http://www.real-impact.com/obama-delivers-somber-motivation/ For A Heck of a Presentation Thu, 03 May 2012 01:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.real-impact.com/obama-delivers-somber-motivation/#comment-5 Pam Gilley Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:56:07 +0000 http://real-impact.com/?p=626#comment-5 Thank you for taking this historic event and giving us all lessons from it in improving our effectivenss as speakers. Not many would be able to do this without positioning themselves for or against the remarks. Your insights only prove that we can learn something from everyone if we come to it with an open spirit. Thank you for the insights and lessons! Thank you for taking this historic event and giving us all lessons from it in improving our effectivenss as speakers. Not many would be able to do this without positioning themselves for or against the remarks. Your insights only prove that we can learn something from everyone if we come to it with an open spirit. Thank you for the insights and lessons!

]]> http://www.real-impact.com/obama-delivers-somber-motivation/#comment-4 Rhoda Israelov Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:27:13 +0000 http://real-impact.com/?p=626#comment-4 Your blog offers a thorough and insightful analysis of today's presidential address from a speaker's point of view. To me, your most important points have to do with a) Obama's speech being about the audience, rather than about him, b) his use of imagery, and c) his including a "call to action". One challenge for any speaker is addressing various (and sometimes oppositional) contituencies within the audience, and you pointed out that Obama addressed the skeptics. Lots of food for thought here! Your blog offers a thorough and insightful analysis of today’s presidential address from a speaker’s point of view. To me, your most important points have to do with a) Obama’s speech being about the audience, rather than about him, b) his use of imagery, and c) his including a “call to action”. One challenge for any speaker is addressing various (and sometimes oppositional) contituencies within the audience, and you pointed out that Obama addressed the skeptics. Lots of food for thought here!

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