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    On Speaking Well

    By Peggy Noonan

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    For anyone who fears the thought of writing and giving a speech--be it to business associates, or at a wedding--help is at hand. Acclaimed presidential speechwriter Peggy Noonan shares her secrets to becoming a confidence, persuasive speaker demystifying topics including:

    • Finding you own authentic voice

    • Developing a text that interest you

    • Acing the all-important first paragraph

    • Using logic to move your audience

    • Creating, developing, and reinventing the "core speech" for diverse audiences

    • Strengthening your speech with a vital element: humor

    • Winnowing your thought down to the essentials

    • Handling professional jargon, clichés, and the sound bite syndrome

    • Presenting your speech in the best way

    • Collecting intellectual income--conversing your speech treasures

    • Breaking all the rules and still succeeding

    • Reading for inspiration--how to use the excellence of others

    Complete with lessons, tips and memorable examples, On Speaking Well shows us how to create forceful, persuasive, relevant speeches that will resonate with our audiences. Engaging, informative, and always entertaining, this is undoubtedly the authoritative how-to guide for anyone writing or giving a speech

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 14, 2010
    ISBN9780062034526
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    On Speaking Well
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    Peggy Noonan

    Peggy Noonan is the best-selling author of seven books on American politics, history, and culture. Her essays have appeared in Time, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She lives in New York City.

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      i love it
    • 4/5
      This is a good book, in spots - at least it was for me. Peggy Noonan is an experienced speechwriter and speaker, but this book definitely emphasizes the speechwriting aspect. Though the (refurbished) title echoes Zinnser's, "On Writing Well", I think a more accurate title is, "On Speechwriting Well". There are some useful tidbits here and there on delivery, but the most useful parts focus on the writing. The downside: maybe a bit too much about politics, Reagan, and Dole - but that's her experience and her perspective, so it's reasonable, but felt like a bit too much at times.

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