It's the season of speeches. Every four years, Americans are treated to oratory by speakers of both parties who address their national party conventions. The purpose of such oratory is less to ...

Remember the name Christopher Shea. You’ll see why later. It is generally agreed that Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech in American history. After all, that’s the speech ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so famous that it often eclipses his other speeches. King's greatest contribution ...

Looking for the perfect farewell speech? Explore ready-to-use templates, real examples, and practical tips to deliver a ...

A great speech is something that combines persuasive writing, comfort with public speaking (something that I know that I personally need to work on), and a meaningful message to create an impression ...

If you want to reach the kids, you’ve got to go where the kids are. Where are they right now? With their devices, of course. And what are they doing on those devices? Listening to podcasts, of course.

First, they review "one of the great speeches of all time," delivered in 1852 by civil rights champion and former slave Frederick Douglass, titled "The Meaning of July 4 for the Negro." A reading from ...

It is a daunting task to come up with the three greatest speeches of all time. But people love such lists, and I have my own. On second thought, however, and as the result of doing some investigative ...

A lot of great speeches come from sports movies, but that's not the only genre that can make us want to run through walls. Some speeches are so good it has us rooting for the bad guys. Most are by the ...

A baby shower is an important event in the life of the mom-to-be, so it's frequently the setting of a special speech. Whether you're the mother-to-be, the hostess, or a guest with something special to ...