I had a great privilege today when I spoke to a group of kids who are in a speech and leadership program in Princeton, NJ. My great friend, ...

I have just returned from a weekend religious retreat (Catholic), which is often a great way for me to start a year. The priest who ran the ...

I had a college English teacher who had our class read the execrable tear-jerker, " Love Story ," saying that we could learn from ...

Here are my thoughts on President Obama's inaugural address. This blog is about speech and not politics, and you can add me to the chor...

The other night I gave a brief seminar as a Toastmaster project. The topic was Proactive Preparation, and the source of the content was a ch...

Sarah Palin is worth studying because she has become a textbook case of how to guarantee bad press for yourself. Here is what she teaches ...

At the family Christmas party, word got around that I am close to publishing a book. One by one, family members came to me and were genuinel...

Happy New Year, everyone! We are a few hours away from wiping the slate clean and recalibrating our communication controls. With that in min...

My goodness how time flies! This interlude is disgraceful for a blogger -- more than three weeks. But I have lots of excuses and reasons: I ...

I just read an article from Geoff Colvin, a writer I really like in Fortune magazine. It is titled " Why Talent is Overrated ," an...