Dr. Joey Asher

Biography

Joey Asher is a Part-Time Lecturer at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business. He has worked as an attorney, newspaper reporter, and professional communication skills coach. Before joining Georgia Tech, he served as an adjunct professor of law at Emory University School of Law and practiced law at Troutman Sanders L.L.P in Atlanta. Prior to law school, Joey was a newspaper reporter for the Gannett newspaper chain in Georgia and New York. He graduated from Cornell University and Emory University School of Law. Joey has authored four books on presentation skills and selling, including '15 Minutes Q & Plan Save World Lousy Presentations', available on Amazon.com, and 'How to Win the Pitch: Five Fundamentals to Distinguish You from the Competition', published in 2009 by Persuasive Speaker Press. His book 'Even Geek Speak: Low-Tech Presentation Skills for High-Tech People' was released by Longstreet Press in 2001 and later reprinted in 2008. Additionally, he wrote 'Selling Communication Skills for Lawyers', published in 2005 by American Lawyer Media. Joey is currently the president of Speechworks, a public speaking skills training firm based in Atlanta that has been training business professionals and sellers to connect with listeners and sell ideas since 1986.

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