speechwriting

Protect Your Ideas: Trademarks

Trademarks are registered for names and logos associated with specific purposes. For example, my StorySailing® name is trademarked and the…

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Protect Your Ideas: Copyright

Ideas are “intellectual property.” I.P. includes print-based material like books and articles and scripts, music and video, and also logos…

5 months ago

Free E-Books by Dave Bricker

Effective speakers wrap their messages in stories—but few understand what stories are and how they work. This brief guide explores…

5 months ago

Speech Annotator

By Dave Bricker Great words fail without great delivery, yet so many speechwriters deliver a manuscript and leave the performance…

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Stay Relevant with “I Know What You’re Thinking!”

How do you turn your me story into a you story? As engaging and interesting as the tale of your…

6 months ago

Twenty Most Popular Speaking Topics

Here are speaking topic trends observed in conferences, and media as of April, 2023. Speaking topic trends can change quickly.…

6 months ago

William Lyon Phelps: A Borrowed Book

(419 words) William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943) was an American educator, literary critic and author. On April 6, 1933, in response…

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Famous Speeches: Susan B. Anthony “Are Women Persons?”

(238 words) Susan B. Anthony had been arrested for voting in Rochester, New York in the 1872 elections, violating state…

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Famous Speeches: Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I a Woman?”

(353 words) “Ain’t I a Woman?” was an extemporaneous speech given by Sojourner Truth (1797–1883), who was born into slavery…

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Famous Speeches: Patrick Henry “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”

(366 words) Patrick Henry gave his famous speech to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John’s…

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