Mister Rogers and MLK

I felt a little deja vu on this one. Posted a similar post last night but expanded on a quote Bill Clinton said during the DNC that really spoke to me. Quote below but expanded thought on my blog.

“People are more impressed by the power of our example, not the example of our power.”

So many uses for that as leaders, as Christians, etc.

Back to the question….
Bill Clinton brings it as an orator.
Marcus Buckingham has amazing style and delivery.
Mark Sanborn is very good.
… I like a lot of lesser known guys/gals too.

Desmond Tutu. The speech he made on restorative love and forgiveness at UC Berkley made him my hero.

Ronald Reagan. That’s a great call. As for the present, I’d have to go with Dwight Schrute (episode 23 of The Office, “Dwight’s Speech.”)

I definitely agree with MLK, Clinton and Reagan

Here are a few others…

John F. Kennedy

Winston Churchill

Jerry Seinfeld – Although he is not a speech writer…his timing is impeccable and he entertain an audience like no one else

also…Adolf Hitler and Malcom X

like him or not – Steve Jobs

I think Barack Obama is a great orator. Whether or not you agree with his politics, his speech last night was inspiring and made me love my country.

some of the best talks i’ve seen of late have been coming out of TED.com. Jill Bolte Taylor and Wade Davis come immediately to mind. MLK, Reagan, and Obama are are among the best, but MLK wrote his own speeches.

John F Kennedy had an unmistakable accent, could debate on issues well, was great on one to one interactions and delivered speeches drafted by Ted Sorenson with editing and addition of his own in a profound and eloquent manner. He loved to speak infront of people and huge audience would not disrupt his voice intonation patterns. Martin Luther King was a poet, a philosopher and had a great control over his voice. His experience of being pastor delivering sermons in the southern part of the country transformed his ability to become a great speaker of modern times. He brought lot of thinking into his writing as he used to draft his own speeches effectively using similes and metaphors. His speeches used to mesmerize the crowds as well as brought a great enthusiasm and sense of self awareness among them. Robert Kennedy was already on the verge of becoming a great speaker with an ability to talk to people and reach their hearts before he was eliminated. Ronald Reagan was one of the most prolific speakers of all time, extremely gifted orator having a great sense of what to speak and when. Bill Clinton was an effective speaker but I don’t think he was a great orator. People liked him and wanted to listen to him. His Vice President Al Gore has been a great voice since his presidential debates with Bush and as an environmentalist. A very gifted person with a gifted voice and an eloquent style, Al Gore can really talk to people like some of the other greats before him. Barack Obama is the voice of the Present and voice of the future. He is bit tentative at times in one to one interactions unlike, John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagan but a great speaker/orator infront of huge crowds. His language is not as rich as Martin Luther King’s was but he has this amazing ability to reach people’s hearts with his voice intonation patterns. He is the only speaker I have seen who can speak well with a great control over his voice for hours without using any speech notes.