SRO in September
Aug 27, 2014
Summer is almost over and for gridiron fans that means a full platter of school, college, and pro football games. But for conference fans, it means a return to a …
In fall, a rise in leadership forum activity
Sep 28, 2015
By Terry Catchpole, Executive Chairman of the Catchpole Corporation executive visibility strategy consultancy. Visit http://www.catchpole.com If you are reading this in the Southern Hemisphere, then October is bringing the first …
The New Nationalism
Oct 31, 2011
“… any struggle for healthy liberty must … always be, to take from some one man or class of men the right to enjoy power, or wealth, or position, or immunity, which has not been earned …”
Engaging the Mind and the Spirit
Oct 21, 2010
NEW FURMAN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CALLS FOR “THE CONSTRUCTIVE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CIVILITY OF OUR PUBLIC DISCOURSE”
Saving Public Higher Education
Oct 12, 2016
Good afternoon! Thank you, John, for your introduction, and thank you to Times Higher Education for bringing together so many exceptional leaders from around the world. As president of the …
Have you ever considered getting a degree in speechwriting?
Oct 13, 2009
Which colleges beside the School of Hard Knocks offer degrees in speechwriting? A Vital Speeches correspondent looks into it
Why speeches?
Jun 21, 2016
Faithful rhetoric correspondent Neil Hrab, upon whom I’ve bestowed the title “Rhetoric Editor” of Vital Speeches—or “rheditor,” for short—sent me something this week that said in three paragraphs something I’ve been trying to …
“I wish I was a better citizen”
Jan 30, 2012
Recipient of citizenship award uses acceptance speech to lament what a better citizen he could be.
Courage Is Stronger Than Doubt
Feb 01, 2017
Madam Speaker of the National Assembly, Madam Speaker of the Federal Council, Distinguished Federal Assembly, Honorary guests, Fellow Austrians, Non-Austrian residents of our country, Viewers watching via internet and television, …
More Bridges and Fewer Borders
Aug 09, 2017
Acting Vice-Chancellor, Pro Vice-Chancellors, ladies and gentlemen, Since its foundation in the mid-nineteenth century, Queen’s University Belfast has answered the question posed by its Latin motto. There has never been …