Diary of a community organizer

How to write a good public speech

Community organizing requires speaking in public people from the community you’re trying to organize and to people outside the community who you’re trying to influence.

Winston Churchill, a renowned orator, wrote in The Scaffolding of Rhetoric that the best public speeches tend to have five elements.

Precision of diction

This, according to Churchill, is the most important element of an effective public speech: The careful and…