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On the Skills of Public Speaking
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Item Title On the Skills of Public Speaking
Guest Kiely, Laree
Guest Buckley, Fergus Reid (1930-2014)
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Date CreatedJune 29, 1999
Description

A delicious look, with three masters of the craft, at why speaking skills matter and how to nurture them. RB (WFB's younger brother): "At one and the same time you have to be Hamlet, son of a foully murdered king, and also you must be Laurence Olivier playing Hamlet. You must be able to push yourself into the subject, into the topic, into that message that you have to get across, and at the same time abstract yourself from it. That is where your craft comes into play...." LSK: "Nervousness is good. Having an edge is a good thing. In fact, the people who give the worst presentations in my classes are the ones who think they give the best, because they think they can stand up and talk to anybody about anything, and in fact that's not good enough."

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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 30 minutes
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Hoover IDProgram S1207
Record Number80040.1490
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