The Well-Spoken Woman (40 page)

Fey, Tina,
24
,
51
–
52
,
273
,
281

Field, Sally,
59

fight-or-flight response, avoiding,
59
,
62
–
65

“fig leaf” stance as incorrect posture,
108

filler noise, not allowing,
79
–
80

Fiorina, Carly,
197
,
223
,
304

first impressions,
115
–
16
,
116
,
124
,
124
,
222
,
312

audience remembering what was said first,
193

Fisher, Mary,
198
–
99
,
303

flip charts and erasable boards, use of,
171

Flowers, Bertha,
189

flow of a speech, organizing,
190
,
190
–
93

Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley,
300

focus.
See
eye contact

Follett, Mary Parker,
296
,
300

footballer stance at the podium,
117

“For the Equal Rights Amendment” (Chisholm),
301

“four-box” play,
105
–
107
,
106
,
124
use of waist turn,
111
–
12

Fox (TV network),
229

fraud, feeling like a,
51
–
52

Frederick, Pauline,
118

French, Raymond,
139

Friedan, Betty,
301

full-text script to present from,
166
–
67

Furstenberg, Diane von,
43

Gadiesh, Orit,
42
–
43
,
302

gaffes while speaking,
79
–
81
,
117
,
254
–
55

bloopers when speaking,
13
,
54
–
55

game-day routine,
67
–
68

Gates, Bill,
125
,
139
,
149
,
164
–
65

Gates, Melinda,
17
,
125
–
26
,
138
–
40
,
146
,
149
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50
,
281
,
291
,
315

Gillibrand, Kirsten,
78

Ginsberg, Ruth Bader,
269

Girl Scouts of the USA,
270

Girls Gone Wild
(TV show),
273

Glamour
(magazine),
261

glass ceiling,
14
–
15
,
43
,
175
,
233
,
278

GlobalWIN,
268

goals of the speaker,
17
,
35
,
141
,
143
,
158
,
183
,
266
.
See also
connection with the audience

in cause-and-effect presentations,
192

not being one of the boys,
280

as part of identifying the speech theme,
186
,
187

as part of message equation,
127
–
29
,
128

perfection should not be a goal,
61

gobbledygook, avoiding in presenting a message,
131

Goetz, Isabelle,
226
–
28

Goldberg, Whoopi,
194

Goldilocks rule,
218
(keeping things balanced),
217

Goldman, Emma,
299

Goodall, Jane,
281
,
282
–
83
,
286

Good Hope Missionary Baptist College,
84

Good Morning America
(TV show),
122
,
207

Goodwin, Doris Kearns,
315

Google Inc.,
286

Granholm, Jennifer,
30
–
31
,
271

Greenspan, Alan,
73

Grimke, Angelina E.,
297

Groundhog Day
(movie),
255

guest appearances,
219
–
23
,
222
,
225
.
See also
media and reporters, dealing with; on-camera appearances

dealing with celebrity hosts,
222
,
225

“buttrule,”
223

handling interruptions,
223
–
24

interviewing the interviewer,
221
–
22

and twenty-second rule,
136
,
203
,
220
–
21

Hagan, Kay,
246
–
47

hair.
See
personal appearance

Haley, Nikki,
287

Halligan, Sue,
268

Halvorsen, Debbie,
271

Hamer, Fannie Lou,
201
–
202

hand gestures,
113
–
15

distracting movements to avoid,
53
,
114

SHAPE UP techniques,
207
,
208
–
10
,
209

Handler, Chelsea,
221

handouts, use of during a presentation,
172
–
73

“Hands Off Cain” (Prejean),
304

Harlem Writers Guild,
188

Harrison, William Henry,
35

Harry Potter series,
200

Harvard Law School,
154
,
156

Harvard University,
84
,
200

Hastings, Michael,
254

Hayward, Tony,
127

HDTV makeup,
203
,
226
,
227

head bobbing and on-camera appearances,
218

Health Care Roundtable,
287

Healy, Bernadine,
303

hecklers,
18
–
19
,
24
,
238
,
240
–
41

Height, Dorothy,
29
,
33

Heitkamp, Heidi,
245

help

asking for help,
273
–
74
helping others,
274
–
75

helping yourself,
272
–
77

Henderson, Annie,
189

Hepburn, Audrey,
296
,
302

high drama don'ts in dealing with difficult questions,
235
high-pitched voice.
See
voice

“High Waving Heather ‘neath Stormy Blasts Bending” (Bronte),
91
–
93

Hill, Anita,
302

“History of War” (Barton),
298

hoarseness and the voice,
97

Huerta, Dolores,
69
–
70
,
301

Huffington Post
(news blog),
251

Hughes, Karen,
185

humbleness,
40

humidifiers and the voice,
97

humor,
184
–
85

awkwardness of inappropriate laughter,
81

closeness of laughter and tears,
43

having a sense of,
36
,
38

and self-deprecation,
38
,
51
–
52
,
84
,
154
,
309
–
10

use of when you make a mistake,
55

use of to open your speech,
38

creating a humorous common bond,
197

not telling a joke,
194

Hurwitz, Sarah,
271

Hussein, Saddam,
137
,
236
,
238

Hutchinson, Ann,
295
,
296

hydration and the voice,
97

hypothetical questions, dealing with,
256

ideals as part of message equation,
128

ideas and ideals as part of message equation,
127
–
29

“I Have a Scream” (speech of Howard Dean),
217

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
(Angelou),
189

impersonation, used to maximize vocal range/ability,
94

imposter, feeling like an,
51
–
55

impression management,
123
–
24

improvisation,
173
–
74

inflection, vocal,
88
–
89
,
93

informative speeches,
182
–
83

inner warrior princess,
59
,
73
–
74

insensitivity,
127

inspiration, finding,
277
–
79

inspirational speeches,
181
–
82

International Olympic Committee Address (Obama),
99
–
101
,
123
–
24

interrupters in the audience,
240

interruptions, handling while on-camera,
223
–
24

interviews ambush interviews,
252
–
53
,
253

interviews are not confidential conversations,
251
–
52

interviews for television,
219
–
24
,
222
,
225

introductions,
78
–
79

how to create an introduction for a notable figure,
314

your introduction as the speaker,
115
offer to draft your own,
160

introverts, learning to speak in public,
313

Iraqi War Message, techniques used to sell,
136
–
38
,
137
,
145

“Is Woman Suffrage Progressing?” (Catt),
299

Ivins, Molly,
43
,
83

Jackson, Janet,
118

Jacob Wetterling Act,
46

Jefferson, Thomas,
50

John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award,
73

Jolie, Angelina,
122
,
296

Jones, James Earl,
88

Jones, Mother,
299

Jordan, Barbara,
13
,
16
–
17
,
83
–
87
,
87
,
98
,
266
,
290
,
301
,
315

speaking techniques used by,
94
–
96

Judith Marie, Sister,
139

Kangaroo Care,
126

Karan, Donna,
32

Keller, Helen,
300

Kelliher, Margaret Anderson,
268

Kennedy, Caroline,
77
–
78

Kennedy, John F.,
85
,
86

Kennedy, Robert F.,
77

Kennedy, Ted,
77
–
78

Kerry, John,
131

Keys, Alicia,
181

King, Coretta Scott,
182
,
301

King, Larry,
220

Kirkpatrick, Jeanne,
302

knee-jerk reactions, avoiding in presenting a message,
131

know-it-alls as passive troublemakers,
243

Kopp, Wendy,
188

Korbul, Anna and Josef,
237

Kruschev, Nikita,
35

Kyl, John,
262

laced fingers,
53

Lady Volunteers of the University of Tennessee,
103
–
104

LaFleur, Vinca,
271
–
72

LaHaye, Beverly,
302

Lake, Celinda,
268
,
274

Larry King Live
(TV show),
216

laughter.
See
humor

laundry list, avoiding in presenting a message,
131

lectern.
See
podium presence

Ledbetter, Lilly,
196
–
97

Lee, Barbara,
9
–
11

Levitt, Arthur,
73

Lewis, Ann,
273
,
277

life experiences setting you apart,
44
–
45

lighting, dealing with,
163

Lightner, Candy,
46

likeability quotient, importance of when on-camera,
205

Limbaugh, Rush,
135

limp wrists,
53

Liswood, Laura,
9

Living Proof Project,
17
,
126
,
140
,
149

locked-down arms stance as incorrect posture,
108

Lockwood, Belva,
298

logistical information, not including in speech opening,
194

“Look Around and See Only Friends” (Smith),
302

Loopner, Lisa,
81

Lutz, Frank,
145

“Lynch Law in America” (Wells-Barnett),
298

Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs,
237

Mad Men
(TV show),
93
–
94

Mae West stance as incorrect posture,
108

Maine Telephone Company,
40

makeup.
See
personal appearance

Malcolm, Ellen,
287

Mandela, Nelson,
282

Mankiller, Wilma,
272
,
303

mannerisms, distracting.
See
distractions, speaker distractions that affect the audience

Mark Twain Prize for American humor,
51
–
52