Magazine Archive - August 2019
August 31, 2019
On This Day: The American Scholar
Great Speeches , On This Day , Significant Speeches
In case you think our worries about the influence of such things as Twitter and university education are recent ones, consider this speech Ralph Waldo Emerson made in 1837...
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August 29, 2019
Rhetorical Device of the Month: Antonomasia
Rhetorical Devices , Resources , Public Speaking , Just For Fun
What's in a name? Perhaps a lot more when you employ this rhetorical device in your public speaking. Here's how it's used for good and for evil...
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August 23, 2019
Public Speaking Sins: Failing to Appeal to Emotion
Cardinal Sins , Public Speaking , Strictly Speaking , The Buckley Experience , Presentation Tips
Even the most brilliant audiences need more than facts. From our founder's 10 cardinal sins, why you've got to break out of that box and get the audience to have feelings for you.
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August 22, 2019
Presentation Skills: Got Charisma?
Public Speaking , Resources , Presentation Tips , Strictly Speaking
It's that quality we struggle to define, yet seems to sparkle in the best public speakers. At The Buckley School, we call it personal magnetism. Here's how you can develop yours...
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August 15, 2019
Business Communication: Three Tips for Better Emails
Business Communication , Presentation Tips , Three Things
Don't be "that person"—especially when you can practice your writing and presentation skills AND craft better emails at the same time!
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August 9, 2019
How To: Manage Uhs and Ums
How To , Instruction , Presentation Tips , Public Speaking
Crutch words. Filler language. A natural way we all speak. What should you do about the uhs and ums when you're making a presentation? We have a few ideas...
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August 5, 2019
Ditching Jargon to Promote Success
Public Speaking , Seen|Read|Heard , Faculty , Presentation Tips
Universities are starting to do something about their mind-boggling jargon. Here's how that can help you reassess your own approach to business communication...
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August 1, 2019
Poem to Read Aloud: Emily Brontë
Poems to Read Aloud , Public Speaking , Resources , The Buckley Experience
Though famous for giving us "Wuthering Heights," Emily Brontë also wrote 200 poems in her 30 short years. Read one of them out loud this month to improve your public speaking...
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