Yes, this is an investment in you and your business.  The first thing to remember is that if you apply what you discover through this event, you will likely be adding new clients with your first few speeches.  Think of how many clients a great speech can get you if you get out there and deliver it again and again over the next year or two and ask yourself what that would be worth.

You're getting a good amount of individual attention, very focused and individualized so you won't feel like just one more person in a big crowd.

What you learn from this experience is a skill you'll be able to continue using to keep getting in front of more people, larger crowds, more ideal clients for years to come.  

Relative to other trainings of this caliber where there's anywhere near this level of attention and you get to experience delivering your speech and working things out in a safe environment, the price of the event is less than one-fifth what you might pay elsewhere.  I myself paid over $17,000 for a similar intensive (I kid you not, and I will be sharing with you so many of the things I learned there).  At an event I attended in 2010 a program like this for up to 40 people each getting only 10 minutes to practice their speeches was offered for over $14,000.  And that was to do the speech once, not have a second go at it is as you would here.  I see other speaking coaches creating events to train people where over 50 to 200 people (or more) are present and charge a couple of thousand dollars for that.  That's not what I think will help you the most.  That kind of training puts things on display things and it's up to you to try them on your own -- here you get to experience it and learn so much more that you can apply.

My intention when creating this was to have an event that would deliver big benefits and to make it available to people who are starting  to speak to grow their business, or those who've been doing it occasionally but aren't seeing sufficient tangible results.  That's one reason I decided to have it outside of a major city and pass on a lower cost to you.

The whole idea of the Intensive is to give you what you need so you can speak in such a way that you attract more clients and bring in more money.  While there are no guarantees on what will happen at any particular speaking engagement, 34 clients from one talk sure had an impact for me!  It's well within the realm of possibility that you could recoup the cost of the event from just one speech or two.  And use what you've learned to keep getting more clients in the months and years to come.  That's a mindset you can bring to this kind of investment.