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Fall 2024 Speech Competition winners & the Speakers Center Mentors who helped them! Well done all!!!!

Study Abroad in Panama at the University of Louisville An overview of the activities for the 2024 study abroad program in Panama

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Emma is one of our mentors in the Speakers Center!!!! You can see why too. Her wordsmithing, interviewing skills, and writing on this article are excellent.

Drop down to the Speakers Center and let her help you with your presentations.

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First year initiative fair. Speakers Center!!!!!

F 2023 Speech Competition winners!

Check out a past mentor, Keionna Bailey's reflection on being a mentor in our Speakers Center.

A&S Comm major: ‘I felt included on this campus immediately’ — College of Arts & Sciences Keionna Bailey, a senior communications major from Lexington, wanted to serve her fellow students and found her niche as a speech mentor. She spends a lot of time in UofL's Speech Center helping people through the entire speech-making process, from creating the outline to delivery.

In celebration of Martin Luther King, check out this excellent article from Kahdeidra Monet Martin. It gives us tools we can incorporate to create powerful speeches. Her biography is at the bottom if the article. Powerful.

How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. used preaching traditions to deliver iconic speeches "I Have a Dream" remains one of the most powerful addresses in history. An expert explores the language traditions and tools used in Dr. Martin Luther King's historic speech.

Looking to get hired? Check out this interview our own Ashlee Marshall conducted. Great information.

3 tips to get you hired 3 tips to get you hired is the brainchild of Ashlee and Steve Marshall. The goal of this podcast is to get jobseekers hired. We explore what business owners and hiring managers in different fields are looking for from jobseekers.

https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/the-5-habits-of-effective-leadership.html

The 5 Habits of Effective Leadership Building a strong foundation by practicing positive leadership habits will help you show up for your team--and for yourself.

Check out this article! So helpful for bolstering our confidence as speakers! Language matters.

Want to sound more confident? Avoid these 11 words and phrases that make you look 'weak,' say grammar experts Even if you feel confident, the words and phrases you say or use in emails can make you look the opposite. Here are some of the most overused ones that make you look weak, and what word experts say you should use instead.

Not only conversation but it also enhances your speeches,! Check the article out.

Making And Breaking Eye Contact Makes Conversation More Engaging - Neuroscience News Study reveals a correlation between instances of eye contact and higher levels of engagement during conversations.