Magazine Archive - March 2019
March 21, 2019
Patrick Henry's Death-Defying Oratory
Significant Speeches , Public Speaking , On This Day , Resources
Patrick Henry's best-known speech makes the case for passion, parallel structure, and the power of simple words. But did he really say his most famous line? Or did he ad lib something else?
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March 19, 2019
How To: Create a Strong Open for Your Presentation
How To , Public Speaking , Instruction
The golden opportunity: To grab audience attention before they can start checking their phones. Here's a step by step process for determining how a public speaker can open strong.
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March 18, 2019
March Madness: Some Public Speaking Slam Dunks
Just For Fun , Public Speaking , Resources , Public Speaking Fear , Travel , Presentation Tips
March Madness fans are arriving in our neighborhood, hoping to see Zion Williamson, perhaps unaware they could improve their presentation skills while watching the big games...
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March 13, 2019
Rhetorical Device of the Month: Tricolon
Rhetorical Devices , Resources , Public Speaking , The Buckley Experience , Just For Fun
What public speaking technique can bring a certain fullness, roundness, or tension to help your message take off? Try this month's rhetorical device...
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March 5, 2019
Public Speaking Sins: 'I would submit'
Strictly Speaking , Cardinal Sins , Public Speaking , The Buckley Experience
You hear it in speeches all the time. That doesn't mean it's a good idea. From our founder's 10 Cardinal Sins of Public Speaking, we would submit to you the conditional tense...
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March 4, 2019
Good Panel Discussions: The Moderator’s Role
Panel Discussions , Presentation Tips , Instruction , Resources
Asking questions, introducing panelists, sure--but the real job of the moderator is to represent the audience and work on their behalf. What would Oprah do?
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March 2, 2019
Questionable Advice: 'Dumb Down that Presentation'
Public Speaking , Instruction , Presentation Tips
Before you despair over "dumbing down" your presentation, consider how you can be smarter about making complex information accessible.
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March 1, 2019
Poetry to Read Aloud: Grimké and 'The Kiss'
Poems to Read Aloud , Seen|Read|Heard , Resources , Public Speaking
The first African American woman to have her play produced publicly, Angelina Weld Grimké also wrote more than 170 poems, including this month's lines for you to read aloud...
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