Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement address at Stanford University has been viewed more than 4 million times on YouTube. Six years after he delivered it, a text version ...

Future public speakers of the world, take note. You don’t have to be a Silicon Valley billionaire to deliver a great speech. The best speeches include a clear, relevant message and a few great stories ...

It’s that time of year. Business leaders and educators everywhere are attempting to inspire graduates at high schools and colleges with a terrific commencement speech. Among the more notable attempts ...

Eighteen minutes or less. That’s the length of a riveting bedtime story; John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech; and the ultimate TED talk. At 18 minutes, your pitch or presentation can deliver the impact ...

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NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a master class in choir-preaching at the annual CPAC conference in Maryland on Thursday. We've broken it down so that should you ever need to give a speech, you have better ...

Albany High School Class of 2014 graduate Miranda Kremers delivered this speech at commencement exercises May 23. Ralph Waldo Emerson once questioned, what if the stars should appear one night in a ...