Recent Articles in Virtues & Vices
December 21, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Sarcasm
Virtues & Vices , Strictly Speaking , Speaker's Bookshelf , The Buckley Experience
A sprinkle of sarcasm may delight an audience--but if it's your dominant platform style, you have a problem. Our founder holds forth on how much is too much and what to do about it...
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November 25, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Humility of Spirit
Strictly Speaking , Virtues & Vices , Public Speaking , The Buckley Experience
Our founder believed it's the chief virtue for a speaker. What is humility of spirit, exactly? And how the devil can you get some?
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October 13, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Truculence
Virtues & Vices , Public Speaking , Resources , Speaker's Bookshelf , Strictly Speaking
A speaker who is ferocious or harsh, as our founder so eloquently says, "don't win friends." Here's his field guide to truculent speakers--and what you can do to tame them (if they happen to be you).
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August 30, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Passion
Virtues & Vices , Strictly Speaking , Public Speaking Books , The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking
Not to be confused with ranting or reckless enthusiasm, passion that suits your speaking style is key to becoming an influential presenter. Here's how...
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July 13, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Pomposity
Virtues & Vices , Public Speaking , Strictly Speaking , The Buckley Experience
Our founder called this "a creeping disease" to which any public speaker can be vulnerable. Could you be stricken? And what do you think of Reid Buckley's shocking cure?
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March 29, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Decency
Virtues & Vices , Strictly Speaking , The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking , Public Speaking Books
He's the expert we count on, the one who can avoid partisan nonsense. This excerpt from Reid Buckley's "Strictly Speaking" has us thinking about one of the chief qualities of Dr. Anthony Fauci's public speaking...
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February 17, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Belligerence
Virtues & Vices , Strictly Speaking , Public Speaking , Resources , Business Communication
Worried that you antagonize audiences? Or perhaps that's your goal! Check out our founder's case for warming up your stage presence and his unconventional steps to get you there...
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January 20, 2020
Public Speaking Virtues & Vices: Honesty
Virtues & Vices , Strictly Speaking , Resources , Public Speaking , Business Communication
"Character is the primary element a speaker brings to the stage. Everything else can be learned," wrote our founder. Get his honest advice...
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