Public Speaking - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 May 2021
News

When Should CEOs Speak Out on Public Issues?

24 Jun 2019
News

The trick to public speaking is to stop memorizing

31 Mar 2020
News

Win Over the Zoom: How to Effectively Public Speak from the Privacy of Your Home

27 Apr 2021
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Harvard, UCLA Researchers Use AI to Analyze Passion in Public Speaking

31 Dec 2013
News

Get Excited: The Best Way to Conquer a Fear of Public Speaking

Research Summary

Dissertation: Speaking Up on Boards

My dissertation examines individual and group behavior in corporate boards of directors. I focus on individual traits and group traits that can foster or inhibit the act of speaking up when an individuals views go against the general consensus in the room. Research and... View Details

October 3, 2012
Blog Post

Tonight's Presidential Debate Will Be Decided by Body Language

By: Amy Cuddy

Keywords: Nonverbal Behavior; Persuasion; Influence; Public Speaking; Nonverbal Communication; Behavior; Debates; Power and Influence

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20 Jun 2018
News

Graphic images speak to consumers of sugary drinks

March 2016
Technical Note

Lighting the Fire: Crafting and Delivering Broadly Inspiring Messages

By: Tsedal Neeley and Tom Ryder

Communicating persuasively is a critical skill for leaders of any team or organization. Yet, connecting and resonating with an audience can nevertheless be a challenging task. We outline how to effectively mobilize groups through the power of communication. This note... View Details

Keywords: Messaging; Communication; Leading; Public Speaking; Persuasion; Rhetorical Devices; Communication Intention and Meaning; Forms of Communication; Communication Strategy

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March 2022 (Revised November 2022)
Case

When Should CEOs Speak Out Publicly? The 2021 Georgia Voting Law

By: William W. George, Hubert Joly and Amram Migdal

This case describes the March 2021 passage of a voting and elections law in the U.S. state of Georgia and reactions by corporations and corporate leaders to the law. Included are a brief history of voting rights in the United States and Georgia and an overview of the... View Details

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April 2023
Case

Twitter: The Freedom to Speak Freely and Be Heard

By: Randolph B. Cohen, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mel Martin

In April 2022, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he would be interested in purchasing the social media site Twitter for $44 billion. With more than 100 million twitter followers, Musk had historically leveraged the site to engage with the customers of his... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Acquisition; Social Media; Power and Influence; Public Relations Industry; Public Relations Industry; Public Relations Industry; United States

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Publications Publications Show Results For All HBS Web (119,515) Faculty Publications (38,068) Page 1 of 38,068 Results May–June 2025 Article Balancing Digital Safety and... View Details

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

to help themselves. Any public health system must respect the reality of these consumer differences and not withhold care from people simply because they do not engage and do not speak up. As Atul Gwande has... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

privately. But Levy responded in an e-mail to the same audience, publicly denouncing the chief for his tone, his lack of civility, and his failure to speak up earlier in the process, as required by the new meeting rules. It was as close... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

05 Aug 2015
News

Leveraging MBA Skills for the Public Good

further through the rigors of the case method: “You become very used to speaking publicly and defending your ideas,” she says. When Brackenridge graduated from HBS, she worked as a marketing analyst at DuPont. “I wouldn’t have been hired... View Details

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor—who had done extensive research examining the benefits of clusters—to speak to the governor’s cabinet and the legislature in support of the idea. “That was the real reason the legislature... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

the unique juncture at which the United States now finds itself, with many speakers urging their audience to get involved in the issues of the day. The event also featured some twenty sessions led by HBS faculty on a variety of subjects related to the GLF’s title, “The... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

In the Zone

working in the startup world. “I still speak to them frequently, and they come back and talk to our students,” says Owusu-Kesse. “Seeing the Falilous and Deondres of the world, and how HCZ has changed their life’s trajectories, is very... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; nonprofit management; urban development; leadership; public education; Educational Services