AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Jul 28, 2021
Back to the Future, in Speechwriting
A new PSA whitepaper offers an annotated version of a speech by a speechwriter on speechwriting—delivered 40 years ago this year.
John R. Bonee,
Corporate Speechwriter
EVENTS
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Military Speechwriting Training Online
AUG 24-27 -
Strategic Speechwriting: The Method and the Art
SEPT 14-17 -
PSA World Conference
OCT 18-22 -
Professional Development Academy
ON DEMAND
Andrew Cuomo,
Governor, New York
Professional Speechwriters Association
Jul 14, 2021
Have You No Shame?
"Stand up, for God’s sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our elections and the sacred right to vote. "
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Xi Jinping,
President, China
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jun 30, 2021
“As I Was Saying …”
Interrupted but undeterred, a high school valedictorian offers inspiration to fellow grads, as a "formerly suicidal, formerly anorexic queer."
Bryce Dersham,
Valedictorian, Eastern Regional High School
David Murray,
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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
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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
"I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances."
Andrew Cuomo,
Governor, New York
A new PSA whitepaper offers an annotated version of a speech by a speechwriter on speechwriting—delivered 40 years ago this year.
John R. Bonee,
Corporate Speechwriter
"Stand up, for God’s sake, and help prevent this concerted effort to undermine our elections and the sacred right to vote. "
Joe Biden,
President, United States of America
"Today, a hundred years on from its founding, the Communist Party of China is still in its prime, and remains as determined as ever to achieve lasting greatness for the Chinese nation."
Xi Jinping,
President, China
Interrupted but undeterred, a high school valedictorian offers inspiration to fellow grads, as a "formerly suicidal, formerly anorexic queer."
Bryce Dersham,
Valedictorian, Eastern Regional High School
"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