Magazine Archive - June 2019
June 27, 2019
Rhetorical Device of the Month: Tmesis
Rhetorical Devices , Resources , The Buckley Experience , Just For Fun
Un-friggin-doubtedly, you’ve used this one before. Here’s why that’s probably a fan-blooming-tastic thing…
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June 21, 2019
Your Big Idea: The Poster Approach to Public Speaking
Public Speaking , Presentation Tips , Resources
What can we learn from a well-designed poster? There's a movement afoot to change how scientists use poster presentations to communicate. The same techniques can work in your presentations...
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June 19, 2019
Public Speaking Sins: Reckless Use of Quotes
Cardinal Sins , Presentation Tips , The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking Books
Before you start Googling quotes for your next presentation, take a moment to reflect on this cardinal sin that amateur speakers commit...
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June 12, 2019
Great Speeches: Berlin, Donuts and Walls
Great Speeches , On This Day , Significant Speeches , Presentation Tips , Presidents Day
One wall, two famous speeches separated by 24 years. In the month of June, both Kennedy and Reagan spoke before the Berlin Wall. A look at the impact of their words and what we can learn from those speeches today...
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June 10, 2019
Public Speaking & Storytelling: Stories to Teach
Resources , Public Speaking , Business Communication , Presentation Tips , Storytelling
Can a story help at-risk teens learn to make better choices? One former L.A. gang member thinks so. Here's how our Buckley coach helped him use his stories to teach and how the same ideas can work for your presentations...
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June 5, 2019
The Eyes of the World are Upon You: Eisenhower's D-day Speech
Significant Speeches , On This Day , Public Speaking , Great Speeches , Resources , Presentation Tips , Presidents Day
On this day, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower recorded a message for D-day troops. Learn more about how this speech came together and the edits that made his words more powerful...
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June 2, 2019
Poem to Read Aloud: Countee Cullen's Rendezvous
Poems to Read Aloud , Resources , The Buckley Experience
"Yet do I marvel at this curious thing: To make a poet black, and bid him sing!" Let those famous lines and others from Countee Cullen inspire your public speaking, with this month's poem to read aloud.
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