The Power of Persuasion: Obama's Oratory
If the political season(s) have gotten too serious for you, check out I've Got a Crush on Obama below.
Moment of Nostalgia: When I was in high school, I was too frightened to compete in the impromtu or extemporary speech categories and too lazy to prepare all those 3x5 cards for debate. Therefore I competed in state-wide speech tournaments through the National Forensic League in three categories -- humorous and dramatic interpretation and oratorical analysis. Drama and close-textual analysis.
The Real Purpose of this Post: Now you have the chance to view a high-level oratorical analysis (a New York Times video) about Obama's oratory with John McWhorter of the Manhattan Institute and Megan McArdle of The Atlantic.
The bottom line here on Barack vs. Hillary is Preacher vs. Policy Paper.
It's well worth your time to view the video because the Preacher is a trial attorney's style and Policy Paper the litigator's style. We're good at both. We just need to choose our style to fit our audience -- Judge or Jury?
And if you're in the business of persuading mediators or your bargainiing partner at a mediation? A little bit of both. Policy paper with the mediator and in attorney-to-attorney negotiations. Preacher in joint session or in mediator-orchestrated meetings between parties and attorneys.
