AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Dec 01, 2021
Et tu, Harvard Business Review?
For speeches, "you never need a word-for-word script,” advises the Harvard Business Review—which is exactly what many leaders want to hear. Speechwriters, it's time we said something.
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
EVENTS
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The Social Executive 2022
FEB 1-4 -
Military Speechwriting Training Online
FEB 15-18 -
Leadership Communication Days—Higher Ed Edition
MAR 17-18 -
Professional Development Academy
ON DEMAND
Dec 01, 2021
A Cause for Concern, Not a Cause for Panic
"Three messages about the new COVID variant that I want the American people to hear."
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America
Nov 18, 2021
The Conversation We’re Not Having, About Gas
Energy companies need a seat at the table. But if we want that seat—we have to earn it.
Fawaz Bitar,
Chair, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers; Senior Vice President for Health, Safety, Environment and Carbon, BP
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Mia Mottley,
Prime Minister, Barbados
Zach Wahls,
Iowa State Senator
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Hal Gordon,
Former speechwriter at Reagan White House and for Gen. Colin Powell
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Oct 13, 2021
Cooperation, consensus, strength
"Man and Nature need to coexist in harmony. When we take care to protect Nature, Nature rewards us generously; when we exploit Nature ruthlessly, it punishes us without mercy."
Xi Jinping,
President, China
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
"Three messages about the new COVID variant that I want the American people to hear."
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America
Energy companies need a seat at the table. But if we want that seat—we have to earn it.
Fawaz Bitar,
Chair, International Association of Oil & Gas Producers; Senior Vice President for Health, Safety, Environment and Carbon, BP
"We do not want that dreaded death sentence. And we have come here today to say, 'Try harder. Try harder.'"
Mia Mottley,
Prime Minister, Barbados
On the making—and the lasting impact—of one of the first viral YouTube speeches.
Zach Wahls,
Iowa State Senator
"Man and Nature need to coexist in harmony. When we take care to protect Nature, Nature rewards us generously; when we exploit Nature ruthlessly, it punishes us without mercy."
Xi Jinping,
President, China
Communicators must expand the definition of their work, take a much more rigorous intellectual approach, and allow a deeper connection between their work and their souls.
David Murray,
Editor and Publisher, Vital Speeches of the Day
"Today the UN is like a retired superhero who has forgotten what he could do. He considers himself a burden, a weak, frail, useless old man, whose life was in vain."
Volodymyr Zelensky,
President, Ukraine
"My name is Beth from Electronics, I've been working at Walmart for almost five years, and I can say that everyone here is overworked and underpaid."
Beth McGrath,
Walmart Employee
"This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves. It is what we have been, and what we can be again."
George W. Bush,
Former President, United States of America
"We no longer had a clear purpose in an open-ended mission in Afghanistan. After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation of America’s sons and daughters to fight a war that should have ended long ago."
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America