Magazine Archive - January 2019
January 29, 2019
Improve your Presentations: New options for 2019
The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking , Instruction
We've designed two new open-enrollment courses and a video option for coaching. Learn more about how we can help you advance your public speaking skills and improve your professional presentations...
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January 28, 2019
Winning with Humor: 'Should Men Vote?'
Significant Speeches , On This Day , Public Speaking , Seen|Read|Heard
Suffragist Nellie McClung was tired of the put downs and excuses, so she used her talents for public speaking and humor to fight back...
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January 21, 2019
Questionable Advice Department: Hand out Your PowerPoint in Advance
Resources , Instruction , Presentation Tips , Public Speaking , PowerPoint
Should you give the audience your PowerPoint deck before you present it? Why we question that advice on handouts and what you can do instead...
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January 14, 2019
How to: Use Gestures in a Presentation
How To , Gestures & Body Language , Instruction , Presentation Tips , Public Speaking
Do you talk with your hands? Terrific! Now let's make sure those gestures are saying what you mean...
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January 11, 2019
Rhetorical Device of the Month: Asyndeton
Rhetorical Devices , Resources , Instruction , Just For Fun
No ands or buts, if you use this rhetorical device you can improve the odds that your speech will pack some punch.
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January 6, 2019
Public Speaking Sins: Arrogance & Conceit
Public Speaking , Strictly Speaking , Cardinal Sins , The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking Books , Presentation Tips
What must public speakers avoid if they don't want to make the mistakes of an amateur? Our founder's 10 Cardinal Sins of Public Speaking, starting with one that requires "cleansing your spirit."
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January 5, 2019
Helen Keller's Remarkable Public Speaking
On This Day , Significant Speeches , Seen|Read|Heard , Resources , Public Speaking
We all know Helen Keller as a remarkable person--but how much do you know about her career as a public speaker? On January 5, 1916, 35-year-old Keller spoke at Carnegie Hall...
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January 3, 2019
Good Panel Discussions: Start with Why
Panel Discussions , Resources , Presentation Tips
What makes the best panel discussion? What do moderators and panelists need to know to succeed? We're sharing tips from our experiences, starting with the most obvious and overlooked question: Why?
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January 1, 2019
Poems to Help Your Public Speaking: E.A. Robinson's Cheevy
Poems to Read Aloud , Resources , The Buckley Experience , Public Speaking
"Miniver cursed the commonplace/And eyed a khaki suit with loathing." Add more color to your public speaking with these lines to read aloud from Edwin Arlington Robinson...
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