A client and friend asked me the other day about impromptu speeches. His question, basically, was, to give consistently good impromptu speeches, do you memorize something (or a few pieces of something ...

In ‘This Week in History,’ Kennedy challenged college students to take their professional skills to nations in need in the ...

It's 8:30am and you've leisurely rolled in the office, with your Peet's coffee in hand. Suddenly your boss pokes her head in your office and says, "Charlie called in sick today and he's supposed to ...

Speaking “off the cuff” has its benefits. For one, extemporaneous speech can humanize a speaker by making him or her seem less robotic or scripted. But, given high-pressure situations and the ...

Impromptu speaking is sometimes called "speaking off the cuff," a phrase that suggests you could put all your notes on the cuff of your shirt. Impromptu speaking is useful when you have little or no ...

There's that old Seinfeld joke, the one about public speaking ranking higher than death on people's list of top fears. Seinfeld points out with characteristic deadpan that most funeral attendees would ...

The Banquete Independent School District has earned it's first-ever national championship title thanks to one high schooler aspiring to be a teacher. "One thing about Alisha people need to understand ...

Sri Lankan Sandun Anton Fernando won big at the Worldwide Impromptu Speaking Extravaganza (WISE) beating speakers around the world to be crowned as the first-ever world champion in impromptu speaking.

The ability to speak extemporaneously in a wide variety of situations is invaluable. A course titled Impromptu Speaking will teach you how to get your point across quickly, succinctly, and effectively ...