What to wear when you’re speaking — revisited

Matthew Arnold Stern
3 min readDec 24, 2022
President Zelenskyy’s speech before Congress. (Image capture from CNN.)

At Toastmasters, I learned the importance of dressing appropriately when giving a speech. Usually, this means wearing a suit. I once experimented with not wearing a suit to give a contest speech, and it didn’t work out.

As a Distinguished Toastmaster, what do I think of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wearing a khaki sweatshirt, cargo pants, and boots to address a joint session…

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Matthew Arnold Stern

A novelist and award-winning public speaker and technical writer. My novels Amiga and The Remainders are available now.