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 ...
What should we expect of audiences?
Those of us in the public speaking world spend a lot of time advising the speakers, in order to help ...
How Fast Do You Speak?
So you got asked to give a speech, and you've been given 30 minutes. How much material is that? A ...
Why speak?
I was so depressed after watching John McCain read his victory speech badly -- very badly -- in New Hampshire ...
Take your audience on a quest
Life is a quest, and so is a good speech. Quests are something we understand; they are deeply imbedded in ...
The bar is set too low.
The public speaking bar is set too low. I used to think it was only in the business world. But ...
Obama vs Huckabee
The pundits and TV talkers have missed the Big Thing that's happening in the country. Everyone's talking about the vote ...
Let’s just put it off….
I've worked with many CEOs and C-suite executives and far too many of them find ways to wiggle out of ...
Change the world this year
I began my book on public speaking with a story about how an old friend of mine, a speechwriter and ...
