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“No word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” So said Mark Twain, and he knew a fair bit about words. One of the easiest ways to improve your presentation is to take his advice and [...]

Delivery – according to Demosthenes, this is the key to good speaking. As anyone who has seen a bad actor mangle Shakespeare can attest, how the words are spoken plays a vital role. What then [...]

If there is a ‘secret’, it is this. All those speakers who impress us with their eloquence know it. Most of what makes a speech great is not in the telling; it’s in the preparation. Steve Jobs [...]

Question & Answer Contrast Lists of Three Repetition We use these techniques constantly, naturally, unconsciously in everyday conversation. When we step up to do a presentation something [...]