by Dave Bricker Explore this soon-to-be-released Speakipedia AI tool. Load one of the demos and view the AI-generated results. Get…
Pedantic means being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, often emphasizing the minutiae of knowledge rather…
Verbs are the engines that move your writing and your readers, but many authors don’t spend enough time choosing the…
Selecting a book font seems simple enough, but important subtleties and fine points of typography are not obvious to the…
The principles behind the simple art of essay writing can be applied to most any kind of written work. Even…
Tom Morkes published The Perfect Book sales Page on his blog. I'm usually the first person to reject formulaic approaches…
This article explores ergonomic solutions to writers’ repetitive stress problems. As static as it may seem, writing is a physically…
Once you have your book cover design looking spirited and professional on your computer screen, how can you ensure that…
Dialogue presents challenges for writers. Some prefer to simply declare what was “said.” Many authors feel that “said” is both…
"Passive writing" refers to a specific set of grammatical circumstances where emphasis switches from subject to object. The money was…
Part 1 of Book Cover Design: Judging a Book by its Cover critiqued "professional" covers taken from Amazon's Editor's choice…
What do you think a professional editor's pay scale should be? Assume that a proofreader would be at the bottom…
I recently published a post about the difference between vanity publishing and true self-publishing. Fundamentally, the article defines a publisher…
One question that loops endlessly on writers’ forums is “How can I sell more books?” The question is a natural…
Book design is a lost art. Though book design discussions usually focus on covers, consider how much more time a…
If you're hoping to have mainstream bookstore distribution, using a Vanity Press may present some obstacles. Book buyers will likely…
Epizeuxis is the emphatic repetition of a word, with no other words in between. It’s used to highlight a strong…
Exordium—the introductory part of a speech, where you set the stage and prepare your audience for what’s to come. The…
Cacophony refers to a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds, used to describe a situation where a lot of noise makes…
A monologue is a long speech given by one person.. In a theatrical context, a monologue allows a character to…
Along with ethos and pathos, logos is one of the three classical persuasive techniques. Logos appeals to logic and reason.…
Orotund refers to a style of speech that is rounded, full, and imposing. It describes a voice or tone that…
Quintilian sounds like a huge number, but Quintilian was an ancient Roman educator, known for his influential work on rhetoric…
Paralipsis, a rhetorical device that involves bringing up a subject by either denying it or pretending to pass over it.…
Syllepsis is not what happens after you’ve eaten too much spicy chili. Syllepsis is a figure of speech in which…
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To bloviate means to speak at length in a pompous or boastful manner. Otherwise known as the “soaring ramble,” the…
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Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia…
Transcript Dave Bricker (00:06) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia…
Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is Speakipedia…
Transcript Dave Bricker (00:06) Want to expand your speaking and storytelling skills and grow your influence business? This is…
The Global Speakers Federation, GSF, isn't an organization you can join as an individual member. Its members include professional associations…
By Dave Bricker Great words fail without great delivery, yet so many speechwriters deliver a manuscript and leave the performance…
The speaker advanced to the next slide and began to explain. I suppose this might make some sort of sense…
How do we get our audiences to return their focus to the presenter when we've sent them off to engage…
What should I do with my hands when I speak? The first way to answer this is to consider what…
Writing teachers encourage us to engage the mind and senses. Describe sights, smells, tastes, sounds, feelings, thoughts, and tactile experiences…
I spent 40 hours trying to memorize a five-minute speech once. And then I skipped an important line! Memorizing a…
Speaking nerves are normal and natural, but think about it: Most fears are rooted in things that might happen to…
Like many speakers, I have many more hours of material ready than I could ever share in a single keynote—stories,…
Sing! Sing! Sing! Yes, you. You don’t have to sing well. You don’t have to sing in front of your…
Dynamics means “change,” and yet so many speakers think “dynamic speaking” means being loud and emphatic. Being a dynamic speaker…
I watched a speaker disperse the audience into discussion groups of four people … And then struggle to get them…
Lecturers deliver information; speakers deliver transformation. You may talk about finance, artificial intelligence, or real estate—and that information may be…
Glossophobia—the fear of public speaking—is #8 on the list of common phobias—not #1 as is commonly thought—but it’s still a…
Many speakers talk about cortisol and oxytocin and how your brain reacts to stories. That’s all rather sophisticated sounding except…
Here’s one of my favorite advertisements: This hair salon bills itself as the place “where the women you hate get…
Explore this soon-to-be-released Speakipedia AI tool. Load one of the demos and view the AI-generated results. Speaker Introduction Wizard by…
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