In this episode of The Rainmaking Podcast, host Scott Love speaks with Cara Hale Alter, author of The Credibility Code and founder of SpeechSkills, about how professionals can project confidence and build trust—especially over video calls. With experience training top firms and companies like Google and Pixar, Cara shares how small adjustments in posture, voice, and eye contact can significantly boost credibility.

Cara outlines the three pillars of visible credibility: strong posture, strong voice, and strong eye contact. She explains how these cues influence first impressions and how to adapt them to webcam communication by adjusting camera angle, lighting, and framing. She also discusses the importance of affective trust—the emotional sense that someone understands and cares—and how virtual presence plays a key role in building it.

This episode offers practical tips for professionals who want to communicate with greater authority, build rapport remotely, and make a powerful first impression in any setting.

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Cara Hale Alter is an international keynote speaker, author, and the founder of SpeechSkills. She literally wrote the book on projecting credibility and confidence: the critically acclaimed The Credibility Code. She’s delivered more than a thousand keynotes, seminars, and workshops on leadership presence to audiences around the globe.

In addition to providing training to clients such as Google, Pixar, Intel, Pinterest, Schwab, Kaiser Permanente, and numerous top-100 law firms, Cara is a guest lecturer at UC Hastings College of the Law, Stanford Law School, and UCLA School of Law.

Online programs:

Credibility Quest: https://www.speechskills.com/learning-tools/online-programs/

-- Self-paced online coaching program that helps you develop and project a confident, credible image. A 30 to 90 day program that takes about 10-minutes a day.  

-- 30 lessons, 1-year access, $250

Credibility Essentials: https://www.speechskills.com/learning-tools/credibiliity-essentials/

-- Credibility Essentials consists of 30+ 1-minute lessons that is the fastest way to learn our core skills, and filled with exercises that make them immediately applicable in the real-world.  

-- Over 30 short videos, 1-year access, $100

Live trainings: https://www.speechskills.com/live-training/class-schedule/

Open Enrollment workshops (currently offered virtually):  

Free Stuff: speechskills.com/free  

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