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Author: Heather Locke

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The first best sign of a good speech: a good title

I try to draw lessons from the Cicero Speechwriting Awards, and one one thing I saw this year was a high correlation between good speech titles and good speeches. (And, …

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WATCH: Four presidential speechwriters, four fine speechwriting yarns

The best of the best stories told at the Speechwriters and Executive Communicators Conference by speechwriters to Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton and Bush.

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WATCH: Weirdos go to Washington

What was on the strange minds of the odd folks who gathered for the Speechwriters and Executive Communicators Conference, Mar. 7-9?

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2011 Cicero Speechwriting Awards winners singular power of oral communication

“Speeches are back,” says Peggy Noonan; and the winners of the Cicero Speechwriting Awards show why speeches never left.

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“We don’t study speech to change our lives, but our lives are changed nonetheless”

Speaker compares studying rhetoric to walking in the sun.

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“America is not broke”

“The country is awash in wealth and cash. It’s just that it’s not in your hands!”

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Enough with the “willy-waving,” already! Looking for a few great women

After my talk on speechwriting last month at the United Nations, an attendee came up and said that she and a number of women who were sitting around her were …

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Speech openings: When to start slowly, when to start fast

If you know the audience, jump right in. If you need to introduce yourself, go for the “slow open.”

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How to showcase your skills via “crowdsourced” video

Consultant David Meerman Scott acquired videos of his speech taken by a number of audience members from various angles and compiled this fine “crowdsourced” highlight reel.

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“I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action”

President Obama explains and defends the military action in Libya.

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