Lincoln spoke nearly two hours and we believe he would have held his audience had he spoken all night." -- Dover ( New Hampshire) Inquirer , March 8, 1860 Yes, it’s important to let the strength of your convictions be heard in your words and show in your emotions, tone, and gestures. by Dana Bristol-Smith Just about every communication consultant, trainer, coach, or speaker I have heard, always quotes a study done by Albert Mehrabian from UCLA which supposedly concluded that how you look and how you sound are more important than what you actually say. I’m

What I will do is draw on one section of Barack Obama’s concession speech after the New Hampshire primary. “We’ve It was the call of workers who organized, women who reached for the ballot, a president who chose the moon as our new frontier, and a king who took us to the mountaintop and pointed the way to the promised land: Read my lips: no new taxes!” In my last post, I touched on three ways to make your speeches more memorable . I

He did it again in 2008 in New Hampshire with three simple words: “Yes we can.” This past week, President Obama was criticized for not making his inauguration speech more memorable. There were certainly quotable sections, but not the clear “hook” that Obama has been known for. When he spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Obama’s