THE THREE BASIC RULES FOR any speech are: Start with a laugh, put the meat in the middle, and wave the flag at the end. Most important is to have a rapport with your audience. You can do it several ...

An elevator speech is a quick and effective way of getting someone’s attention, and getting them to see things your way. The concept of an elevator pitch is to engage your audience, make your point ...

It was the summer of 1998, the end of her junior year of college, when Sarah Hurwitz fell in love with the art form of writing the perfect speech, having scored an internship at the White House in ...

A good speech may look easy but you know making it look effortless has taken hours of work behind the scenes. So, today I’ll be giving a speech entitled "How to Write a Speech." Start your speech with ...

To combat the intense fear that being assigned a wedding speech can evoke, Bustle talked about tips for writing a wedding speech with wedding expert Lauren Beamon, at Elle Audrey New York, and let me ...

Remember the scene in Wedding Crashers where Owen Wilson’s character tells Rachel McAdams to scratch the sarcastic toast she’s planned to give as maid of honor at her sister’s wedding and instead go ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. People ask me every day whether it’s okay to use artificial intelligence to write a speech ...

If you’ve been charged with saying a few words about the newlyweds, here are some tips to help ease your anxiety and inspire you to speak from the heart. By Dina Gachman Massive parties with 10-piece ...

Understanding the type of speech you’re giving is the first step in the speech writing process. If you already know the genre of your speech, then feel free to move on towards the next step. If not, ...

A public relations, or PR speech, announces important developments such as new products, company reorganizations, new staff, new offices, expansion and community events the company sponsors or ...