Write Great Speeches

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How to Create Metaphors that Make an Impact
Figurative speech and language have the power to bring your talk to life. We’ve written before on how improving your verbal skills...
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The Power of Storytelling to Persuade
“As a method of persuasion, I am not a big fan of PowerPoint presentations,” says the legendary screenwriting guru Robert McKee. So...
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Spice Up Your Speeches with These 3 Rhetorical Devices
Many of the greatest speeches in history have influenced their audience on an almost subliminal level. John Zimmer has written about Rhetoric...
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How to Create a Speech that Works
Dr. Jim Anderson has over 25 years experience transforming shy public speakers into effective ones. We found this recent article from him...
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The 4 Most Important Steps When Preparing Your Speech
Preparation is the key to a good speech or presentation The best speeches and presentations – the ones that are delivered effortlessly; the...
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How To Become More Deeply Connected and Widely Quoted
We recently wrote about the Ladder of Abstraction, where combining big picture messages with granular details is the key to delivering a powerful...
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The 3 Keys to Acing the Pitch – ANY Pitch!
In our ‘10 Pillars of Public Speaking‘ series, we talk about Aristotle’s pillars of rhetoric, outlining the importance of emotion in persuasion....
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The 4 Most Important Things to Remember When Using Quotations in Speech
I am a big fan of quotes From Mark Twain to Marcus Aurelius, from Bruce Lee to Eleanor Roosevelt, from Nelson Mandela...
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The 8-Step Guide to Approaching Presentations with a Journalistic Mindset
In Gabby Reed’s first post for us she outlined the 5 Dos and Don’ts of Presentation Design. Here she details how to approach...
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Lessons from a TEDx Event
TED and TEDx are must-have masterclasses for anybody wanting to learn how to present well. John Zimmer, one of the core members...
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Ethos, Pathos, Logos – The Three Pillars of Rhetoric
John Zimmer is a well known writer, speaker and coach in the art of speaking well. He’s also a founder of Presentation-Guru.com...
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Presentation is a High Performance Sport – There Are NO Miracles
In springtime, magazines around the world are full of weight-loss tips. No matter where you look, everywhere you’ll find “do this and...

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