On Speaking Well: How to Give a Speech With Style, Substance, and Clarity
by Peggy Noonan
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For anyone who fears the thought of writing and giving a speech--be it to business associates, or at a wedding--help is at hand. Acclaimed presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan shares her secrets to becoming a confidence, persuasive speaker demystifying topics including: - Finding you own authentic voice - Developing a text that interest you - Acing the all-important first paragraph - Using logic to move your audience - Creating, developing, and reinventing the "core speech" for diverse show more audiences - Strengthening your speech with a vital element: humor - Winnowing your thought down to the essentials - Handling professional jargon, clichés, and the sound bite syndrome - Presenting your speech in the best way - Collecting intellectual income--conversing your speech treasures - Breaking all the rules and still succeeding - Reading for inspiration--how to use the excellence of others Complete with lessons, tips and memorable examples, On Speaking Well shows us how to create forceful, persuasive, relevant speeches that will resonate with our audiences. Engaging, informative, and always entertaining, this is undoubtedly the authoritative how-to guide for anyone writing or giving a speech. show lessTags
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This is a good book, in spots - at least it was for me. Peggy Noonan is an experienced speechwriter and speaker, but this book definitely emphasizes the speechwriting aspect. Though the (refurbished) title echoes Zinnser's, "On Writing Well", I think a more accurate title is, "On Speechwriting Well". There are some useful tidbits here and there on delivery, but the most useful parts focus on the writing. The downside: maybe a bit too much about politics, Reagan, and Dole - but that's her experience and her perspective, so it's reasonable, but felt like a bit too much at times.
This book has helped me in struggle with public speaking.
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She was a special assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1984 to 1986; in 1988, she was chief speechwriter to Vice President George Bush during his campaign for the presidency. She is currently a columnist & contributing editor at The Wall Street Journal & a political contributor for Fox News. She lives in New York City. (Publisher Provided) show more Peggy Noonan graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Before entering the Reagan White House, she was a producer and writer at CBS News and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was a speechwriter and special assistant to President Ronald Reagan. She is a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal and an author. Her books include What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era, Character Above All, The Case Against Hillary Clinton, When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan, John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father, Patriotic Grace, and The Time of Our Lives. In 2010, she received the Award for Media Excellence by the living recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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