Archive for April 2025
Police Brutality is 1 Clear Worthwhile Story
Tenth in an occasional series about about compelling stories and ideas worth telling. I recently received an email from a New Jersey woman. It said, “Hello. I was wondering if this story could become a book. Below are 2 articles, but there are many, many more articles out like this.” So far, so normal. I…
Read More4 More Speech Types Guaranteed to Please
Last week, I wrote about four different speech types: informative, how-to, persuasive, and oratorical. Read it here. Now, I’ll cover four more types of speeches that speechwriters often compose. Motivational — Tony Robbins. Les Brown. Zig Ziglar. These are three speakers who mastered this speech type in which the speaker inspires and excites the audience…
Read More4 Speech Types Sure to Work
Even though he wasn’t taking about speech types, business advisor Somers White once said that 90% of how well a speech goes is determined before the speaker steps on the platform, moves to the dais, steps in front of a microphone, and opens his or her mouth. Preparation is critical, which means speech writing is…
Read More4 Rich Speech Tips for Short Attention Spans
One reason stories are so effective is because, when presented with conviction, enthusiasm, and clarity, they are memorable—and you need a speech to be memorable because people have short attention spans. According to Gloria Mark, a psychologist and the chancellor’s professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, attention spans have been shrinking over…
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