{"id":163,"date":"2008-08-30T10:29:19","date_gmt":"2008-08-30T09:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elementally.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2008-08-30T10:29:19","modified_gmt":"2008-08-30T09:29:19","slug":"so-did-he-find-his-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awareplus.co.uk\/presentation-skills-blog\/so-did-he-find-his-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"So did he find his moment?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wrote last time<\/a> about how I felt Obama needed to find something special for his conference speech – something that would transcend the actual the actual speech itself. I have to confess that when I wrote this I’d actually forgotten that the speech would be given on the anniversary of Martin Luther Kings “I have a dream<\/a>“. Well, that says it all, doesn’t it, about what I mean… the fact that I can refer to the speech by that one simple phrase and you know what I mean.<\/p>\n

Obama himself quoted such a moment of romantic transcendence when he started to recite “We hold these truths to be self evident; that all men were created equal”.<\/p>\n

But did he find his own?<\/p>\n

It’s too early to say because – by definition – such a phrase has to stand the test of time but there are a couple of ‘early contenders’ as it were (and it’s interesting to note the intro music, U2’s City of Blinding Lights!)<\/p>\n

“We are a better country…”
\n“eight is enough!”
\n“he just doesn’t get it”
\n“Now is the time….”
\n“It’s about you”
\n“America, we can not turn back!”<\/p>\n

My personal opinion is that none of these will quite make it – it’s a great speech, I’ve watched it through – but there’s not the one key killer phrase I was looking for. Maybe I’ve just missed it. Maybe he won’t need it.<\/p>\n

Of course, I’m not suggesting that his speech – or any speech for that matter – should be a simple string of sound-bites (and I don’t think Obama’s speech was that!) but to help pass the message quickly and effectively a moment of romantic transcendence will certainly help! :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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