Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leadership professor, job market journalist-analyst, business advisor. “The secret to a great speech,” explained Mark Twain, “is ...

It's the season of speeches. Every four years, Americans are treated to oratory by speakers of both parties who address their national party conventions. The purpose of such oratory is less to ...

It's easy for women's voices to get lost in a sea of historical rhetoric. The most quoted speeches of all time are often those delivered by men; the words of many great women are swept under the ...

Every generation has its great political communicators. There was Winston Churchill in the 40s, JFK and MLK in the 60s, and Reagan in the 80s. My generation had Barack Obama. Whatever you think about ...

A stump speech, even in the fragmented world of social media, is a must-have for every politician, from local to state to federal government. This is a standard speech that a person gives during their ...

It has been a while since I talked about archetypes, but I was thinking about them lately because of a science-fiction novel I was reading, which was filled with them. Basically, an archetype is a ...