The audience will listen because I’m a subject matter expert and what I have to say is interesting.

This is probably one of the most frequent mistakes made by speakers.

We all like to think that we know our stuff, and many people do. But that alone will not engage your audience. Read More...

Here are some key considerations before you take on a speaking engagement… Read More...

Clearly for a professional singer the voice is their most precious instrument.
It needs to be developed and it needs to be taken care of.
Different nuances and levels of expression are developed and revealed over time. Read More...

The Vote of Thanks is a short (2-3 minutes) expression of thanks to a speaker on behalf of the audience. Therefore it is not another speech, nor is it an evaluation, nor should it repeat the Chairman’s introduction of the speaker, nor may it be prepared in detail in advance. Read More...

Of all the facets of public speaking, introductions are probably the most abused. This is because we fail to determine the objective, the purpose and the desired result. Read More...

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. Read More...

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air… Read More...

The Constitution imposes upon me the obligation to "from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union." While this has traditionally been interpreted as an annual affair, this tradition has been broken in extraordinary times. Read More...