Comments on: Dennis Quaid Gives A Keynote Speech – Real Life Speeches

By: diete rapide

diete rapide — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:56:01 +0000

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By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Dr. Jim Anderson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:06:36 +0000

Andrew: I hear what you are saying, but I don’t think that it could ever work that way. Your big-ticket keynote speaker has cost you big bucks, as an event organizer you want to get the biggest bang – a full house, and people talking (in a positive way) about it for a long time afterwords. Ultimately, it comes down to speech content – it’s got to be worthwhile.

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Dr. Jim Anderson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:18 +0000

Jeff: as to Art’s point – it sure seems like there should be a booming business in writing acceptance speeches for actors. Clearly there is a need!

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Dr. Jim Anderson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:01:07 +0000

Art: good point! It’s all to rare that one of those awards shows has a really good acceptance speech. I guess actors should never try to “wing it”!

By: Andrew Lightheart @alightheart

Andrew Lightheart @alightheart — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:18:21 +0000

The other point might be: make the build-up modest.

Disappointment is unfulfilled expectations – you gotta manage people’s expectations – better to surprise with better, than the other way.

I love attending conferences once in a while – refreshes my database as to what works and (too often) what doesn’t.

By: Jeff Bailey

Jeff Bailey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:53:53 +0000

It seems to me that a great actor could pretend that they are playing the part of a great presenter. Art is correct about the horrible acceptance speeches;)

By: Art Johnson

Art Johnson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:39:15 +0000

Great actors are not necessarily great speakers. Think of some of the really awful acceptance speeches at the Academy Awards. Most notably I remember one by Dustin Hoffman and that famous one of Sally Fields, “You like me!”