From heads of state to those jittery first-timers on open mic nights, most speakers of any stripe will admit that holding an ...

September 3, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Even people who are unafraid of public speaking get uncomfortable when asked to talk off-the-cuff. In the few ...

MONTEREY, Calif. – For Julyssa Romero and Marina Grijalva, the journey from the classrooms of the Imperial Valley to the ...

East High School speech coach Jennelle Zarn expresses amazement and pride each time senior Gavin Davis competes. “Gavin is leaving his extemporaneous legacy,” Zarn says. “All the kids love Gavin.

Marshall M. Sloane II, a rising senior at Milton Academy, had survived 12 rounds of international extemporaneous speech competition when he faced his final question: "Would a partitioning of Iraq help ...

valedictorian says she wasn't like other kids. At 14, she was spending more time reading about Myanmar than clicking through Facebook. But after winning first place in extemporaneous speaking at the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Kay Rollins is good at arguing off the cuff. She is a top high school debater in ...