My classes make me want to troll

[doktor_jess]

So in my useless contemporary business communication class, the assignment for today is to find an example of a well-known persuasive speaker and answer questions about one of their speeches in the public class forum

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[doktor_jess]

Lol, thank you.

[luguvalium]

Do It!

Maybe they will accuse you of promoting Anti-Semitism :)

For you research I recommend: http://www.amazon.com/Lend-Me-Your-Ears-Speeches/dp/0393059316/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229658779&sr=8-3

Although most of the speeches are in the public domain, if you find a table of contents for the book.

[blueadept]

New business model: find public domain content and sell it as books. Undercut competitors by having virtually 0 fixed costs and using a print-on-demand fulfillment site like iuniverse.com.

Note to self!

And amazon.com's preview feature will give you the full table of contents for the book. :)

[luguvalium]

There are several publishers that do this, for example anytime Shakespeare, Mark Twain, or Charles Dickens is published.

doverpublications.com is one publisher I remember that reprints a lot of public domain content:

http://store.doverpublications.com/by-subject-literature-dover-thrift-editions.html

[doktor_jess]

It had to be a video so we could comment on their body language, so I just you-tubed. I picked FDR's call to unity during WWII.

[nicandab]

I like the Hitler idea. It shows how the use of charisma and persuasion, when combined with utter nuttiness, can accomplish huge and terrible things.

On the other hand.. just think what the world would have been like if Hitler had simply been a better artist. :(