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My frustration in watching worthy folk make blithering idiots of themselves
                         in public moved me to found The Buckley School of Public Speaking.
                                                       F. Reid Buckley









































                              Strictly Speaking





                               Public speaking school draws international visitors



           In a historic building tucked quietly                experience and often marvel that such a world
             away just off a busy thoroughfare in downtown      class educational experience can be found in this
             Camden, an elegant and seemingly vanishing skill   small southern town.
             is alive and well -- and available for those willing   The school might serve a smaller niche market,
             to seek it.                                        but it is an important ambassador for the city
              The Buckley School of Public Speaking, founded    of Camden. Its diverse roster of clients includes
             in 1988 by the late F. Reid Buckley, is another gem   executives from both public and private sectors
             of Camden hidden in plain sight. While it is no    such as Capital One, MasterCard, Microsoft,
             secret, not that many people know about it.        Kettering Health Network, Coca-Cola, Michelin,
              However, those who do speak highly of the         Philip Morris and the U.S. Department of Defense.

                                                         By Jim Tatum
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