Speaker's Briefing

To stay in touch, look at your audience and listen to your listeners
The best way to keep your listeners tuned in to you is to stay tuned in to them: Remember to look at your audience and listen to your listeners.

Word check: Know when to use “a” or “an”
Many speakers are uncertain about which article — “a” or “an” — to use with nouns and adjectives that begin with the letter H.

5 tips for winning speechwriting from a pro
Veteran corporate speechwriter Andrew B. Wilson offers the following “tricks of the trade” for planning your next speech from start to finish.

For perfect timing, match your word count to your delivery time
Concerned about timing your next speech? Here’s a simple system for matching word count to delivery time.

Tech talk: A good LCD projector at an affordable price
Looking to upgrade your visuals? The new Epson PowerLite 76c LCD projector may be the answer.

Famous factoid for measuring audience attention
It’s been around for years, and it probably isn’t even true. But the old clunker still raises a laugh. We refer to the legendary — if not mythical — audience survey that, as told by Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons and reported in National Journal.

For maximum impact, start and finish your talk without notes
Few people can actually memorize an entire speech. Most of us have to rely on some sort of notes or outline. But you should make every attempt to anchor your opening and closing statements firmly in your mind so that you can look directly at your audience while delivering those lines.