Art of Oratory

Why Memorize Your Speech? Try The Suspension Bridge Method

I spent 40 hours trying to memorize a five-minute speech once. And then I skipped an important line! Memorizing a…

10 months ago

What to Do with Your Hands When You Speak

What should we do with our hands when we speak? If you’re one of those people who talk with your…

10 months ago

What if? Danger and Opportunity

What if you forget your lines on stage? What if there’s a power failure in the middle of your speech?…

10 months ago

Voices and Accents

If you want to discover what the human voice is capable of, listen to Humphrey Bower narrate the audiobook version…

10 months ago

Turn Nervous into Service

Speaking nerves are normal and natural, but think about it: Most fears are rooted in things that might happen to…

10 months ago

There Are No “Levels”

Are you stuck? How will you ever get to the next level? The concept of levels is a direct assault…

10 months ago

The Power Pause!

If you asked me a question—a deep or complex question—and I shot back a quick answer, you might conclude that…

10 months ago

The One-Sided Phone Call

Sometimes you can get a lot of mileage on stage when you leave half the conversation to the audience’s imagination.…

10 months ago

The Imaginary Law of Perfection

You imagine that you have to get through your speech without forgetting a word. You imagine that you’ll bomb if…

10 months ago

The Fifth Wall

My last video talked about the fourth wall—an acting term that refers to the invisible “fourth wall” between the audience…

10 months ago

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