In-Text Speeches

Reference the table below for a comprehensive list of all speeches mentioned throughout The Public Speaking Playbook. Click the link below to download an editable Excel spreadsheet.

 In-Text Speeches

 

Chapter

 

Page Location

 

Chapter Section

 

Speech Title

 

Speaker

 

 Link
Chapter 1 16 Workout Exercises: Get a Strong Start "Your body language shapes who you are" Amy Cuddy http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are
Chapter 2 22 2.1c Vet Your Topic “My Hometown” Student Speech N/A
Chapter 3 51 3.1d Understand Cultural Identity “Women Are in the Wrong Conduits” Sheila Wellington N/A
Chapter 3 64 Workout Exercises: Cultural Diversity, Critical Thinking, and Ethics “Reflections on Diversity” Holger Kluge N/A
Chapter 5 94 5.1b Be Audience Centered "What I Saw at the Revolution" Peggy Noonan N/A
Chapter 5 95 Play 5.2: Answer Preliminary Questions Tulane University Speech Ellen DeGeneres  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JccudODwwY
Chapter 5 97 5.3a Consider Age Ohio State University Speech Barack Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijpVstUpUNY
Chapter 5 100 5.3f Identity Affiliations California Institute of Technology Speech Mary Sue Coleman  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34336237
Chapter 6 130 Workout Excercises: Topic and Purpose Disenfranchisement Speech Dan Shuey N/A
Chapter 7 152 7.3b Cite Source Materials Carefully Student Speech on veteran suicides Student Speech N/A
Chapter 7 158 Workout Excercises: Research Dry Cleaning Speech Suzi Kim  N/A
Chapter 8 164 8.1a Short Examples “Stay at Home Dads” Student Speech N/A
Chapter 8 165 8.1b Narrative Examples 2004 Democratic National Convention Speech Barack Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWynt87PaJ0
Chapter 8 166 8.1c Hypothetical Examples 2004 Democratic National Convention Speech Ron Reagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e40TpLX3g90
Chapter 8 168 8.2a Explanations “Curing Crisis with Community”  Terrika Scott N/A
Chapter 8 169 8.2b Descriptions “Why I Write” Joan Didion  N/A
Chapter 8 170 8.3a Which Words Should You Define? "Just Do Science" William Durden N/A
Chapter 8 171 8.3b How Do You Define a Word? “We Are All Public Officials” Student Speech N/A
Chapter 8 172 8.4a Literal Analogies Horror Movie Speech Student Speech N/A
Chapter 8 173 8.4b Figurative Analogies Climate Change Speech Tim Flannery N/A
Chapter 8 173 8.4b Figurative Analogies Farewell Speech Hillary Clinton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3wBkYK3Es
Chapter 8 178 8.6a Expert Testimony Anti-Fraternity Speech Student Speech N/A
Chapter 8 179 8.6b Peer or Lay Testimony “Homeless Children: A National Crisis”  Becky Mckay N/A
Chapter 8 181 8.7 Citing Sources in Your Speech NAB Speech Gordon Smith N/A
Chapter 9 197 9.3 Use Configural Formats Interview Richard Nisbett  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1180660
Chapter 11 224 11.1a Startle or Shock the Audience “The Story of the Lost Corpse” William Jennings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chrswUB6OAY
Chapter 11 225 11.1b Involve the Audience “Are the Stakes Too High?” Kurstin Finch N/A
Chapter 11 225 11.1b Involve the Audience We Need to Remind Ourselves Why We Entered This Profession Clare Gerada N/A
Chapter 11 226 11.1c Arouse Curiosity and Build Suspense Eye-Opening Discoveries About a Good Night’s Sleep Cathy Frisinger N/A
Chapter 11 226 11.1c Arouse Curiosity and Build Suspense “We Are Not a Nation that Says, ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’” Barack Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd31FVdv93g
Chapter 11 227 11.1d Quote a Relevant Source "An Educational Choice." Sarah Nagel N/A
Chapter 11 227 11.1d Quote a Relevant Source “Racial and Ethnic Relations in American Higher Education”  Michael L. Williams N/A
Chapter 11 227 11.1d Quote a Relevant Source “Message, Messenger, Audience”  Daniel Rose N/A
Chapter 11 228 11.1e Use Humor 2011 Speech at White House Correspondents' Dinner Barack Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9mzJhvC-8E
Chapter 11 228 11.1e Use Humor 2013 Gridiron Dinner Speech Barack Obama N/A
Chapter 11 229 11.1f Arouse Emotion “Greeks in Crisis” Theresa McGuiness N/A
Chapter 11 229 11.1f Arouse Emotion “Managing a Creative Organization” Michael Eisner N/A
Chapter 11 231 11.2b Demonstrate Your Credibility “Race, College Admissions”  Walter Harrison N/A
Chapter 11 231 11.2b Demonstrate Your Credibility “Subtitle Nation” Ann Marie Ursini  N/A
Chapter 11 232 11.2d Connect Credibility and Culture Speech to Africal American Leaders Bill Clinton N/A
Chapter 11 233 11.3 Preview the Big Ideas “Remarks to the Eighth annual Holy Convocation of the Church of God in Christ”  Alicia Croshal N/A
Chapter 11 233 11.3 Preview the Big Ideas Stanford University Commencement Address Steve Jobs N/A
Chapter 12 240 12.1 End Strong “Message. Messenger. Audience” Patrick Henry N/A
Chapter 12 241 12.1a Keep it Short Importance of Regular Exercise Student Speech N/A
Chapter 12 242 12.1b Forecast the Finish Line “Civil Justice Reform”  Talbot D’Alemberte N/A
Chapter 12 242 12.1b Forecast the Finish Line “Education and Learning in the 21st Century” Michael Marien  N/A
Chapter 12 243 12.1c Restate the Central Idea or Thesis “PaxPacifica” John F. McDonnell N/A
Chapter 12 243 12.1c Restate the Central Idea or Thesis “Tourism is Everybody’s Business” Richard R. Kelley  N/A
Chapter 12 244 12.1d Motivate the Audience (Again) “Rediscovering a Lost Resource”  Denalie Silha N/A
Chapter 12 244 12.1d Motivate the Audience (Again) “Short-Term Demands Vs. Long-Term Responsibilites” Indira Nooyi N/A
Chapter 12 245 12.1e Achieve Closure “Mr. Jefferson’s University and the Good of Higher Education” Mary Sue Coleman N/A
Chapter 12 245 12.1e Achieve Closure “Principles and Paradoxes: Unambiguous Leadership in Ambiguous Times” Amy Woods Brinkley N/A
Chapter 13 253 13.2a Use Words to Unite Dangers of E-Cigarettes Student Speech N/A
Chapter 13 254 13.2b Use Words to Evoke Fresh Images Speech at Barnard College’s commencement  Sheryl Sandberg N/A
Chapter 13 255 13.2c Use Words to Elicit a Desired Response HPV Speech Student Speech N/A
Chapter 13 263 13.4c Keep it Appropriate Speech at NAACP Convention Ross Perot  N/A
Chapter 13 265 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid “Common Ground and Common Sense” Jesse Jackson N/A
Chapter 13 266 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid “The Indian’s Night Promises to be Dark” Chief Seattle N/A
Chapter 13 266 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid Revolution From Within  Gloria Steinem  N/A
Chapter 13 266 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid Liberties Speech Jean Otto N/A
Chapter 13 267 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Chapter 13 267 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid “Keynote speech”  U.S. Senator Bill Bradley  N/A
Chapter 13 267 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid “In Search of an Eloquent Thank You”  Whitney M. Young, Jr N/A
Chapter 13 267 13.4d Keep it Distinctive and Vivid “Inaugural Address” John F. Kennedy’s http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/BqXIEM9F4024ntFl7SVAjA.aspx
Chapter 13 268 13.4e Keep it Personal “As Class of 2013 Commences the Future, What to Remember” Melinda Gates N/A
Chapter 14 288 Workout Excercises: Delivery Speech Nominating Barack Obama Bill Clinton N/A
Chapter 14 288 Workout Excercises: Delivery Speech Nominating Mitt Romney Ann Romney N/A
Chapter 15 296 15.4a Reflect Mood “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Chapter 15 303 Workout Exercises: Using Your Voice We Day Speech Martin Sheen N/A
Chapter 15 303 Workout Excercises: Using Your Voice How I remade one of India’s toughest prisons-Ted Talk Dr. Kiran Bedi N/A
Chapter 17 345 Workout Excercises: Presentation Aids “Equality”  Jim Eae N/A
Chapter 18 366 18.4a Be Organized, Clear, and Accurate 1/9/2014 Press Conference Governor Christie N/A
Chapter 18 368 18.4c Create Information Hunger “Hunting for Hope in Modern America” Jeffrey Bosworth N/A
Chapter 18 370 Workout Excercises: Informative Speaking Speech Commemorating International Women’s Day 2010  Madeline Albright N/A
Chapter 18 370 Workout Excercises: Informative Speaking Speech on Creative Capitalism  Bill Gates N/A
Chapter 18 370 Workout Excercises: Informative Speaking WHAT IT MEANS TO BE DEAF Andi Lane  N/A
Chapter 19 385 19.3a Speak on a Question of Fact “Untitled”  Dan Hatley N/A
Chapter 19 399 Workout Excercises: Persuasion Preparation THE MARKETING OF E-CIGARETTES SHOULD BE LIMITED Student Speech N/A
Chapter 20 410 20.3a Facts “Brown v. Board of Education—50 Years Later” George E. Curry N/A
Chapter 20 412 20.3b Statistics “Rebuilding the Middle Class: A Blueprint for the Future”  Barry Rand N/A
Chapter 20 413 20.3c Examples and Illustrations “The Moral Basis of Competitiveness” Karen Katen N/A
Chapter 20 413 20.3c Examples and Illustrations “Pesticides Speech” Cesar Chavez  N/A
Chapter 20 414 20.3d Testimony “Diversity: The Key to Quality Business” John E. Cleghorn N/A
Chapter 20 417 20.4a Deductive Reasoning “Sacred Rights: Preserving Reproductive Freedom” Faye Wattleton N/A
Chapter 20 419 20.4c Casual Reasoning Men and Women Getting Along: These are the Times That Try Men’s Souls” Dr. Bernice Sandler N/A
Chapter 20 420 20.4d Reasoning from Analogy Ain't I A Woman? Sojourner Truth  N/A
Chapter 20 431 Workout Excercises: Mastering Methods OUR PRIVACY IS BEING SHREDDED Student Speech N/A
Chapter 22 461 22: Special Occasion Speeches Gettysburg Address Abraham Lincoln N/A
Chapter 22 466 22.3b Sample Speech of Introduction Introduction Speech Student Speech N/A
Chapter 22 467 22.4a Your Responsibilities as a Presenter Introduction of Bill Moyers Meryl Streep  N/A
Chapter 22 468 22.4b Sample Speech of Presentation Introduction of Bill Gates Peter Hero N/A
Chapter 22 469 22.5b Sample Acceptance Speech Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Elie Wiesel N/A
Chapter 22 471 22.6b Sample Commencement Address University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address Bono N/A
Chapter 22 473 22.7b Sample Keynote Address Keynote Speech, National Conference on Racism Monica Morgan N/A
Chapter 22 475 22.8b Sample Speech of Tribute “A Bird Outside Your Window” Dolores Bandow N/A
Chapter 22 478 22.9b Sample Eulogy “Remarks by President Obama at Memorial
Service for Former South African President Nelson
Mandela”		 Barack Obama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vUB363cRqEz  
Chapter 22 480 22.10b Sample After-Dinner Speech “Artificial Intelligence” Marvin Minsky N/A
Chapter 22 482 Workout Excercises: Speaking on Special Occasions “Average is the New Exceptional” Anthony Corvino N/A
Chapter 24 507 24.1d Remember That Timing Matters Speech at Wreckage of 9/11 George W. Bush N/A
Chapter 24 507 24.1d Remember That Timing Matters War is Over Speech George W. Bush N/A
Chapter 24 511 24.2d Use Word Pictures Twitter Speech Student Speech N/A
Chapter 24 512 24.2e Repeat/Repeat/Repeat “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King, Jr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
Chapter 24 512 24.2f Speak of "I" and "We" Bullying Speech Student Speech N/A
Chapter 24 513 24.2g Generate Involvement and Participation Prevelance of Lying Student Speech N/A
Chapter 24 515 Workout Excercises: Storytelling “What Separates Us From Chimpanzees” Jane Goodall N/A
Chapter 25 529 Workout Excercises: Speaking Across the Curriculum “Should states repeal felon disenfranchisement laws?” Student Speech N/A