Public Speaking 911 Blog » barack obama http://publicspeaking911.com/blog Public Speaking Classes, Tips and Advice Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:52:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Can You “Say it Like Obama”? http://publicspeaking911.com/blog/can-you-say-it-like-obama/ http://publicspeaking911.com/blog/can-you-say-it-like-obama/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:26:29 +0000 http://publicspeaking911.com/blog/?p=75 Why is Barack Obama one of the most gift speaker of this generation? And, more importantly, how can you learn some of Obama’s speaking techniques to become a better public speaker yourself? 

There’s a new book coming out which attempts to answer those questions.  “Say Read more

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