Oratory is the art of speaking. And Oratorical relates to the art or practice of public speaking. An oratorical speech is typically formal, persuasive, and designed to impress or inspire the audience. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ …More ☛
Dialogue presents challenges for writers. Some prefer to simply declare what was “said.” Many authors feel that “said” is both traditional and invisible: “I’m going to write some dialogue,” said Bill. “I look forward to reading it, ”said Helene. But …More ☛
Oratory is the art of speaking. And Oratorical relates to the art or practice of public speaking. An oratorical speech is typically formal, persuasive, and designed to impress or inspire the audience. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ …More ☛
Transcript Dave Bricker (00:07) 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 emcee Dave Bricker bringing you straight talk and smart strategies from visionary …More ☛
When traveling through time, journey across the stage. Primitive men drew on cave walls with a burnt stick. Today, we create with a keyboard and a mouse. What tools will we express ourselves with a hundred years from now? Or …More ☛
Speaking involves so much more than your voice. Hand gestures, body language, stage positioning, and facial expressions all play an important role in making a speech engaging. Let’s talk about that last one. Here’s an example. “My sister called …More ☛
What should I do with my hands when I speak? The first way to answer this is to consider what you shouldn’t do with your hands. Sometimes nervous energy “bleeds” into our hands and we don’t even know it. We …More ☛
Microphones come in many varieties. Choose the right one based on your needs. Cost and Quality: Microphones can cast tens or tens of thousands. Avoid the cheap-o ones because you’re a speaker. The quality of your audio is even more …More ☛
What should we do with our hands when we speak? If you’re one of those people who talk with your hands, just be yourself. Some speakers like to bring their hands to rest in a position of offering, with palms …More ☛
Speaking involves so much more than your voice. Hand gestures, body language, stage positioning, and facial expressions all play an important role in making a speech engaging. Let’s talk about that last one. Here’s an example: My sister called and …More ☛
The relationships between gestures and spoken words are an important part of effective public speaking. Gestures can come before the spoken words, during the words, or after them. Hand gestures can add emphasis to things you say, as you say …More ☛
Sometimes we say one thing when we want to say another. Maybe you need to reject someone but you want to let them down easy. It goes something like this: Oh thank you Beth. That’s such a kind invitation! (hand …More ☛
So many speakers—even professional ones—are afraid to be “theatrical.” They worry that will be inauthentic or phony. A speaker I worked with told a story about a great injustice: A military leader was wrongly court-martialed and forced to retire in …More ☛
Microphones are designed to be placed a certain distance from your mouth. If you eat the microphone—if you put it on your kips like an ice cream cone—it’s likely to pick up breathing sounds and sibilance—the percussive pops, clicks, and …More ☛