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The Eloquent Woman: A blog on women and public speaking

Inspiration, ideas and information to help women with public speaking techniques, eloquence and confidence. Author Denise Graveline is a communications consultant in Washington, DC, who offers speaker training. Share your questions, opinions and ideas in the comments here, or on Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn!


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Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives a labor-of-love speech

September 3, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently gave a speech on behalf of her late husband--his words, his witty and wry language, much of it recounting stories from their shared past. It has to be among the toughest--and most moving--speaking challenges. Slate notes:

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Guest post on Kate's Voice -- my web 2.0 casserole

September 2, 2010

I wrote this post about using your voice to put a story across and was nearly done with it when I caught up with news that fellow coach Kate Peters, author of the Kate's Voice blog and a guest poster here, was going through a tough time with a medical crisis in her family.  So I offered this one to her, to take one thing off her plate--my version of a web 2.0 casserole for a colleague in need. The post looks at a recent NPR story on how storytelling gaine

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What's the worst public speaking advice you've ever been given?

September 2, 2010

I posed this question on The Eloquent Woman on Facebook, and it took almost no time for a gang of readers to agree that the advice to picture the audience naked was their pick for worst speaking advice ever.  (Even so,

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August's top 10 public speaking tips and topics

September 1, 2010

Just like footprints in the sand, these 10 posts left an impression with readers this month. Here are the most popular reads on the blog for August:

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3 ways your language shapes your speaking

August 31, 2010


Recently, languages--whether your mother tongue or someone else's language--have been highlighted for how they can shape the way you think, describe something colorfully or even affect your credibility with listeners. Check out these three insights into the language you speak:

Can your language shape your thinking?

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A checklist to prepare the whole speaker, annotated for introverts

August 28, 2010

My checklist to prepare the whole speaker is one of this blog's most popular posts of all time.  But many readers have asked me whether they need to do anything differently because they're introverted speakers.  I think they do, so I've remodeled the checklist just for them.

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Bring the TEDWomen conference to your community

August 27, 2010

How are women and girls reshaping the future? That's the question TEDWomen will take two days to explore, and now TED's inviting you to participate, no matter where you are located.  While the conference will take place in Washington, DC, this December, TED will be live-streaming it for free around the world--and is encouraging you to host or create partner events to go along with or around the conference.

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The all-in-one on tears while speaking

August 26, 2010

Showing emotion when you talk--especially when it involves tears or tearing up--has long been a double-edged sword for women speakers. Speaking with emotion is usually a woman's strong suit, an advantage. Yet women (and sometimes men) who cry during public speaking appearances are ridiculed as weak and unable to control their emotions, particularly when they're running for election.  So are tears while speaking a bad thing?

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Psychology experts analyze their public speaking fears, lessons

August 20, 2010

As a speaker and presenter, and as a public-speaking coach, I find psychology among the most useful tools for understanding audiences, how groups work, and how I interact with them.  Now two women, a psychologist and a psychoanalyst, have shared their own public speaking fears--and the lessons they've gleaned from them.

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