Speaking as Hospitality
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You Are Your Voice: Why THIS Matters in Public Speaking
Breaking wide open the fear of public speaking, Gregory Ormson says, “It’s not about you.”
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Superior Skills or Superior Judgment?
What matters more in public speaking: superior skills or superior judgment? Superior skills matter, but superior judgment matters more. A skilled speaker can command a room, tell stories, maintain eye contact, and speak without notes. But a speaker with good judgment understands the audience, the occasion, and what people have actually come to hear. I…
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What Makes a Speech Feel Human
What makes a speech feel human? It begins with presence: turning toward the people in the room. In Speaking as Hospitality, Gregory A Ormson explores the deeper work of public speaking: welcoming an audience before a word is spoken.
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Speaking as Hospitality
Can a speech feel like Grandma Grace’s table? When I think about hospitality, I think about my grandmother’s table. When I was a teen, my family visited Grandma Grace and Grandpa Harry in Barron, Wisconsin. They were always home, and always welcomed us inside where we sat at a simple table in the kitchen. Grandma…
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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…