric and Eli lead workshops focused on presentation skills, storytelling, delivery, mindset, and executive presence, helping professionals overcome speaking anxiety, engage audiences, and communicate effectively in high-stakes situations.
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Optometrists often explain complex information to patients who may be anxious, distracted, or overwhelmed. Public speaking techniques can help make those conversations clearer, more engaging, and easier to remember. What can public speaking teach doctors about connecting with patients?
Public speaking experts Eric Silverberg and Eli Gladstone explain that effective patient communication starts with clarity, emotional connection, and intentional delivery. Rather than overwhelming patients with too many options or details, they recommend identifying the most important message and communicating it in a way that gives the words meaning. Eric and Eli also emphasize varying tone, pacing, and body language, while treating communication as a one-to-one exchange even in larger settings. These principles can help optometrists make recommendations more memorable, build stronger patient connections, and communicate with greater confidence.
In this episode of Optometrist Unleashed, a Cleinman Connect Podcast, Dr. Trevor Miranda sits down with Eric Silverberg and Eli Gladstone, Co-founders of Speaker Labs, to discuss what public speaking can teach optometrists about talking to patients. Eric and Eli explore clarity, emotional delivery, and one-to-one connection. They also share ways to manage speaking anxiety, avoid monotony, and make messages more memorable.
