Friday, March 20 2026, 1 - 3:30pm 201 Conference Room, RSVP required Graduate student Public Speaking Workshop with John Bowe. This is an in-person workshop. Students will be able to work one-to-one on their speaking skills This is an in-person workshop for advanced graduate students only (preferably ABD). Students should be finished with coursework. RSVP required - email Laurie at history@uga.edu to RSVP. John Bowe is the award-winning author of I Have Something to Say (Random House, August, 2020). He is a speech and presentation consultant specializing in corporate and individual presentations. He has worked with business and charity leaders, entrepreneurs and executives from all over the world. He has given talks at the New York Public Library, the 92nd St. Y in New York City and many other companies and organizations. John contributes regularly to CNBC about public speaking. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, This American Life, and is the author of numerous books. His work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and he has appeared on CNN, The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart, the BBC, and many others. He lives in New York City. This event is sponsored by the B. Phinizy Spalding Chair in History. Event flyer for March 20 workshop on public speaking for advanced grad students (1.7 MB) John Bowe speaker's web site