Lessons Learned from the Gettysburg Address: Presentation Skills, Anyone?

Signifying a turning point in the Civil War, we can’t overlook Abraham Lincoln’s succinct speech.  As pointed out on a LinkedIn post by Nancy Duarte, CEO of Duarte, Inc. and author of The HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations, there are several lessons we can learn from the Gettysburg Address (yes, that’s the famous speech: “Four score and seven years ago…).

1. Brevity. For starters, she asks, “Do you remember any long speeches from 150 years ago?”

Maybe Lincoln was onto something.