The first of the elevator speech contest entries analyzed
Let’s look at the elevator speech contest entries as they come in. I’m thrilled by the response – keep the ...
Announcing the ‘elevator speech’ contest
Announcing the ‘elevator speech’ contest! When you’re preparing a presentation, one of the most useful steps you can take is ...
Is an introduction important?
Why do speakers need introductions? They’re often badly done – a hapless VP of Something has a piece of paper ...
What’s an elevator speech?
What's an elevator speech? Let's say you're about to speak at an important conference. You leave your hotel room, high ...
Don’t Tell Them Everything You Know
The art of public speaking is the art of deciding what NOT to say. The urge, when you combine expertise, ...
Using Humor in Speeches, and Other Bad Advice
There are a few basic rules that many people seem to have stuck in their minds about public speaking: Tell-'em-what-you're-going-to-say,-say-it,-tell-'em-what-you-said; ...
How many ideas can you get across in a speech?
How many ideas can you get across in a speech? To judge from many business speeches -- and the President's ...
What is rhetoric?
A study of rhetoric begins with the Ancient Greeks. Most of the basics of public speaking were figured out thousands ...
What’s the difference between a speech and a presentation?
Some people make a great deal out of two words -- 'speech' and 'presentation'. I don't give speeches, they may ...
Who is the hero of a speech?
Most of us are accustomed, whether we acknowledge it or not, to cast ourselves in the role of hero of ...
