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Jeremy Kourdi,Simon Maier

The 100. Insights and lessons from 100 of the greatest speakers and speeches ever delivered

  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    John F. Kennedy’s phrase: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
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    perhaps to accept a certain definition of freedom, to assert a “right”, to offer hope, inspiration, practical support or simple guidance.
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    They make their message clear and spend a great deal of time in preparation to ensure complete clarity – and they have a real, immovable passion for their subject.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    They want to say something useful and say it well, even if they find the process hard.
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    They prepare and practise their craft
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    good (as opposed to trite)
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    Speed and brevity are much more important than they were fifty years ago or indeed ten years ago.
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    changed. No modern political leader would write a speech running to tens of thousands of words, as Emmeline Pankhurst and Nikita Khrushchev did, w
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    The same applies to the modern nature of conferences, business seminars and events of all shapes and sizes.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
    Certainly, the expectations of modern audiences have changed and speechmakers have had to adapt. It was ever thus.
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