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Monday, November 10, 2008
3rd item contrasts with the first two; and this ‘not red states-not blue states-but United States’ line harks back to Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention, that first brought him to wider public notice, where he used it to introduce the ‘politics of hope’ theme that has become one of his trademarks.
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Monday, March 2, 2009
Treasury Press Release - a bit long) or at any one of the thousands of press accounts this morning — AIG is too big to fail, and the results of an AIG failure on the capital markets would be catastrophic. . Here are the statements today from both AIG and the United States Treasury and Federal Reserve. Always.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
With an audience of women, she talked about still being outraged that women didn't get a vote in the United States until 1920, but noted that "the outlook is better for us now," with nine women governors, 70 women in Congress, and women as Secretary of State, Speaker of the House of Representatives and "a real woman candidate for President."
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Friday, January 30, 2009
He has written two excellent books on speechwriting and presentation development, most recently Lend Me Your Ears: All You Need To Know About Speeches And Presentations (published in the US by Oxford University Press, 2005). Judge took issue with what I’d said ( here ), but I remain unconvinced, as can be seen here. It is not chauvinism.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
House of Representatives, and the first woman--and African-American--to deliver a keynote address to the Democratic national convention. Many feel her finest speech happened on July 25, 1974, as her opening statement to the House Judiciary Committee's proceedings on the impeachment of Richard Nixon. It is a very eloquent beginning.
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Friday, May 1, 2009
While it may be true that not every talk needs slides (State of the Union for one), slides do help certain types of talks. All you need to do is press b on the computer to black out the slide (or use the black out button on your remote). Boing Boing is a trademark of Happy Mutants LLC in the United States and other countries
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