Creative Speech Spring Valley was founded in 1997 by Michael Steinrueck, a 1984 graduate of the Schulungsstaedte fuer Sprachgestaltung und Sprachkuenstlerische Therapy in Stuttgart, Germany. It offers seminars, conferences, and private coaching in creative speech and public speaking, as well as storytelling, poetry readings, and dramatic performances. It is affiliated with the Speech School of North America, a professional training in creative speech.