Jay Speyerer has been a speaker, a writer, and an educator for
more than 30 years, successfully helping people achieve their
goals in memoir writing, e-mail issues, cross-cultural communication,
and presentation skills.
For fact fans, Jay was on the faculty of the Art Institute of
Pittsburgh, teaching photography, communication, and non-linear
scriptwriting, among other subjects. After 25 years, he decided
to leave education and run Legacy Road Communications full time.
As a speaker and un-trainer, he still gets to stand at the front
of the room and tell people what to do. He's just taken his act
on the road.
Jay is the un-trainer because he never uses PowerPoint. That's
one reason his audiences give him high ratings. Some of Jay's
audiences include Avon, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital, Allegheny
General Hospital, Ametek, VisitPittsburgh, California University
of PA, genealogists and family historians at conventions in Pennsylvania
and Utah, and many others.
Recently, Jay has added to his memoir repertoire by becoming
partners with Nyna Bryant's A Door To Memories, and offering
personal tributes in the form of full memoir productions, both
private and corporate. This includes video interviews, still images,
and consultations in writing the voice-over narration. Think "This
Is Your Life" for the 21st century.
Jay is also finding himself in demand as a speech doctor, adding
humor and clarity to presentations in the unique style of the
individual presenter. He's accustomed to putting words in people's
mouths from years of writing fiction and screenplays, so this
talent comes naturally.
Jay is a member of the National Speakers Association (President-Elect
of the Pittsburgh chapter), the National Society of Newspaper
Columnists, and the Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society.
He is the author of two books, Cat Got Your Thumb? and
The Stories of Our Days, and he created The Story
System: The Guide to the Methodical Memoir. Jay is currently
writing the biography of a veteran Pittsburgh businessman.
