speechwriting

Using Other People’s Content: Fair Use

When can you use someone else’s intellectual property? With the property-holder’s permission, you can do what you want. That’s the…

12 months ago

Protect Your Ideas: Trademarks

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

12 months ago

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…

12 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…

1 year ago

Speech Annotator

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

1 year ago

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…

1 year 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.…

1 year 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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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…

1 year ago

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