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How To Communicate From A Stage
Up from the Hub archives. Originally published 2007
The next time you have to give a leadership speech - or any kind of speech for that matter - learn from this clip about
a) The power of non-verbal communication
b) The power of humour (or humor if you are in the US)
c) The power of surprise
The Leader's Voice Group: Steve Jobs' Stanford Speech
Up from the Hub archives. Originally published 2007
It's been circulating the Web a bit since he made this speech, but Apple and Pixar founder Steve jobs' speech to Stanford University students is a model in how to give a great speech that is human, authentic, honest and inspiring. It's attached as a Word document. To add a bit of value to it, I've added three short learning points at the beginning.
Jobs' speech tells three stories. He starts by saying:
The speech that changed the course of the US Civil War
This is up from the Hub Archives. There is so much good stuff buried in there that is hard to find that we are pulling up the inspiring stuff to the front of the shelves regularly now. Hope that's useful to you. Phil.
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