by Monica Lunin | Jul 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
The musings of Tim Minchin are genius. Irreverent, foul-mouthed and derisive, but genius. Minchin bestows his advice on a group of graduates at his alma mater, The University of Western Australia. This is a familiar engagement for many celebrities including; Steve...
by Monica Lunin | Jul 7, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Communication & Influence
“What I’m saying is, don’t delude yourself that the powerful cultural values that wrecked the lives of so many of my classmates have vanished from the earth.” Nora Ephron is the writer and filmmaker that brought us such classics as When Harry...
by Monica Lunin | Jun 30, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Leadership
The Ballot or the Bullet speech was delivered by American civil rights activist Malcolm X on 3rd April 1964 at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. “Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you...
by Monica Lunin | Jun 22, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Communication & Influence
Maya Angelou lived her life with the enduring belief that words are powerful. On January 20th, 1993, Maya Angelou recited her poem, On the Pulse of Morning, at the presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. As a poet, author and activist she regularly...
by Monica Lunin | Jun 12, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series
One of the most famous and often studied speeches of the 20th century is Winston Churchill’s address to the House of Commons on 4 June 1940; commonly titled; “We shall fight on the beaches”. Churchill was a student of the classics, an expert in...
