Best Speeches

How To Create A Father Of The Bride Speech (Ep32)

[youtube id=”wJBGP24p26k” mode=”normal” align=”center”] We celebrated my sister’s wedding recently where my Dad delivered a great Father of the Bride speech. It was funny and well delivered and brought tears to some eyes as well. And so I spoke to him about how he went about creating that speech and what tips he could offer […]

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How To Effectively Use Pauses During Your Public Speech (Ep28)

Using pauses during a public speech or presentation is an important way to engage the audience and to deliver your message effectively. A lot of us fail to use pauses in the right manner and therefore we throw our audience off and lose their engagement throughout the presentation. Pausing is something that we hate to

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Why Public Speaking Rubric Is Failing Our Students

Public speaking rubric is a document or measurement scale that is used to test and measure a student’s public speaking technique. However, this form of measurement actually hinders people becoming better public speakers. Today I’m going to talk to you about why Public Speaking Rubric is failing our students, and what we can do to

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Lessons From Steve Jobs’ 1997 Introduction To The Think Different Campaign

[powerpress] 1. He speaks slowly, quietly and calmly. He is not proclaiming anything, he is delivering insight 2. Sets up his talk with an overarching belief – “Marking is about values” 3. Use an example to prove your point – “Got Milk” and “Nike never talk about their shoes, they honour great athletes and great

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