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Ideas, information and inspiration for women (and men) on public speaking and presenting. With posts from Pinterest as well as from The Eloquent Woman blog, by speaker coach Denise Graveline. Check out The Eloquent Woman's board on public speaking tips, too.
Astronaut Sally Ride's "Shoot for the Stars" speech offers lessons any woman can use in her own speeches. A "Famous Speech Friday" entry on The Eloquent Woman blog.
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This week's Famous Speech Friday: Minister Teresa McBain's recent "I am an Atheist" speech. Video at the link.
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The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes was Severn Suzuki, who delivered this plenary speech at a UN Earth Summit when she was just 12 years old. Click through for tips you can use in your own speeches, based on this famous speech.
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In a dark, pre-dawn ceremony, Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard gave a moving speech this year on ANZAC day, honoring soliders who died in battle at Gallipoli. Part of our 'Famous Speech Friday' series.
Jane Goodall's TED talk on "What Separates Us from the Apes" is a fantastic example of an engaging talk about science--and why it matters. A great video at the link.
Golfer Sophie Gustafson used to avoid public speaking, due to her stutter. Here's a rare acceptance speech that demonstrates how and why she's decided to speak out more. Click through for what you can learn from her, on our Famous Speech Friday series.
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War correspondent Marie Colvin, who was killed in February 2012, gave a moving eulogy just months earlier at a service honoring fallen war zone journalists. Click through for the speech and more tips.
Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to Parliament in Australia, reminded her fellow representatives that "Everything that takes place in this chamber goes out somewhere to strike a human heart."
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The Eloquent Woman Index of Famous Women's Speeches is a growing collection of famous speeches by a wide variety of women, from Lady Gaga and Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton and Annie Oakley. Click through to dive into our collection, updated every week. Wherever possible, we include video, audio or transcripts, plus 3 tips you can learn from these famous speeches.
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Two years before she disappeared, Amelia Earhart was encouraging women to try flying. Our "Famous Speech Friday" post looks at her radio address, "A Woman's Place in Science," and we have the audio and a transcript.
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"Get it straight: I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser." This week, our Famous Speech Friday is a 1912 speech given by activist Mother Jones to West Virginia miners. Click through for what you can learn from this speech, plus rare video of her speaking.
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This popular post is up for one of BlogHer's "Voices of the Year" awards--but needs your vote! Click through to the link to vote, and share with your friends.
Talk about a no-pressure first speech. Kate Middleton gave her first formal speech yesterday in a whirl of media coverage. What do you think of it?
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What have we done to the panel discussion? What would you do to reform it? Click through to read issues and add your ideas to our growing list of panel pet peeves.
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley found herself libeled in newspapers and spent years defending herself in courtooms. Click through to read our Famous Speech Friday on The Eloquent Woman blog.
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The Eloquent Woman blog has a new FB timeline. We've also joined the BlogHer Publishing Network and have some new lists where you can sign up to learn more about our trainings and workshops. Click through for details.
This week's Famous Speech Friday post looks at Eva Peron's 1951 "Renunciamiento," a radio speech renouncing overwhelming calls for her to become vice president. Click on the link for what you can learn from this famous speech.
She could've said this yesterday, and it would still be true. Eleanor Roosevelt nails it again...
How Rush Limbaugh is helping me celebrate Women's History Month. Slut-shaming women who speak in public didn't start with Rush....it goes back to ancient times. Click through for the history, ancient and recent....you might be surprised.
Jackie Kennedy's televised tour of the White House in 1962 was a public speaking tour de force--and she was just 32. Click through to see my post on what you can learn from her tactics and strengths.
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Public speaking and a great speaker were once again an Oscar winner as Meryl Streep took best actress honors for "The Iron Lady"
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This week's 'Famous Speech Friday' features Jennifer Granholm's tribute to Rosa Parks at a memorial service for the civil rights pioneer in 2005. Click through to find out tips you can incorporate in your own speaking, based on this famous speech.
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Washington State Rep. Maureen Walsh went viral last week with a floor speech as the legislature considered a bill making gay marriage legal. This is a heartfelt, no-script speech that's moving and effective. Find out what you can learn from it by clicking through to The Eloquent Woman's Famous Speech Friday post.
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A report from a PR firm says speaking gigs for women "abound," but audiences say different--on Twitter and blogs. So does she or doesn't she have trouble getting on the program? Click through to find out.
Is a speech any less eloquent when you borrow a voice? Gabrielle Giffords's two-part resignation--this video, plus a letter read by a congressional colleague--is our Famous Speech Friday this week. Click through to read what you can learn from this famous speech.
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Follow the link for a great NPR Fresh Air interview with Meryl Streep. Lots of background on how she recreated Margaret Thatcher's speaking style, vocalizing and other tools she uses that are relevant to women speakers: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/06/146362798/meryl-streep-the-fresh-air-interview?sc=fb&cc;=freshair
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I got to see this TEDMED talk by swimmer Diana Nyad--all about her dreams, determination and defeat when trying to swim from Cuba to Florida. It's all prompted by the question she asks you: "What is it you're doing with this one wild and precious life of yours?" From the "Famous Speech Friday" series on The Eloquent Woman blog; more at the link.
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7 resources on how to prepare a speech for a friend who's dying includes this video as well as many other examples on The Eloquent Woman blog. I hope you never need to use this for a friend, but it's here if you do.
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I've launched The Eloquent Woman Index of Famous Women's Speeches, a growing collection intended to give you some good examples. Each one has at least 3 lessons you can use in your speaking, plus video/audio/transcript where available. Watch videos and see links to these speeches right here on Pinterest, on The Eloquent Woman board.
I asked readers to share something small they do to boost their confidence about public speaking--before, during or after. Here's our list. What would you add to it?
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After her husband signed civil rights legislation, he couldn't campaign in the deep South in 1964's election run. So Lady Bird Johnson did this whistlestop tour, getting spit on and threatened, but holding her ground. Read how she became a deft speaker on this tour. From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Representatives Jackie Speier and Gwen Moore spoke on the floor of the U.S. Congress about abortion--from personal perspectives--in speeches that floored the listeners. From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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During her time as First Lady, Hillary Clinton's UN speech, "women's rights are human rights," was a game-changer--delivered in China, where human rights violations persist today. From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Hillary Clinton's concession speech in the 2008 presidential election campaign had to thank her supporters while transitioning them to supporting her opponent, Barack Obama. Read how she used the soaring hall and the audience itself to pull this off. From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
Did you know Helen Keller had a career as a public speaker? In this video, you can hear her speaking; the blog post includes a famous anti-World-War I speech of hers. From The Eloquent Woman blog, this is one of our most-read posts in the "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Geraldine Ferraro made history when she gave this speech accepting the Democratic party's nomination as the vice presidential candidate--a first for U.S. women--in 1984. From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Law professor Elyn Saks went public with her schizophrenia and now does public speaking on the issue to help advance research. From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Pulitzer-winning playwright and public school teacher Margaret Edson gave this astonishing commencement speech at Smith College in 2008--entirely without notes. Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series. Watch video at the link!
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Before giving this live tribute to Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II had never done a live remote broadcast (though a veteran of giving broadcast speeches). From The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Eleanor Roosevelt's United Nations address on the declaration of human rights capped a personal diplomatic effort to get many nations to agree on these important protections. Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Coretta Scott King's 1968 speech, "10 Commandments on Vietnam," was given shortly after her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated--and based on notes found in his pockets. But she added her own feminist twist to it. Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
As a Civil War nurse, Clara Barton had the chance to witness the atrocities at the prisoner-of-war camp at Andersonville, and gave gripping testimony about it to Congress. Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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Betty Friedan's 1970 speech calling for women to go on strike actually resulted in one, sending 50,000 women into the streets with slogans like "Don't iron while the strike is hot." Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
Rose Schneiderman, a garment workers' union organizer, called out the public at a memorial service one week after the terrible Triangle Factory Fire in New York City in 1911. Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg often speaks about the challenges of working women and mothers, as she did in this well-received commencement address at Barnard College. Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
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One of the first televangelists, Aimee Semple McPherson once gave a speech in a speakeasy (similar to this video but not captured on film). Part of The Eloquent Woman blog's "Famous Speech Friday" series.
If your goal is to give a TED talk or other high-profile talk, the organizers are looking for just one thing: One big idea. Here's how to think that through.
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7 video and audio resources to help a woman who's preparing a last speech for a friend who's dying.
Seven (somewhat snarky) new rules for public speaking in the social media era.
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Anastasia Schuster Hey Denise, this was amazing. Interesting blog you wrote as well which explained why she sounded so different, but heck, if I was being filmed for tv I'd probably be a blubbering idiot. :-)