‘Speakership’ Launched by Good Jibes Host Ryan Foland

Latitude 38 Good Jibes podcast host and Southern California correspondent Ryan Foland has launched his first book in a series. The first book in the series he calls “Get Your Ship Together” is titled Speakership: Command Your Stage. The book helps readers prepare for any public speaking occasion.

We first met Ryan when he was a keynote speaker at a US Sailing conference in San Diego. Not only was he a great speaker, he became our podcast mentor and has helped us bring Good Jibes to life. In addition to being an author, speaking coach, brand consultant and four-time TEDx speaker, he does a darn good job drawing stick figures that he uses to illustrate the entire book.

Ryan sails his Cal 34 Bingo out of Long Beach, where he’s a member of the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club, and he spends much of his time at the Blue Water Cruising Club over at Big Geiger Cove on Catalina Island. There, he also has an ILCA (which he insists on calling a Laser) called Sandy Bottom, which he sails off the beach. ILCAs are an Olympic class that will be sailed in the 2028 Olympics in Long Beach. Despite this, Ryan has never raced his ILCA because he has plenty of fun just sailing it around.

Latitude appreciates any author who can start with a blank piece of paper (OK, blank screen) and get their ship together to write a story. Getting a book published is an even bigger accomplishment. Ryan does have his “ship” together, and we congratulate him on launching the first book in his series.

You can buy the book under “Staff Picks” at the Latitude 38 bookstore: https://bookshop.org/shop/Latitude38