Magazine Archive - March 2018
March 31, 2018
Books for Speakers: Woe Is I
Public Speaking Books , Speaker's Bookshelf , Instruction , Presentation Tips , Resources
One of our favorite guides--smart, easy to follow, and full of fun (yes, really) without any of the harmful side effects that caused you to doze off in middle school...
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March 30, 2018
Winning Speech, New Book, New Job: Buckley Friends Making News
Alumni , Seen|Read|Heard , The Buckley Experience
We know our Buckley alum enjoy keeping up with each other! A few things that've made their way recently to The Buckley School inbox...
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March 29, 2018
Beyond 'You Were Great!' - 3 Tips for Getting Helpful Feedback
Presentation Tips , Three Things , Public Speaking
"You were great!" It's the response most people hear when they ask for feedback on a speech or presentation. Here's how to get the stuff you can actually use...
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March 26, 2018
A Woman and History: Camden’s Mary Boykin Chesnut
Welcome to Camden , The Buckley Experience , Seen|Read|Heard , Travel
Her first person account of the Civil War was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Here's where you can retrace the steps of this woman who both made and wrote history in Camden...
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March 23, 2018
Rhetorical Device of the Month: Enallage
Resources , Instruction , Rhetorical Devices
Should you ignore the rules of grammar in order to make a memorable statement in your next business presentation? Our rhetorical device of the month says it ain't such a bad idea....
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March 20, 2018
On Gestures: Five Principles for Public Speaking
Gestures & Body Language , Public Speaking , The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking Books , Speaking in Public
How best to use your hands when speaking? Our founder got his inspiration from a variety of sources. Those--plus his five tips for gestures, from his first book on public speaking...
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March 9, 2018
Standing Up to Public Speaking Fears
Resources , Public Speaking , Seen|Read|Heard , Three Things , Just For Fun , Presentation Tips
When a hospital administrator wanted to give her career a boost, she had to overcome her fear of public speaking. So she took on an even scarier challenge. Should you?
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March 1, 2018
Poems to Read Aloud: A Wilde Woman for March
Poems to Read Aloud , The Buckley Experience , Resources
She was better known then as the fired-up, justice-seeking poet Speranza...and better known now as Oscar Wilde's mother. Improve your cadence and vocal projection with these lines from Lady Jane Wilde...
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