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…

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Protect Your Ideas: Trademarks

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

9 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…

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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…

10 months ago

Speech Annotator

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

10 months 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…

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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.…

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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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