public speaking

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Here was the Founders’ model in miniature: classical knowledge, truth and beauty, memorization and public speaking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Using notes is discouraged in the world of public speaking.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

Perhaps these qualities also prepared her to weather the slings and arrows of international NGO leadership and public speaking.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2025

“They learn interpretation skills, which is amazing for building up confidence and public speaking in the future,” Barreiro said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

And, the other: when I had read enough to know something, I began to enter the Prison Colony’s weekly debating program—my baptism into public speaking.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey