Guest Blog:  Good Questions Uncover Value

Guest Blog: Good Questions Uncover Value

Jun. 18, 2013 by

Those of you who don’t know my colleague Patricia Fripp are in for a treat.  Fripp is a former President of the National Speakers’ Association, and is a member of their prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame. Not only is she

A movement becomes a racket

A movement becomes a racket

May. 21, 2013 by

Matt Latimer, a Republican speech writer for Bush and Rumsfeld, has written a very entertaining book called Speech*Less. In it, he chronicles his misadventures as an idealist in a palace of racketeers. Here he is describing the 2008 campaign from

Rehearsed vs. extemporaneous speaking

Rehearsed vs. extemporaneous speaking

May. 7, 2013 by

A few years ago I attended my aunt’s memorial service, where anyone was invited to say a few words.  I felt the need to tell a quick story that would remind everyone about her contagious enthusiasm for birds.  No matter