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October 21, 2020
Public Speaking: Managing a Stutter
Resources , Public Speaking , Presentation Tips , Presidents Day
By talking about his struggles as someone who stutters and how he copes, Joe Biden has brought positive attention and provided encouragement to those who share this public speaking challenge.
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January 28, 2020
On This Day: Reagan's Challenger disaster speech
On This Day , Great Speeches , Significant Speeches , Presidents Day
With Americans in shock after witnessing the tragedy, President Ronald Reagan needed to deliver a message. Here's how a little-known speechwriter helped him find the right words...
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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 5, 2019
The Eyes of the World are Upon You: Eisenhower's D-day Speech
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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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April 23, 2019
On this Day: The Man in the Arena
Significant Speeches , On This Day , Great Speeches , Seen|Read|Heard , The Buckley Experience , Presidents Day
Ever wondered if your speech fell flat? Theodore Roosevelt wasn't so sure about this one--though his famous lines have lived on to inspire in a variety of ways.
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December 7, 2018
FDR's Speech and the Day That Lives in Infamy
On This Day , Significant Speeches , Great Speeches , Public Speaking , Presidents Day
How Franklin D. Roosevelt drafted one of history's best known and oft misquoted lines--and what his speech can teach us about the importance of working to find the right words...
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December 3, 2018
George H.W. Bush: A Speechwriter Remembers
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We're remembering George H.W. Bush through the stories of his former speechwriter Christopher Buckley...
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November 19, 2018
On This Day: The Gettysburg Address
Significant Speeches , On This Day , Great Speeches , Public Speaking , Presidents Day
Seven score and 15 years ago on this day, Abraham Lincoln delivered a 270 word address that is still teaching us lessons about public speaking today...
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November 4, 2018
On This Day: Obama 2008 Victory Speech
Significant Speeches , On This Day , Seen|Read|Heard , Presidents Day
Making history with his election 10 years ago, Barack Obama delivered a speech that referenced Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy and most of all, Abraham Lincoln.
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September 23, 2018
On This Day: The Checkers Speech
Public Speaking , Significant Speeches , On This Day , Presidents Day
On this day in 1952, Richard Nixon and a cocker spaniel gave the world a televised address we still talk about. Check out the Checkers speech....
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September 12, 2018
On This Day: 'We choose to go to the Moon'
Public Speaking , Seen|Read|Heard , Great Speeches , Significant Speeches , On This Day , Presidents Day
We do these things "not because they are easy, but because they are hard." On this day in 1962, President Kennedy gave a speech with lines that still resonate. What he said, how he said it, and what you can learn about speeches to inspire a vision...
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May 12, 2017
Speaking Inspired by Lincoln
Public Speaking , Seen|Read|Heard , Presentation Tips , Presidents Day
A tweet from Ford’s Theatre caught our eye: "Today #FordsOratory students head to the Lincoln Memorial to practice giving their speeches in the footsteps of other great orators!" We had to find out more...
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March 20, 2017
The Inaugural Chaplain: Barry Black
Public Speaking , Alumni , Presidents Day
Maybe you heard his rousing speech at the National Prayer Breakfast or marveled at his resonant voice during the Inauguration Prayer. So did we. And we were fortunate enough to have that same voice echo through our school not that long ago.
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