Terry Szuplat
Speaker
Trainer
Speechwriter
Watch as you read
Speeches and presentations are experiences – what President Obama once called “a current of emotion” between a speaker and an audience.
As you read Say It Well, I encourage you to take breaks, put the book down, and enjoy the speeches mentioned in the book the way they were meant to be experienced.
Watch them.
Listen to them.
Feel the current of emotion between the speaker and the audience—and, guided by the lessons in the book, think about how you can create the same experience for your audience the next time you speak!
Introduction: The Way We Talk
🎤 Obama: “Fired Up! Ready to go!”
Chapter 1: Love Your Sacred Story
🎤 Obama: 2004 Democratic National Convention
🎤 Brayden Harrington shares his gift
Chapter 2: Say What Only You Can Say
🎤 Nancy Brinker’s promise to her sister
🎤 Alphonso Davies invites the world to North America
🎤 Michelle Obama: 2008 Democratic National Convention
🎤 Naiara Tamminga’s call for justice
Chapter 3: What a Speech Really Is
🎤 Obama: Securing America’s cybersecurity
🎤 Donovan Livingston “insists on participation”
Chapter 4: The 50-25-25 Rule
🎤 Obama: Remarks to Muslim Americans, Islamic Society of Baltimore
🎤 Obama: “Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!”
🎤 Obama: Dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial
🎤 Obama: Commemoration of the Vietnam War
🎤 Obama: Tucson, Arizona memorial service
🎤 Obama: The resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal
Chapter 5: Have ‘em at Hello
🎤 Frances Haugen’s warning about Facebook
🎤 Obama: Iowa caucuses victory speech, 2008
🎤 Obama: 9/11 Museum dedication
🎤 Obama: Fort Hood, Texas memorial service, 2014
🎤 Obama: “Greetings Massive! (“Hello!” around the world)
🎤 Obama: salmon joke at the State of the Union
🎤 Obama: “A very funny joke” at the British Parliament
🎤 Obama: a “corny-copia” of Turkey pardon puns
🎤 Ronald Reagan’s funniest stories
🎤 Zander Moricz makes a point with his curly hair
Chapter 6: Be a Uniter
🎤 George W. Bush on the night of 9/11
🎤 Obama: Joplin, Missouri tornado
🎤 Obama: 50th anniversary of the Selma civil rights marches
🎤 Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech
🎤 David McCullough, Jr. tells students “you are not special”
🎤 Reshma Saujani on the “scheme” of imposter syndrome
🎤 Amanda Jones stands up for the freedom to read (text, audio)
Chapter 7: Appeal to Values
🎤 Obama: Address to the Canadian Parliament
🎤 Evan Wolfson and Freedom to Marry declare “love is love”
🎤 Ashley All and her fellow Kansans stand up for freedom and privacy
Chapter 8: Speak from Your Heart…and to Theirs
🎤 Greta Thunberg speaks about “facts and numbers”
🎤 Greta Thunberg warns world leaders “How dare you!”
🎤 Hillary Clinton says public service “is personal to me”
🎤 Jamaal Williams dedicates his win to great-grandfather
🎤 Jason Kelce retires from football
🎤 Obama: Statement after the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
🎤 Olivia Vella declares “you are good enough”
🎤 Obama: Boston Marathon bombing memorial service
🎤 Obama: Address to the Cuban people
🎤 Obama: Remarks at Hiroshima, Japan
🎤 Obama: Address to the Laotian people
🎤 Alex Myteberi reads his letter to Obama
Chapter 9: Talk Like a Human
🎤 Ellen Moy shares her inspiration for The Clothesline for Arlington Kids
🎤 Abraham Lincoln’s second Inaugural Address
🎤 John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address
Chapter 10: Make it Sing
🎤 Adrian Celentano’s “Prisencolinensinainciusol”
🎤 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s Memorial Day speech
🎤 Obama at the memorial service in Charleston, South Carolina
🎤 Obama: “Yes we can!” speech after the 2008 New Hampshire primary
🎤 Obama’s second Inaugural Address
Chapter 11: Tell the Truth
🎤 Obama warns against discriminating against people because of their faith
🎤 Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
🎤 Rachael Denhollander asks “How much is a little girl worth?”
Chapter 12: Turn Your Words into Deeds
🎤 Stock market tumbles after Treasury Secretary’s speech
🎤 Admiral Bill McRaven’s lessons for the University of Texas at Austin
🎤 Kimberly Mata-Rubio pleads for action on gun safety
🎤 Obama’s speech on democracy in Athens, Greece
🎤 Robert F. Smith surprises the graduates of Morehouse College
🎤 Sophia Myers inspires her community in Perkasie, Pennsylvania
🎤 Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech
🎤 Felix Finkbeiner challenges the world to plant more trees
Chapter 13: The Only Way to End a Speech
🎤 Obama addresses the nation after the 2016 election
🎤 Obama’s final words upon leaving office, Joint Base Andrews
🎤 Obama on the power of hope, 2008 Iowa caucuses
🎤 Hillary Clinton, after the 2016 election
🎤 Army Ranger Cory Remsburg’s hall of fame speech
🎤 Video tribute: The story of Cory Remsburg
Chapter 14: Make It Better
🎤 Sojourner Truth’s 1851 speech on women’s rights
🎤 Ronald Reagan’s address to the nation after the Challenger tragedy
🎤 Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
🎤 Obama’s speech in Santiago, Chile (after we cut 15%)
Chapter 15: Stand and Deliver
🎤 Elizabeth Bonker to her fellow graduates, “God gave you a voice. Use it.”
