by Monica Lunin | Feb 16, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Communication & Influence
A Message of Warning to Men of Science J. Robert Oppenheimer addressed the Association of Los Alamos Scientists on November 2nd, 1945. In 1939 Franklin Roosevelt created the Manhattan Project – an Anglo-American project for the research and development of...
by Monica Lunin | Feb 5, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Communication & Influence, Leadership
“I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not.” This is an impassioned yet restrained articulation of a problem that is both nationally significant and deeply, deeply personal. The Iron Steameth Over! To understand the...
by Monica Lunin | Jan 29, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Communication & Influence, Leadership
A Campaign Speech to Unite a Divided Country and win an election… There are many, many examples of Boris Johnson at the podium. The Tory victory in the recent UK election owes a great deal to the rhetorical skill displayed by Boris Johnson. Love him or hate him,...
by Monica Lunin | Jan 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Outrage of a Child Greta Thunberg speaks at the Davos World Economic Forum, 21 January 2020 How can a diminutive 17-year-old girl from Sweden hold her ground in front of an audience of world leaders at Davos? A rhetorical analysis of her speech provides some...
by Monica Lunin | Jan 18, 2020 | A Speech a Week Series, Communication & Influence, Leadership
Pathos with a dash of politics: Ronald Reagan, 1986 On the 28th of January, 1986 the world witnessed the disastrous explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. Ronald Reagan addressed his country and the world in the aftermath of the tragedy. This was a powerful speech...
