Speech Tip: Inspiration Means Asking Someone To Do a Hard Thing If doing whatever you are asking your audience to do was easy, your inspirational dinner speech would be a breeze. Inspiration is hard. “Say, you know, I was thinking. You know that scholarship fund for poor international kids I mentioned in that letter last […]
Speech Tip: Ch-ch-changes (Speak Effectively) Want change? Be real. Too often, speakers try to sound like their vision of a professional speaker rather than an effective communicator. One talks. One engages. Pick the better one. Sometimes — too often — I’ll receive resumes from young speech writers who are trying to sound like whatever politician […]
Speech Tip: Ch-ch-changes (Speak Effectively) Want change? Be real. Too often, speakers try to sound like their vision of a professional speaker rather than an effective communicator. One talks. One engages. Pick the better one. Sometimes — too often — I’ll receive resumes from young speech writers who are trying to sound like whatever politician […]