‘Tis the season. No, not that season. Wedding season. Well, truthfully, celebration season is more like it. Anniversaries, special birthdays, retirements and graduations all call for toasts, a few charming...
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this lament: I have a speech/presentation/tribute /introduction/thank you/eulogy/pitch/essay/personal statement) to write, and I JUST DON’T KNOW WHERE TO START! We’re all...
Inexperienced speakers HATE the idea of “dead air” when they have command of an audience. Why are so many of us so afraid of silence? Perhaps we fear the audience will consider us inept, or...