Drop Everything and Watch This Video
An email has been sitting in my inbox for a while now, and I finally got around to clicking on ...
Oprah Rocks Harvard
Oprah Winfrey’s success is well-documented, the distance she’s come phenomenal, and now she’s received the ultimate stamp of approval: Harvard ...
Stephen Colbert, Funny Speeches, and the University of Virginia
Tis the season of commencement addresses, and celebrities are in hot demand – especially celebrities with some connection to your ...
How to prepare a 20-minute TED-like talk
More and more the call is for short speeches. Of course, the popularity of TED and TEDx talks is one ...
How Public Speaking Has Evolved, Part 2
An astute reader of the this blog, David Meerman Scott, pinged me after Tuesday's blog post and said, "Aren't you ...
A Comparison of Two Inaugurals: Kennedy v Obama
President Kennedy gave 3 State of the Union addresses, and they are almost completely forgotten today. His Inaugural Address, on ...
President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address and How to Close a Speech – 3 Quick Tips
After an opening that grabs your audience and doesn’t let it go, the next most important moment in a presentation ...
How to Get Angry in Public – Australian Prime Minister Gillard Shows Us How to Get It Right
A few weeks back, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave a speech in Parliament that has gone viral on YouTube ...
Election Sanity Break: Funny TED-Like, Non-TED Talk a Must-See
We succeed because of our weaknesses, not in spite of them. With that counter-intuitive thought, David Rendall takes his audience ...
The best speech about education — ever.
Every now and then a speech comes along that reminds me why public speaking is still essential and why I ...
