Word Magic: Success Behind the Podium: Barbie Tootle at TEDxOhioStateUniversity

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Barbie Tootle talks about how she has successfully written hundreds of speeches and how it is possible to do so. Additionally she discusses what aspects make a speech successful.

Barbie Tootle is President of Left Field Consulting, which provides freelance writing services, consultation in communication strategies, and training in creativity and personal development. She researches and writes speeches for CEOs and senior officers in the corporate world, non-profits, and higher education.

For 15 years, Barbie was Director of Special Projects and Special Assistant to the President of The Ohio State University. She has delivered hundreds of keynote speeches and facilitated hundreds of workshops and training sessions nationwide. Barbie is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Ohio State University Alumni Association. She volunteers in the Ohio Historical Society's 19th-Century Baseball Program.

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