The Speaking Guild Journal
Practical analysis, durable techniques, and thoughtful guidance for building speeches that deserve an audience.
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It’s a tough moment when you decide to take your speaking seriously. You already know how to stand in front of people. You’ve led meetings. Run workshops. Trained teams. Maybe even keynoted a conference or two. But the minute you try to turn that into a “speaking business,” everything suddenly feels very official. Websites. Videos. […]
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The response of my classmates to their public speaking assignments taught me more than any textbook ever could
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“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” – Albert Einstein. Wise words from Mr. Einstein, considered to be one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. He highlights a fundamental truth regarding how we share information- if we’re complicating things, maybe we’re the ones that have more to learn. […]
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“What did you just say to me?!” Have you ever stared into the face of someone that you deeply offended and asked yourself “Wait, what did I just say?!” It goes without saying that we’ve all stuck our foot in our mouth at one time or another. A thoughtless phrase or outdated joke that you […]
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Do you use highlighters when you study or read? Why? I know for me, the bright and transparent ink helps me focus on and save valuable information that I will want to reference in the future. Public speeches often involve specific data to support the speaker’s points. This is especially true in industry-specific presentations. But […]
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Would you rather be heard or understood? There’s a big difference there if you want to make an impression as a public speaker. We’re surrounded by big talkers, chatter boxes, and caffeine-fueled ADHD coworkers that have a lot to say and yet nothing to share. It’s true that being an effective speaker means using every […]
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“Bueller, Bueller?” Many of us recall the monotone roll call of Ben Stein in the classic film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Mr. Stein’s famously droll delivery perfectly illustrates the importance of vocal variety when we speak. If our voice never has any variety, we may seem bored with our subject, and like the monotonous economics […]
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Chopped salad, fruit salad, potato salad. How many random foods have you encountered at a family picnic that have been carefully cleaned, sliced and combined into a mystery dish that forces you to ask- “What’s in this?” Of course, many of us are familiar with these types of culinary adventures, and it makes for a […]
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