Speechwriting

No matter how engaging your presentations are, make these mistakes and you’ll ensure your career never takes off.

This infographic explains what to do before and during a speech to ensure that you feel confident, speak clearly and keep your audience interested.

Your message is terrific, but will it have lasting impact with your audience? Try these techniques to leave an indelible mark on those watching and listening to your next public address.

Sometimes it’s the equipment; sometimes it’s ‘operator error’ (meaning you). Either way, you have to pull up your socks and keep your audience on your side. Here are some guidelines.

A former White House speechwriter offers tips on finding stories and considers the upside of audiences with smartphones.

Your demeanor, before and during your talk, is every bit as important as the content of your presentation. Here’s food for thought.

Nervous about appearing on camera? This advice from presentation pros can help you get your message across without jitters.

Certain topics are inherently tedious, but a little creativity can help you engage your audience and land your message for the long term. Try these on for size.

You’ve seen those impressive speakers rattling off their TED Talks as if they were recounting a familiar anecdote. It’s not that simple. Here are tips for keeping a presentation spontaneous.

Say goodbye to those jitters about public speaking. This step-by-step checklist will help you develop a solid presentation you’ll be proud to deliver.

Delivering information is your objective, of course, so keeping your audience alert and receptive to your message is essential. Take these steps to keep it compact and potent.

Aristotle’s advice is as relevant as ever when making business presentations.

The technology helps politicians and newscasters speak fluidly to the audience without repeatedly looking down at a prepared text, but it’s not as simple as just reading a screen.

Millions watched the commander in chief’s final address to the nation. Here’s what PR pros can take from it.

Speakers, are your presentations so rigidly structured that you give yourself no breathing room, no chance to interact on a human level with your listeners? Here’s how to loosen up a bit.