Speaking as Hospitality: A First Look from Sutra House

It may be odd to hear that effective public speaking is about learning to pay better attention.

Attention to the room.

Attention to another person’s fears.

Attention to the conversations taking shape before your first word.

This attention led me to write

Speaking as Hospitality

and Sutra House has released the pre-publication page, and I’m excited to finally share it.

Speaking as Hospitality by Gregory A. Ormson | Sūtra House

Gregory A. Ormson draws on decades as a teacher, former Lutheran pastor, university teacher, college presidential speechwriter, and communication coach to offer a different way of thinking about public speaking, one rooted in service rather than performance. His work explores attention, presence, and the human exchange at the heart of communication. He is also the author of Yoga Song and the forthcoming lyric memoir Stories Emerge Like Bears