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an awareness of body language

eye contact

charisma

dedication

2. Listening

Listening 20.1.

Notes

This is the speech delivered by President Bill Clinton at the annual White House prayer breakfast on Friday, September 11, 1998, to an audience of more than 100 ministers, priests and other religious leaders assembled in the East Room. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was also in attendance.

The speech, hand-written by the President, was delivered at the beginning of a day of tremendous political and personal turmoil surrounding the publication of the first report to Congress by Independent Counsel Ken Starr. The Starr Report laid the grounds for possible impeachment of the President, accusing Clinton of perjury, obstruction of justice and other offenses in connection with his sexual affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

In this speech, the President includes Lewinsky in his apology. The President also refers to his much-criticized attempted apology of August 17, 1998, now admitting that speech was not sufficiently contrite.

(“I have sinned.” The History Place. Nov. 12 2007. <http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/clinton-sin.htm>)

Listen to the speech by Bill Clinton and answer the following questions:

1.What is the purpose of the speech?

2.What does he keep referring to during his speech and why?

3.What does he say about his further actions?

4.Does the speech fulfill its purpose?

5.Why can this speech be interesting for PR professionals?

Listen to the speech again and in the speech evaluation form put a tick next to the criteria that the speech meets:

Introduction

___ gained attention and interest

___ stated thesis clearly

___ established credibility

___ previewed body of speech

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