Communicators and Leaders: what does the New Year hold for you and your associates?    There are various occasions offering opportunities to display public speaking prowess. As an award(s) presenter, you will need to know what the award stands for, the profound tradition associated with it, and why the recipient was chosen to receive the award.Continue reading

How to Express Condolence When a loved one or close friend passes, we reflect on the life of the deceased. Even if the person who died isn’t close to us but merely a friend, associate, or acquaintance, we contemplate life in relation to our own fragility and appreciate the blessings bestowed upon us. Knowing thatContinue reading

In their book, 50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know, John Bridges and Bryan Curtis simply writes in chapter 27 (Walking in Front of Other People): “If other people must move down the row where a gentleman is seated, he makes it easier for them by rising from his seat.” The above essential act ofContinue reading

You’ve seen those who have a particular form about themselves; the way they dress, their attire is immaculate and perfect for their body type. They display a style of their own; consisting of confidence with a sense of where they are going, a sense of direction with no ifs, maybe or uncertainty. They are secureContinue reading

I typed the address from Facsimile of the Final Revision published in Autograph Leaves of Our Country’s Authors, 1864. Grammar and punctuation is in accordance to Lincoln’s time period. ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE CEMETARY AT GETTYSBURG Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,Continue reading

The Gettysburg Address delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, is one of the most famous speeches in American history. The occasion was the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in honor of those who fought and died during that crucial and historic Civil War battle which the North won. TheContinue reading