AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Jun 17, 2021
Speechwriting elder, respect thyself
Aged, erudite wisdom is unfashionable, by definition. Then why is it my life's goal to one day be as cool as Jerry Tarver?
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
EVENTS
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Employee Communication Summit
JUN 22-23 -
Military Speechwriting Training Online
AUG 24-27 -
Strategic Speechwriting: The Method and the Art
SEPT 14-17 -
PSA World Conference
OCT 18-22
Jun 16, 2021
The Baton Passes … to the Next Generation
"The external challenges we face are great. We are also facing an internal challenge."
Naftali Bennett,
Prime Minister, Israel
Barnard Kemter,
Retired Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jun 07, 2021
Words, for Good and Ill
"Voices of HIstory: Speeches that Changed the World" is a celebration of, and a warning against, the power of oral rhetoric.
Neil Hrab,
Rhetoric Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jun 02, 2021
Just Because History Is Silent, It Does Not Mean That It Did Not Take Place
“We can’t just choose what we want to know, and not what we should know. We should know the good, the bad—everything. That’s what great nations do. They come to terms with their dark sides.”
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America
Professional Speechwriters Association
Dick Van Dyke,
Actor and Performer
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
May 19, 2021
Not a Time for Just Wallpapering Over the Cracks
"We must match the scale of the moment that faces our people and our planet."
Rachel Reeves,
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom
Liz Cheney (R-WY),
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
John Legend,
Musician
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
"The external challenges we face are great. We are also facing an internal challenge."
Naftali Bennett,
Prime Minister, Israel
"It was often the African American southerners who perpetuated the holiday in the years immediately following the Civil War."
Barnard Kemter,
Retired Lt. Colonel, U.S. Army
“We can’t just choose what we want to know, and not what we should know. We should know the good, the bad—everything. That’s what great nations do. They come to terms with their dark sides.”
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America
"I'll remember this forever—and I'm 95, that's not so long!"
Dick Van Dyke,
Actor and Performer
"We must match the scale of the moment that faces our people and our planet."
Rachel Reeves,
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom
"Our election was not stolen, and America has not failed ... We must love America so much that we will never yield in her defense. That is our duty."
Liz Cheney (R-WY),
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
"Love for a world where we don’t need to win at someone else’s expense ... where we can win together."
John Legend,
Musician
"I have always found goodness in the people I've met everywhere I went in the world."
Chloe Zhao,
Director, "Nomadland"
An excerpt from the Grand Award-winning speech for the 2021 Cicero Speechwriting Awards.
Leslie Hale,
President & CEO, RLJ Lodging Trust
"Our policies at home and abroad must be designed to be inclusive, tackle inequality, and respect our environment."
Janet Yellen,
Secretary of the Treasury, United States of America