despite the importance of giving great presentations, few people put a lot of energy into becoming a better public speaker. Most folks I know are outright dismissive. And that's a shame.

"And while President Obama has delivered some great speeches in the past, his oratory has gone downhill recently. I was quite disappointed in his jobs speech to the joint session of Congress." ...

9. Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech. King’s speech at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, in front of 250,000 people, is also one of the most-analyzed speeches in modern history.

Of course, I've never been to a convention, Republican or Democratic, where everybody didn't say on Thursday night that it was a really great speech. Truth is, I can barely remember most of them.

How, then, do you go from good to great? I don't grade my own speeches--that's up to the audience--but I sure do give a lot of them. About 80 a year, including the moderating of panels.

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In 1999, Stephen E. Lucas surveyed his peers to compile a list of the top 100 American speeches of the twentieth century. Here he discusses good speechmaking, and the speaking skills of William ...