This is something my students in Communications will find relevant.
It’s a hilarious case of what happens when you get infected by buzzwords and cliches. Gerard Braud, a well-known media trainer and business communications speaker I follow, gives us his take on how not to discombobulate your mesage when giving a speech.
(Public Service Announcement from the Center for buzzword disease control: Never use words such as ‘discombobulate!)
Sometimes a zinger in a speech captures the essence of all the other verbiage put together.
Consider these:
(Hasan Minhaj, host of the White House Correspondent’s dinner this year.
It got better, especially with the rest of the thought aimed at president Trump who did not attend:
Lloyd Bentsen
The context was the VP debates; Dan Qayle had likened himself to JFK and was treated to a delicious zinger by Bensten.
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer
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