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Tips for Coaching High Apprehensive Speakers
Olivia Knoll Nervous public speakers. Whether you can hear it in the trembles of their voice or see it in the anxious crinkling of their notecard, we’ve all worked with them. By our terms as practitioners, these people are known as ‘high apprehensive speakers.’ Up to 75% of the population struggles with some degree of public speaking apprehension (Black). How ... >>
2022 Nyquist Speech Contest Winners
The 2022 Nyquist speech contest winners are in. Judy Kimball, Vice President of Marketing at GLG, and Evan Seguirant, Senior recruiting manager and Twitter, served as the judges. Both Judy and Evan coached in the Center years ago when they were undergrads at UW. This year, the contest was open to all UW undergraduates. Students submitted speeches in response to ... >>
2022 Nyquist Speech Contest
2015 Speech contest winner, Majit Golden The 2022 Jody Deering Nyquist speech contest is now open! Given the craziness of the past few years, this year's theme is: What lessons should UW learn from the COVID pandemic? The theme allows for a wide range of ideas about how the UW community should plan for a post-pandemic era. In support ... >>
CSD hosts a debate on the WA Cares Fund
The Center for Speech & Debate kicked off 2022 with a debate on the long-term health care policy, the Washington Cares Fund. Students in the COM 234: Public Debate class studied the WA Cares debate for weeks, reading and analyzing the case for and against the payroll tax (.58%) funded state long-term health care insurance plan. The plan was voted ... >>
Speechwriter and senior writer at Microsoft meets with Center tutors
Jackson Long, who currently writes at Microsoft, worked in print journalism and used to write Super Bowl TV commercials at ad agencies. Over lunch at the UW Club, Jackson met with a number of Speaking Center tutors to talk about his career path.
Nyquist Speech Contest
2021 Contest winner, Evan Whitmeyer Just some advanced notice that the deadline for submitting your speeches for the Jody Deering Nyquist Speech Contest in on April 22nd, 2022. After the April 22nd deadline, Submitted speeches will go through preliminary judging rounds, guided by the Center director. Those not advancing will be notified via email. The top six speeches will ... >>