How to prepare for a speech by practicing sections individually
Once you’ve written your speech or presentation, your work isn’t over. You still need to practice it. Specific methods on how to prepare...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 27, 20171 min read
Give an effective speech by understanding the importance of the opening and closing
There’s a memory effect called “primacy and recency.” Essentially, the human brain remembers best what it hears first and last—the stuff...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 24, 20172 min read
Change your mindset when it comes to public speaking
In my quest to make these emails more regular, here is the kickoff email for what I hope turns into a book. Whether I’m talking to...
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Eddie Rice
Dec 1, 20162 min read
Improve public speaking: 7 Ways Speakers Sabotage Themselves Before Getting Up To Speak
Speakers looking to improve public speaking should focus on the habits holding them back. Sometimes speakers will sabotage their best...
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Eddie Rice
Nov 30, 20162 min read
Thank you speech: gratitude in end of year speeches
As a leader, you’ll often be called upon to give a thank you speech at the end of the year to your employees. Whether it’s something...
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Eddie Rice
Sep 26, 20161 min read
Fear of public speaking tips: Permission to fail
Fear of public speaking tips: Permission to fail. It’s OK if you aren’t too perfect when you get up to speak. Many speakers grow up with...
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Eddie Rice
Sep 25, 20162 min read
Improving Public Speaking Skills: What the 10,000 hour rule gets wrong
You might have heard of the “10,000 hour rule.” Researchers looked at chess players and others at the top of their game and found that to...
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Eddie Rice
Sep 15, 20162 min read
Public Speaking Confidence Tips: Mindset Matters
Public speaking confidence tips: Many of you have asked, “Now that I have a speech, how do I prepare? How do I memorize it? What does it...
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Eddie Rice
Apr 14, 20162 min read
Graduation speech ideas: What I Hope That Commencement Speakers Will Share With This Year’s Graduate
Far too often, a graduation speech follows the same boring pattern: The speakers talk about their success and then tell the graduates to...
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Eddie Rice
Apr 10, 20162 min read
Get more sleep to become a better speaker
Get more sleep to become a better speaker. Even after one night of not enough sleep, our thinking slows down, our creativity suffers, and...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 31, 20163 min read
Keynote Speech Pre-Flight Keynote Checklist
Pilots go through a methodical checklist before each flight — it’s the same one whether it’s their first flight or hundredth. Keynote...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 29, 20162 min read
Best Way to Memorize A Speech: Scaffolded memorization
The worst thing that speakers can do is to read their speech from a podium. They have written it out in paragraphs and just start to read...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 29, 20162 min read
How to write a speech: Compose your speech out loud
Your computer can be your greatest enemy when writing a speech. Too often, speechwriters sit down to write a speech and just begin typing...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 19, 20161 min read
Best Wedding Toasts: 10 Best Maid of Honor and Best Man Wedding Toasts
This lists contains 10 of the best wedding toasts that I could find on the internet. Use them as inspiration for your next wedding...
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Eddie Rice
Mar 1, 20162 min read
Short political speeches: Pitch your stump with little time
When it comes to pitching an idea, a person, a candidate–whatever–the same principles apply. For whatever reason, Murphy’s Law loves to...
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Eddie Rice
Feb 15, 20161 min read
Speaker bio template: Have Your Speaker’s Bio Ready to Go!
One of my pet peeves is when a speaker begins their speech with a long list of their accomplishments and their personal background. It...
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Eddie Rice
Feb 5, 20163 min read
10 Key Qualities for CEO Speeches
This is your big moment. You’ve been named CEO or elected president of an association or chosen as the head of a college. You are now...
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Eddie Rice
Jan 20, 20162 min read
Five Graduation Speech Examples Not Full of Cliches
You’ve undoubtedly heard graduation speech examples with the following themes: “Follow your dreams/passion” “Never give up” “Look inside...
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Eddie Rice
Jan 18, 20161 min read
Check out my guest post: Why Candidates Should Ditch The Resume Stump Speech
Head on over to http://www.campaignsandelections.com and check out my guest post: http://campaignsandelections.com/campaign-insider/2633/...
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Eddie Rice
Dec 15, 20152 min read
Ways to Improve Public Speaking: Use Repetition: A Lesson from General Douglas MacArthur
It’s unfortunate, but audiences will remember very little of what you say. To combat this, you must find a theme and repeat it...
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