Speech Boot Camp

As a professor I have had the pleasure of working with thousands of adults and have helped them to substantially increase their public speaking abilities. One of the reasons I have been able to do that is because I have applied the best lesson I learned in the military in training people to become more effective speakers.

I run my speech classes like a boot camp and we practice, practice and practice some more.

But my version of boot camp is slightly different from the Army’s. Yes, my concep...