Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. – Dionysius of Halicarnassus Students of persuasive speech learn a skill, a craft, and an art. Contents come and go; speaking effectively is an ...

What makes a good introduction for a dissertation? Graduate students practice critiquing one another’s thesis chapters, but they rarely read the introductions — usually because those are written to ...

One of the most often forgotten aspects of speaking and presentations is the introduction. What does the emcee or host say before you step onto the stage? If you don’t know what the emcee is going to ...