You may be familiar with Matt Latimer’s book Speech*Less about his career as a speechwriter in Washington during the Bush administration. Apparently, President Bush had learned at Yale that all speeches should have an introduction, three points, a peroration, and
When she was a year old, I held my daughter Georgia at the closed window of our 30th floor New York City apartment so we could look out over Times Square. Across the street, stretching the full length of a
The current shouting match going in Washington is bad public speaking. Good public speaking begins– literally and figuratively– with civility. “May it please the court,” says the lawyer. “Madam Speaker, Vice President So-and-So, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow