About this episode
This episode discusses the nuances of writing a commencement speech and the transferable skills involved in speech writing.
Most of the time, if you're good at writing one style of speech, you're good at writing all of them. Speech writing is a very transferable skill no matter if it's for a keynote, a lecture, a sales pitch, or pretty much anything else. But there are some exceptions. Commencement speeches draw a weird, wobbly fine line between being casual, inspirational, funny, and reflective. You can't talk about yourself too much or it'll sound self indulgent. You can't talk about the grads too much cau...
People in this episode
Host: Doug Staneart
Topics covered
- speech writing
- commencement speech
- public speaking
- inspiration
- communication skills
Keywords
- commencement speech
- speech writing
- public speaking
- inspirational speeches
- communication
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