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A powerful candidacy speech from the putative EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, in Strasbourg before her appointment vote in the EU Parliament. Yes, that’s how it works in the United States of Europe.

The Julian Assange Wikileaks balcony speeches given when he was holed up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London has greatly increased the severity of his prison sentence for jumping bail.

When you know how to overcome your public speaking anxiety then you are on course for public speaking success at your next conference, just like Theresa May.

As a conference speaker you really do need to be prepared for public speaking problems. Because they can happen and your audience will look to you for conference leadership.

A Len McCluskey conference speech isn’t the prettiest thing at any time. And so his speech at the 2018 Labour party conference in Liverpool didn’t disappoint.

We don’t usually state that no speech is better than any speech. It just isn’t our approach to public speaking training. But now we see people barred from speaking at their conference. And, of course, the most recent example is Tom Watson, the deputy leader of the Labour party.

If Presidents can fall asleep during a speech then so can anyone. But your task as a speaker is to keep your audience awake as you set out your vision, ideas and thoughts. Because if you don’t it’s going to be serious.

President Trump and his team discovered that it’s always best to know your speech audience if you are going to use an “audience backdrop” in your campaign speech. Because in Billings, Montana the President came close to being upstaged by “plaid shirt guy”.

This Jeremy Corbyn speech in Coventry today depends on a knowledge and understanding of the indefinite article. Because our membership of a customs union is going to be different to our membership of the customs union. Clear?

Test yourself this year with the Time To Market Christmas Quiz 2017 filled with questions from the Art of presentation blog.