Forget spiders, snakes or heights – for some, public speaking is the most frightening thing of all. Founded this fall, Speech Team @UCLA provides UCLA students with the opportunity to strengthen their ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] NEW ORLEANS — Deborah Boswell, a communication consultant and coach, told the story of how former Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled his then ...

A speech is not an assignment that can be done the night before; practice is essential. Practicing a speech will boost your confidence as a speaker and ease potential anxiety. Using or not using a ...

One skill professionals should develop to stay ahead is one that's probably been happening since the beginning of human speech—public speaking. We live and operate in a very digital and ...

It can be anxiety-inducing to deliver a speech in front of an audience. NPR's Life Kit talks with a speechwriter and a speech coach to get their best tips for public speaking. At some point in your ...

In my work as a voice and performance coach, as well as a therapist, I am often asked to lead workshops on public speaking. And when I do, a great deal of our time and attention is spent addressing ...

Estimates of people with fear of public speaking range as high as 75 percent. Breathing techniques can relax the mind and ...

Ancient Greece is said to have been “the golden age of rhetoric” because philosophers like Aristotle and Plato believed that citizens should be skilled in the art of public speaking. Of course, the ...

What makes people like you, trust you, and find you easy to work with? More than any other factor, it's your manner of speaking. Vague, wandering, wordy speech habits, for example, force people to ...

OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) -- ``We do every weekend what some people fear more than death,'' said Marilee Applebee. When Applebee, an English teacher at Seneca Township High School, spoke these words, she wasn ...