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You may have noticed our not so subtle shift from SpeakEasy to SpeakWell Partners. It turns out that there is an existing trademark in the communications field on the word “speakeasy.” Yes, it’s true. After some legal tussles (Cease! Desist! Infringement! Damages!)...
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I have been actively practicing “rescue breathing” this week. Between the unaccountable devastation and terror in Japan and the ongoing interviews with the dead-eyed Saif-el Islam and the drug addled Muammar Gaddafi, I am feeling afraid. What’s ahead seems more...
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When I heard Newt Gingrich say that the reason he was unfaithful to his wives was because his passion for this country made him work too hard, I was nearly speechless (and that, my friends, is a rare moment). I yelled out to no one in particular, “Who’s buying this...
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I distinctly remember saying goodbye to Jack Speer. After years of playing in the firelanes behind his house and skating on the pond near mine, his family was moving away. I can still see his eyes magnified behind the lenses of his thick glasses, and the cowlick at...
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Hard to believe that the 2012 presidential race has begun. Even harder to believe that the “silly season” is already upon us. I find presidential campaigns fascinating for a number of reasons, but mostly for the lessons they provide for public speaking. And we are off...
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Disfluency: Noun. Lack of skillfulness in speaking. Irregular utterance that is not consistent with grammatical construction of an otherwise fluent speech. It’s Oscar Week at SpeakEasy! Both Charlotte and I are big fans of the event despite our agreement (with each...
