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5 Body Language Techniques of Public Speaking 5 key areas in which your physical expressiveness can take your own talks from mundane to memorable. Learn them if you want to practice powerful body language techniques for your own public speaking.
Emoting and Eloquence: A Lecture on Oratory SWAG by Jacoby Cochran Jacoby Cochran is an award-winning writer, professor, and master storyteller from the Southside of Chicago. He currently hosts 'The Moth Live' and 'Karaoke Storytellers,' a show blending live music and true stories to drive connections around the city. On the side, he is a communications instructor with City Colleges and DePaul University, hosts elaborate cooking events, and coaches public speaking and storytelling workshops across the nation.
How to Judge Original Oratory Teaching your students how to judge Original Oratory may just be the best training tool! - a perfect resource for novices with a fantastic overview by Joe Wycoff of Apple Valley High School.
Original Oratory - A Comprehensive Look Oratory is the crown jewel of high school public speaking. But it is so much more than memorizing your persuasive English essay. Take a deep dive into the “HOW TO” of Original Oratory with Brian Gibson in his training manual
Original Oratory - A Guide A perfect 2-page overview - Compiled by Ray Chao (Arcadia HS) with Tony Figliola (Holy Ghost Prep, PA and Jamaka Young (Apple Valley HS, MN)
Original Oratory - Optimist International Contest The Optimist Oratorical Contest gives youngsters the chance to speak to the world. More than $150,000 in college scholarships funded by the Optimist International Foundations is awarded annually from this program.
Original Oratory - ProCon.org - Topic ideas and research links ProCon provides professionally-researched information on more than 50 issues. From gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy, these FREE and unbiased resources will help your students learn new facts, think critically about important issues, and strengthen their minds and opinions.
Original Oratory - Resources compiled by Coach Jordan Hart Just one facet of the AMAZING website created by Coach Jordan Hart of Jefferson City High School, MO
Original Oratory by Joe Wycoff Includes a sample OO from the 2007 NSDA (formerly NFL) Final Round, presented by Alusheun Olupitan, “To Tolerate or Not to Tolerate”
The Art of Original Oratory by Ashley Mack Original Oratory is so much more than a persuasive paper written in for an English Class . . .
The art of public speaking - 5 Ted Talks Learning about public speaking from those who redefined the skill, here are the best TED Talks on public speaking.
VIDEO: A Complexity Complex A Blast from the Past – The power of a strong persuasive speech NEVER goes out of style . . . A must share for your OO students. Anton Ford (2-time National Champion) - performing "A Complexity Complex" (Original Oratory '94)
VIDEO: NSDA Nationals 2019 – OO Final Round 6 Performances that will blow you away!
VIDEO: Simply Put 2019 NSDA Champion by Haris Hosseini of The Harker School, CA – Coached by Scott Odekirk
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