FIVE world class public speakers
AND
how they used to suck
Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the great speakers were
bad speakers at first
Delivered one of the most famous
speeches in history to over 250,000 civil
rights supporters during the March
on Washington.
PORTFOLIO
I HAVE A DREAM, 1963
Martin Luther King
But in High School he only managed a C for public speaking!
PORTFOLIO
School Transcript, 1948
Martin Luther King
DNC, 2012
Democratic National ConventionDemocratic National Convention
Bill Clinton
One of the great modern orators.
Watch his nomination of Barack Obama to the 2012 Democratic national Convention
to see him at his best.
DNC, 1988
Bill Clinton
Unlike the 1988 Democratic National
Convention. His nomination of
Michael Dukakis was so long and so laboured that
attendees cheered ironically when he finally finished his
speech!
DNC, 1988
Also known as the Sage of
Omaha
His annual general
meetings are more like a
rock concerts!
Warren Buffet
But in college, he was so nervous about public speaking, he choose classes that didn't require presentations!
He did enrol in a public speaking course but dropped out before it even started. Then he re-enrolled, and the rest is history
PORTFOLIOWarren Buffet
In 2014, the former Primer Minister
gave one of the greatest speeches in British political
history.
A passionate, thundering speech
that many credit with saving the
Union
Better Together, 2014
Gordon Brown
This was from the same man who, in a 2009 survey, was voted as Britains most boring public speaker.
Gordon Brown
So, if you crash and burn in your next presentation
Dont worry, better speakers than you have been there
before!
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