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What the Worst Oscars Acceptance Speeches Teach Speakers

If you watched the Academy Awards on Sunday night, did you notice how many of the winners blew the precious two minutes of publicity they got in front of the world, while giving their acceptance speeches?

Even a decent speech can make the event drag when it morphs into a long list of friends and family members. But when some of the Oscar recipients are so unprepared, it makes watching them painful. 

The Oscar for the Worst Performance During an Acceptance Speech goes to Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney for their makeup and hairstyling work on Vice. Here are five lessons speakers can learn from watching their acceptance speech, and others. 

1. Practice, Practice, Practice  

Even if you think you won’t win, be prepared. And when you get onstage, make it look like you belong there.

This trio looked so befuddled that  

I’ve been a professional speaker for more than two decades so I picked up a few things you might have missed if you don’t speak: 

by Joan Stewart on February 26, 2019

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