How to Handle Q and A
How do you handle Q and A? The traditional way is to take the first 45 minutes of an hour ...
The Story Behind Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
I first published this blog a year ago in honor of MLK. So many people have remarked on it that ...
Here’s how to do it: a great speech with no PowerPoint
I’ve been blogging recently about the abuse and misuse of PowerPoint and other slide software. Today I’m sharing an example ...
Go Behind the Dream: How Martin Luther King’s Great Speech Happened
One of the most remarkable books in recent years for students of public speaking is Clarence Jones’ Behind the Dream: ...
What you don’t know about King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech
Justly celebrated as one of the greatest speeches of the 20th century, Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” ...
Nancy Duarte’s “resonate”
Nancy Duarte’s new book resonate arrived in my mail box a few days ago, and I’ve been racing through it ...
How to be a passionate speaker, part 3
Your voice is one of the chief ways you have to give vent to your passion as a speaker. Heck, ...
How to be a passionate speaker, pt. 2
What other verbal techniques convey passion? Oddly enough, perhaps, rhetorical elegance on more formal or important occasions can convey emotion ...
Can a speech really change the world?
I began my first book, Working the Room, with the line, “The only reason to give a speech is to ...
