Comedy is a great way to get people to listen. To wake up an audience. To connect. To teach. Even if you put just a little into a speech, it can make an audience remember you. Here are my seven ideas ...

Experience, star power and the ability to speak to young people in a language they understand have made certain rockers a powerful draw to colleges during commencement season over the years. They're ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm passionate about communications, especially public speaking. 'Tis the season of commencement addresses, and celebrities are in ...

Nailing the best man speech is a delicate art form: Public speaking is never fun, and when you mix that in with booze and parental figures you don't know that well, it's a recipe for disaster for the ...

Weddings are funny things. Among other strange traditions, we give drunk people microphones and ask them to say nice things about us. The results can be disastrous or awesome, depending on the person, ...

If there were an award for funniest speech during award season, Brad Pitt would reign supreme. Elaborating on why he chose to make them funny, Pitt shared, "I am historically really bad about speeches ...

At the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in London Tuesday, Amy Schumer gave a speech that was the essence of Schumer: raunchy, self-effacing and empowering. The insanely funny, NSFW speech—given as ...