Comments on: Obama: The Lion in Winter http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/ "...a new favorite blog for professional excellence in public speaking, speech-writing, and executive communications." - The Register, May 24, 2008 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: caroline http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-191735 caroline Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:42:42 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-191735 thank you! this helped me with a paper for my AP language class and i'm hopeful that i'm going to get a good grade now! thank you! this helped me with a paper for my AP language class and i’m hopeful that i’m going to get a good grade now!

]]> By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-183605 Ian Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:03:13 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-183605 The Edit30 blog has a great posting: <a href="http://edit30.com/?page_id=1338" rel="nofollow">Oratory - The Obama Style: Lessons for Business Communicators</a> starts with a comprehensive analysis of Obama's rhetoric and concludes with a series of lessons business communicators can learn from his style. The Edit30 blog has a great posting: Oratory - The Obama Style: Lessons for Business Communicators starts with a comprehensive analysis of Obama’s rhetoric and concludes with a series of lessons business communicators can learn from his style.

]]> By: freezin http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-171370 freezin Mon, 04 May 2009 14:25:52 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-171370 Amazing analysis!I am a Chinese student ,majoring in English.I want to analyze the rhetoric of Obama's campaign speeches from the perspective of persuasion and identification.It is for the master degree.Your article is very useful for my thesis.Thank you.And would you give some advice on my thesis?I will be very appreciated . Amazing analysis!I am a Chinese student ,majoring in English.I want to analyze the rhetoric of Obama’s campaign speeches from the perspective of persuasion and identification.It is for the master degree.Your article is very useful for my thesis.Thank you.And would you give some advice on my thesis?I will be very appreciated .

]]> By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-164331 Ian Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:14:29 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-164331 Luan has a <a href="http://www.skillstudio.co.uk/help/public-speaking/the-poetry-of-obamas-campaign.htm" rel="nofollow">great analysis</a> of the Grant Park Victory Speech highlighting the power of Obama's oratory. Luan has a great analysis of the Grant Park Victory Speech highlighting the power of Obama’s oratory.

]]> By: Maria http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162832 Maria Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:22:32 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162832 Thank you Ian for helping my with my thesis. I am a psychologist from Argentina. In my thesis on Persuasive Communication I am analyzing Obama's and McCain's Convention speeches. Did you hear that people are using Obama's speeches to learn english in japan? (bbcnews). I would like to find out what makes Obama's speeches so appealing to such a broad audience. Can you give me a hand? Thank you very much Maria Thank you Ian for helping my with my thesis. I am a psychologist from Argentina. In my thesis on Persuasive Communication I am analyzing Obama’s and McCain’s Convention speeches. Did you hear that people are using Obama’s speeches to learn english in japan? (bbcnews). I would like to find out what makes Obama’s speeches so appealing to such a broad audience. Can you give me a hand? Thank you very much
Maria

]]> By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162552 Ian Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:19:38 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162552 Thanks to Valerie for <a href="http://www.conversationagent.com/2009/01/words-that-dont-work.html" rel="nofollow">her mention</a> of this posting in a great discussion of words that work. Also to the UK Specialist Speakers for referencing <a href="http://specialistspeaker.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-on-obamas-speech.html" rel="nofollow">American Speechwiter Ian Griffin</a> - well, yes, I 'spose I am a yank these days, but I was raised in Cheshire. Thanks to Valerie for her mention of this posting in a great discussion of words that work.

Also to the UK Specialist Speakers for referencing American Speechwiter Ian Griffin - well, yes, I ’spose I am a yank these days, but I was raised in Cheshire.

]]> By: Jeremy Jacobs http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162427 Jeremy Jacobs Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:55:18 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162427 Interesting stuff. Interesting stuff.

]]> By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162366 Ian Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:35:01 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162366 Here's a list of <a href="http://tinyurl.com/7tbv46" rel="nofollow">annotated references</a> to key phrases in the speech from his hometown newspaper - the Chicago Tribune. Here’s a list of annotated references to key phrases in the speech from his hometown newspaper - the Chicago Tribune.

]]> By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162351 Ian Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:55:08 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162351 Both. Both.

]]> By: Gillian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162350 Gillian Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:49:44 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162350 So... do you reckon he wrote it himself ? Or was it written for him ? So… do you reckon he wrote it himself ? Or was it written for him ?

]]> By: Adrienne http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162337 Adrienne Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:05:21 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162337 I had to type an essay on Barack Obama's rhetorical strategies used in his inauguration speech, and this helped A LOT! Thank you so much! I had to type an essay on Barack Obama’s rhetorical strategies used in his inauguration speech, and this helped A LOT! Thank you so much!

]]> By: Sally Neal http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162308 Sally Neal Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:56:58 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162308 Thank you for your analysis. It has really helped my 10th grade English II classes with their own analysis. We are studying the art of rhetoric and are using this speech as part of the lesson. After completing their own analysis and break down of the speech, we looked at yours and compared it to theirs. Your analysis helped them to pick up on things they missed and to see another perspective. Thanks again! Thank you for your analysis. It has really helped my 10th grade English II classes with their own analysis. We are studying the art of rhetoric and are using this speech as part of the lesson. After completing their own analysis and break down of the speech, we looked at yours and compared it to theirs. Your analysis helped them to pick up on things they missed and to see another perspective. Thanks again!

]]> By: Rebecca Morgan http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162277 Rebecca Morgan Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:53:25 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162277 Excellent job deconstructing his speech. I, like your father, was moved to tears several times throughout the Obama-fest, not only by his words, but by his being. He brings a new level of class to the office. Excellent job deconstructing his speech.

I, like your father, was moved to tears several times throughout the Obama-fest, not only by his words, but by his being. He brings a new level of class to the office.

]]> By: Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162271 Ian Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:39:21 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162271 A <a href="http://www.loosetooth.com/Viscom/gf/obama.htm" rel="nofollow">nice visual interpretation</a> of the speech from Brandy Agerbeck. A nice visual interpretation of the speech from Brandy Agerbeck.

]]> By: Nikos Anagnostou http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162237 Nikos Anagnostou Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:27:02 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162237 Thank you for the reference to my post. You have a great analysis here! Impressed! Thank you for the reference to my post. You have a great analysis here! Impressed!

]]> By: Jim Cronin http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162218 Jim Cronin Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:45:17 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162218 Superb analysis.Thank you.Your time has come! Superb analysis.Thank you.Your time has come!

]]> By: Jamie Beckett http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162211 Jamie Beckett Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:01:43 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162211 Wow. Interesting stuff . . .I heard the speech 2.5 times and didn't hear all that in it. thanks! Wow. Interesting stuff . . .I heard the speech 2.5 times and didn’t hear all that in it.
thanks!

]]> By: Martin Chorich http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2009/01/20/obama-the-lion-in-winter/#comment-162188 Martin Chorich Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:38:29 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/?p=837#comment-162188 Gosh, Ian. They teach things in the UK that I never dreamed of. Nice analysis! Gosh, Ian. They teach things in the UK that I never dreamed of. Nice analysis!

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