Quick and easy to use, this book is broken into short chapters full of priceless tips and advice. Leifer and Mitchell will walk you through how to: Properly write, phrase, and deliver your speech so you not only flatter your subject but also keep the rest of the audience interested (and maybe you'll even get a standing ovation, but we can't guarantee that?that would be cool, though, right?)

Carol Leifer is an Emmy, Golden Globe, Writers Guild Award, and Producers Guild Award winner for her work on Hacks. She has written for such shows as Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, SNL, Modern Family, The Larry Sanders Show, and eleven Academy Awards shows (most recently for host Conan O’Brien, 2025).

As a stand‐up, Carol has appeared on The Tonight Show, HBO, Showtime, and Comedy Central and made twenty-five appearances on Late Night with David Letterman. Her two previous books are When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win: Reflections on Looking in the Mirror and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying. Carol is a popular speaker on the corporate/nonprofit circuit, delivering speeches for over one hundred organizations.

Rick Mitchell is a five-time Emmy-winning writer/producer for The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He also spent years as a writer/producer for TMZ on TV, where he made daily appearances hurling out jokes from the back of the room. As a stand-up, Rick has appeared on Fox’s Laughs and performed at many comedy clubs across the country.