AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Jun 29, 2022
The Most Important Measure of Speech Success Is ‘Retellability’
An ovation turns into influence only when the people who hear your ideas can convincingly share them with others.
Tim Pollard,
CEO, Oratium
EVENTS
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Military Speechwriting Training Online
AUG 2-5 -
Strategic Speechwriting: The Method and the Art
SEPT 13-16 -
Speechwriting School
OCT 11 -
PSA World Conference
OCT 11-13
Jun 29, 2022
The ‘Moonshot Speech’: The Reason to Take the Risk
A speechwriter breaks down the how and the why of a corporate speech that made a very big splash—and encourages you to think about writing such a speech of your own.
Lech Mintowt-Czyz
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jun 08, 2022
What Is Needed? What Can Best Be Done? What Must Be Done?
"The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole."
George Marshall,
Secretary of State, United States
Michael Cornfield,
Associate Professor of Political Management, George Washington University
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Anthony Albanese,
Prime Minister, Australia
Chris Murphy,
United States Senator, Connecticut
Abby Wambach,
Former Player, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
May 11, 2022
Looking at Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine From a Military Perspective Alone
"I do not in any way remove culpability from the ordinary soldier for what horrors they are inflicting. I am equally angry at the General Staff’s absence of integrity and leadership."
Ben Wallace,
Defence Secretary, United Kingdom
Robert A. Lehrman,
Author, "The Political Speechwriter's Companion"
May 02, 2022
Let’s Be Honest: The Architecture That Was Designed to Guarantee Peace and Prosperity Has Failed
"We now need a new approach, one that melds hard security and economic security, one that builds stronger global alliances and where free nations are more assertive and self-confident, one that recognises geopolitics is back."
Liz Truss,
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom
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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
An ovation turns into influence only when the people who hear your ideas can convincingly share them with others.
Tim Pollard,
CEO, Oratium
"The remedy lies in breaking the vicious circle and restoring the confidence of the European people in the economic future of their own countries and of Europe as a whole."
George Marshall,
Secretary of State, United States
"No one left behind because we should always look after the disadvantaged and the vulnerable. But also no one held back because we should always support aspiration and opportunity."
Anthony Albanese,
Prime Minister, Australia
"Why are you here, if not to solve a problem as existential as this?"
Chris Murphy,
United States Senator, Connecticut
“It’s very tempting, when we finally make it to the table, to do everything we can to stay there. We think we are there to preserve our seat, instead of remembering we are there to use our seat.”
Abby Wambach,
Former Player, U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
"I do not in any way remove culpability from the ordinary soldier for what horrors they are inflicting. I am equally angry at the General Staff’s absence of integrity and leadership."
Ben Wallace,
Defence Secretary, United Kingdom
"We now need a new approach, one that melds hard security and economic security, one that builds stronger global alliances and where free nations are more assertive and self-confident, one that recognises geopolitics is back."
Liz Truss,
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, United Kingdom
“Hate will only win if people like me stand by and let it happen.”
Mallory McMorrow,
State Senator, Michigan
"This is the way to sustain a safe, legal and generous offer of sanctuary."
Boris Johnson,
Prime Minister, United Kingdom
"I am feeling up to the task, primarily because I know that I am not alone. I am standing on the shoulders of my own role models."
Ketanji Brown Jackson,
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court