International holidays - Professional Speakers Day

On August 7, Professional Speaker Day is celebrated all over the world The talent of persuasion through competent and logically structured speech has been valued since ancient times Legends have reached us about what great orators Aristotle, Demosthenes, Sophocles and Cicero were Eloquence was characteristic of many political leaders - Abraham Lincoln, Leon Trotsky, Mahatma Gandhi and Winston Churchill Fidel Castro held the attention of his Communist Party comrades during his speech in 1986 for 7 hours and 10 minutes Paying tribute to the skill of eloquence, Professional Speakers Day is celebrated in many countries around the world on August 7th With the help of speech, you can manipulate public opinion, suggesting what the speaker needs A word can kill, plunge into the abyss of despair, lift to heights and radically change the world Politicians, public figures, teachers, lawyers, psychologists, coaches, radio and television presenters must have eloquence Professional speakers are familiar with the basics of rhetoric, logic, acting and psychological techniques In ancient times, the talent of a teacher or philosopher was determined not so much by the content of scientific works and treatises, but by the presence of skill in correctly expressing one’s thoughts and conveying them to the audience Eloquence and the ability to convince oneself that one is right can be innate and acquired In addition to his breadth of outlook and the ability to speak vividly and figuratively, the speaker also influences listeners non-verbally It is known that Churchill, during the rehearsal of his speeches, honed not only phrases, but also gestures, facial expressions and even the position of his feet Martin Luther King, a Baptist preacher and fighter for the rights of black people in the United States, is the epitome of oratory His fiery "I have a dream" address to an audience of thousands at the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March for Jobs is a crowning achievement of eloquence This speech by King in 1963 has gone down in history as the most famous speech in the world Adolf Hitler, who considered the public a woman who needed to be raped, and the Minister of Propaganda of the Third Reich, Joseph Goebbels, mastered the art of oratory It is known that during the Fuhrer’s many hours of speeches to the German audience, the admiring Frauleins and Frau experienced sexual arousal For his oratorical talent, Goebbels was called Mephistopheles of the twentieth century, the father of lies and the little dictator of big propaganda In his speeches, he appealed not to reason, but to the feelings of the Germans, using repeated repetitions of theses that zombified the public The leader of fascist Italy, Benito Mussolini, was also an excellent speaker The Duce spoke in a velvety voice with confident intonations, using bright and catchy metaphors The gift of eloquence was also inherent in Evita Peron, the wife of the President of Argentina In her speeches, she relied on the low level of education of ordinary people and their violent temperament Eva Peron, being an upstart without family or tribe, who had a village accent and peasant manners, deliberately spoke to the people in their language In the speeches of the First Lady, instead of logic and rhetoric, the acting skills of this charming woman and knowledge of psychology came to the fore A good storyteller is able to interest and involve the audience in a conversation from the first words He focuses attention on interesting facts and phenomena of the surrounding reality, literally attracting the attention of listeners The speaker's eloquence is an innate gift, coupled with the high level of intelligence and hard work that he demonstrates in learning the basics of the craft In honor of people who master the word, the main tool of communication, Professional Speaker Day was established on August 7