Comments on: Toastmasters: An Englishman Abroad http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/04/24/toastmasters-an-englishman-abroad/ "...a new favorite blog for professional excellence in public speaking, speech-writing, and executive communications." - The Register, May 24, 2008 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Professionally Speaking » UK Guardian: Great Speeches of the 20th Century http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/04/24/toastmasters-an-englishman-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-30876 Professionally Speaking » UK Guardian: Great Speeches of the 20th Century Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:36:26 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/cultural-differences/toastmasters-an-englishman-abroad/#comment-30876 [...] to a comment by The Friendly Ghost I’ve been made aware of the current series running in The Guardian [...] [...] to a comment by The Friendly Ghost I’ve been made aware of the current series running in The Guardian [...]

]]> By: Friendly Ghost http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/04/24/toastmasters-an-englishman-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-30851 Friendly Ghost Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:22:31 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/cultural-differences/toastmasters-an-englishman-abroad/#comment-30851 Hi Ian, Amazing. There I was, intending to tell you about a 'Great Speeches of the 20th Century' series currently being published by The Guardian newspaper in the UK, and your latest post references An Englishman Abroad! Serendipity. Anyway, it's as I said: The Guardian is issuing a weekly supplement, beautifully produced, covering great speeches, each with a foreword by a major figure. So for example today's was <a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1718125,00.html" rel="nofollow">Kruschev's speech disclaiming Stalin in 1956</a> with a foreword by Gorbachev; last week was <a href="http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/index.html" rel="nofollow">Nelson Mandela's address from the dock in 1964</a>, foreworded by P.W.Botha. I don't know if you can obtain these supplements in the US, and unfortunately I cannot find them on the Guardian website. However there are a couple of mentions: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/greatspeeches/story/0,,2062495,00.html" rel="nofollow">their rationale for which to choose</a>; and <a href="http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/tom_clark/2007/04/when_the_issue_is_the.html" rel="nofollow">commentary on the reaction to the series</a>. I just thought you might find this of interest. Seeing as you're included in my <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/FriendlyGhostCopywriting" rel="nofollow">syndicated writing feed</a>, I like to look after my syndicatees! Regards Friendly Ghost PS I hope I got all the links right in this comment - I wish I could preview it! Hi Ian,

Amazing. There I was, intending to tell you about a ‘Great Speeches of the 20th Century’ series currently being published by The Guardian newspaper in the UK, and your latest post references An Englishman Abroad! Serendipity.

Anyway, it’s as I said: The Guardian is issuing a weekly supplement, beautifully produced, covering great speeches, each with a foreword by a major figure. So for example today’s was Kruschev’s speech disclaiming Stalin in 1956 with a foreword by Gorbachev; last week was Nelson Mandela’s address from the dock in 1964, foreworded by P.W.Botha.

I don’t know if you can obtain these supplements in the US, and unfortunately I cannot find them on the Guardian website. However there are a couple of mentions: their rationale for which to choose; and commentary on the reaction to the series.

I just thought you might find this of interest. Seeing as you’re included in my syndicated writing feed, I like to look after my syndicatees!

Regards
Friendly Ghost

PS I hope I got all the links right in this comment – I wish I could preview it!

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