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Speakipedia Podcast #33: Lucille Ossai

Speakipedia Posted on January 3, 2025 by juanJanuary 8, 2025
Speakipedia Podcast #33: Lucille Ossai

Transcript:  Dave Bricker (00:02) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia.com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk, smart strategies, and amazing stories from … More ☛

Speakipedia Podcast #18: Pauline Butcher Bird

Speakipedia Posted on August 22, 2024 by juanSeptember 11, 2024
Speakipedia Podcast #19: Pauline Butcher Bird

Dave Bricker: Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia Media brought to you by speakipedia .com. I’m your host, Dave Bricker, bringing you straight talk, strategies, and amazing stories from visionary … More ☛

Commatose: the Oxford Comma, or Serial Comma

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Commatose: the Oxford Comma, or Serial Comma

The Oxford comma, or serial comma is a subject of constant debate among writers. Do we need that comma before the last item on a list? Even without a list, the comma is an important determiner of meaning. Time to … More ☛

How Many Spaces After a Period? Ending the Debate

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
How Many Spaces After a Period? Ending the Debate

Few subjects arouse more passion among writers and designers than the debate over how many spaces should follow a period. If you adhere to a style manual, you’ll be hard-pressed to find one that doesn’t specify a single-space. Chicago and … More ☛

Reality Checklist for Self-Publishers

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Reality Checklist for Self-Publishers

One question that loops endlessly on writers’ forums is “How can I sell more books?” The question is a natural one, but for many self-publishers, it betrays a certain lack of awareness about the publishing business. Lest I sound holier … More ☛

Proposed Standards for Book Typography

Speakipedia Posted on June 13, 2024 by Dave BrickerJune 13, 2024
Proposed Standards for Book Typography

The word processor has placed new burdens on writers to understand how to use italics, big and small capitals, dashes, hyphens, initials, etc. Writers who do their own typesetting often produce mediocre results. Likewise, trade publishers sacrifice typographic aesthetics when … More ☛

Diatribe

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 14, 2024
Diatribe

A diatribe is a forceful and bitter verbal attack. It’s often a prolonged discourse full of passion and anger, making it a powerful rhetorical device when used strategically. In public speaking, a diatribe can stir emotions or galvanize an audience … More ☛

Aposiopesis

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerAugust 13, 2024
Aposiopesis

Aposiopesis is a rhetorical device where the speaker deliberately breaks off and leaves the sentence unfinished, letting the audience complete the thought in their own minds. This can be used to convey overwhelming emotion or to imply something without stating … More ☛

Red Herring

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Red Herring

Pay attention! This video will reveal new insights into Barnabus T. Hollings famous HBX Success Method—a sure path to instantaneous fame and wealth! A red herring is a plot element that misleads or distracts from the relevant or important issue. … More ☛

Paralipsis

Speakipedia Posted on June 12, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Paralipsis

Paralipsis, a rhetorical device that involves bringing up a subject by either denying it or pretending to pass over it. This is a clever way to draw attention to something while maintaining a veneer of detachment. A political speaker might … More ☛

Win the Debate: Reframe the Position

Speakipedia Posted on March 3, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Win the Debate: Reframe the Position

When you’re asked to argue in favor of a position, your opponent may counter with the absolutist position: Let’s say the debate topic is whether or not ANY and ALL subjects should be allowable in high school debate competitions. Your … More ☛

Win the Debate: Prepare Your Opening Statement

Speakipedia Posted on March 3, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Win the Debate: Prepare Your Opening Statement

A debate team researched their position well and amassed a stockpile of arguments that were certain to throw their opponents out of the ring by the time they finished their opening statement. And then they undid themselves:  I won’t even … More ☛

Win the Debate: Don’t Insult Your Opponent

Speakipedia Posted on March 3, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 25, 2024
Win the Debate: Don’t Insult Your Opponent

Whether you’re debating alone or on a team, the way you treat your opponents will affect your credibility. When asserting the superiority of your arguments, it can be tempting to denigrate the other team: My opponents are clearly ignorant of  … More ☛

Speaking Vocabulary

Speakipedia Posted on January 21, 2024 by Dave BrickerJuly 28, 2024
Speaking Vocabulary

Words and Terms related to speaking and speechwriting: Adynaton [ad-uh-NAY-ton]: A form of hyperbole in which the exaggeration is so extreme as to be impossible “You will sooner find a donkey flying than see me agree to that deal.” Allegory … More ☛

Illustrate Your Story with AI?

Speakipedia Posted on February 2, 2023 by Dave BrickerAugust 28, 2024

You’ve probably read about OpenAI and how artificial intelligence has come of age. It’s easy enough to generate articles and blog posts using tools such as ChatGPT, and if they turn out a bit too academic or clinical, you can … More ☛

My Club Got a One-Star Review

Speakipedia Posted on December 7, 2021 by Dave BrickerJuly 1, 2024

How do you handle a one-star review? Capable leaders are adept at untangling the many stories that compete for attention when problems need solving and egos need soothing. I monitor a FaceBook page for a local chapter of a national … More ☛

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