Member since October 2025
Dayna Gowan is a speaker, workshop facilitator, improviser, public speaking coach, Distinguished Toastmaster and Host of the Improvly Speaking Podcast, which focuses on improv, public speaking, communication, and creativity.
Dayna created her business Improvly Speaking to be a more fun, exciting, and engaging way to learn and participate in workshops, webinars, and presentations. Learning public speaking and improvisation skills have changed her life and made her a more confident speaker, colleague and friend. Her mission is to make all meetings and workshops—whether online or in person—fun and engaging for all attendees.
Dayna uses the tools of applied improvisation to create a unique and memorable experience for attendees. Her presentations will help attendees get to know each other, share some laughs, flex their creativity muscles, and learn practical skills and lessons that they can apply to their personal and professional lives!
Dayna holds a bachelor of science degree in exercise science and a master of public health degree from the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health. She is also a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES).
She just recently moved to Charlotte, NC from the west coast with her husband and 1-year old daughter, and she has been busy exploring her new home city.
I used to be a nervous speaker who hated public speaking. I would say yes to speaking opportunities because I had to...they were school projects or work requests. I struggled through every presentation. I kept thinking that my next upcoming speech would be my breakthrough speech, where I would magically overcome by fear of public speaking and be over this whole nervous speaker thing. (Spoiler Alert: That usually doesn't happen when you continue to do nothing about it and just hope for the best, which is what I did for many years.)
I had my "last straw moment" when I realized that my public speaking nerves and fears followed me from school to my career and could affect my career growth.
Toastmasters helped me conquer my fear of public speaking and actually enjoy it.
Improv made me a more dynamic speaker - more attuned to the audience, more willing to take risks, and more confident in myself as the speaker and person I am.
It's been quite a journey, and the journey is still going. (Yes, and...)
I used to be a nervous speaker who hated public speaking. I would say yes to speaking opportunities because I had to...they were school projects or work requests. I struggled through every presentation. I kept thinking that my next upcoming speech would be my breakthrough speech, where I would magically overcome by fear of public speaking and be over this whole nervous speaker thing. (Spoiler Alert: That usually doesn't happen when you continue to do nothing about it and just hope for the best, which is what I did for many years.)
I had my "last straw moment" when I realized that my public speaking nerves and fears followed me from school to my career and could affect my career growth.
Toastmasters helped me conquer my fear of public speaking and actually enjoy it.
Improv made me a more dynamic speaker - more attuned to the audience, more willing to take risks, and more confident in myself as the speaker and person I am.
It's been quite a journey, and the journey is still going. (Yes, and...)
