‘Tis the Season … for Commencement Speeches
I’ve received several requests for information on writing commencement speeches.
For starters, turn to CAN YOU SAY A FEW WORDS? (St. Martin’s Press, 2006). The book features a large chapter on commencement speeches. Plus, the Appendix provides a detailed description of more than one hundred books and websites … all offering great/quotable lines.
Also: Wisconsin Public Radio interviewed me for a one-hour show on commencement speeches: www.wpr.org #070523M (”At Issue with Ben Merens”).