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A collection of Speeches by Larry Tracy.
- Greater Reston (VA) Chamber of Commerce - April 17, 2002
Over the last several years, numbers have played a large role in books on business theory and personal development. We had the Total Quality Management theory based on Deming’s FOURTEEN points. Then Covey’s SEVEN HABITS for success in just about anything. Now the rage is the statistical method for ensuring production quality--SIX SIGMA. I want to jump on this numbers bandwagon, but I don’t want to appear overly pretentious, so I am calling my talk to you today “Tracy’s FIVE AND ONE-HALF STEPS for Persuasive Presentations.” I know you are all wondering now “What’s the half step?” Patience. You’ll find out in a few minutes.
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- NSA, Washington, DC Chapter - January 8, 2005
- Intro and Origin to Taming Hostile Audiences
It stands to reason that a good speech should speak for itself ... which is why, when you get to this month’s “Speech Analysis” section, you will notice something different. As you know, in the ordinary “Speech Analysis” format, I give a running commentary on the speech throughout the text in bracketed italics. This time, it isn’t there.
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- Speech - Taming Hostile Audiences
My experience with hostile and difficult audiences came later when the Department of State requested the Army to assign me to the Department for the specific task of speaking and debating controversial foreign policy issues throughout the United States and abroad.
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Larry Tracy, author of The Shortcut to Persuasive Presentations, is a retired Army colonel described by President Ronald Reagan as "an extraordinarily effective speaker.” He now conducts executive presentation skills workshops.
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