Public Speaking
& Performance Coaching

Speech & Performance Coaching:
Professional, Amateur, Students

Josh Hamzehee focuses on quality, creativity, advocacy, and personal connection to make sure researching, writing, and performance skills last well beyond the stage, the office, or the classroom.

“The basic idea of performance speech is relatively simple: You want something; You get it, or you don’t. The hard part is showing an audience you care about how that happens, and what that means for them.”

Over the past 15 years Josh has coached working adults to reaching their performance goals, and collegiate and high school performers to national final rounds and success in interpretation and oratory events. Currently Director of Santa Rosa Junior College’s Forensics Speech, Debate, and Performance Team, and recently serving as Co-Director of Individual Events for the consistently top-10 in-the-nation University of Northern Iowa speech team, Josh was honored as the American Forensics Association’s 2016 Outstanding New Coach of the Year, and has two decades of performance experience. In addition, Josh has been Interpretation Curriculum Coordinator at one of the country’s largest summer interpretation camps and has worked for championship teams and distinguished speech camps all over the United States.

Josh comes from a diverse performance and forensics background that informs his relatable coaching style. He exclaims, “I love performance and speech because there’s a place for everyone, you just need to find your strengths! As a coach I love to help people learn how to invest in themselves in order to invest in those around them.” Select forensics recognition includes the 2023 NCFA New Coach of the Year Award from the Northern California Forensics Associationm and the 2016 AFA Outstanding New Forensics Coach Award from the American Forensics Association