The key to giving a great speech is actually writing a great speech. All the speech-related advice out there focuses on our collective (and completely rational) fear of public speaking. What if I told ...

I still remember one of my first big speaking engagements. I spent weeks preparing, rehearsing every word and perfecting my slides. I wanted to be flawless. But when I stepped onstage, something ...

“You can’t afford to wing it no matter if you are the boss, a department head, or a team leader charged with delivering the remarks,” public speaking coach and veteran PR executive Rosemary Ravinal ...

Looking for an example of how not to give a wedding speech? Try this. I was recently told an anecdote about guests at a wedding who became suspicious about the detached, cliched style of the groom’s ...

Memo to the potential winners: Be more like Halle Berry and less like James Cameron. The calendar tells us that a new year is dawning, and we know what that means: The two-month-long awards show ...