In honor of Martin Luther King Day, here is a link to his famous, "I have a dream" speech, as posted on YouTube.com!
(A blend of new technology with a classic speech.)
Have you ever taken the time to listen to the whole speech? I probably had heard it before, but I took the time to listen to it all the way through today (in honor of the holiday). The speech runs about 17 minutes and it has lots of interesting points that a Toastmaster might pick up....
Did you know that in the beginning of the speech he used notes? (Or at least he looked down and appears to use them.) Notice how little he uses them toward the end of the speech!
Check out his use of Pauses ... especially as the speech builds up to its climax.
He also uses some great verbal "word pictures" and his vocal variety builds through the speech until it is greatest at the end !
40+ years later ... we are still learning from MLK !
Happy Martin Luther King Day !
Dave Wheeler
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