Max Atkinson's blog
Blog URL http://maxatkinson.blogspot.com
Located Wells, Somerset United Kingdom
Tags speeches, speechmaking, rhetoric, oratory, conversation, interviews, media, news, politics
Jottings on speaking, presentation, conversation and anything else that occurs to me about communication (or life in general)
Latest Blog Posts
- Christmas competition: What did Santa say before 'Ho-ho-ho'? on Nov 20, 2009
As we're going away tomorrow in search of some sunshine, I don't expect to be posting much until the end of November.Needless to say, I'm hoping that regular readers will come back when blogging resumes.Meanwhile, here are two things to keep you occu...
- Authors versus publishers in the digital age on Nov 19, 2009
As many of you will know, there's quite a debate going on about Google's plan to make every book ever published available online.Although publishers are making a lot of noise about it, they've stayed remarkably quiet about another wheeze they've been...
- Hypnotic eyes on Nov 18, 2009
After thanking Tony Benn earlier today for his lifetime contribution to my career, I was not intending to post anything more about him for quite a while. But, having invited comments about the yesterday’s video clip on Twitter, replies came in fr...
- The enormity of my debt to Tony Benn - without whom ... on Nov 18, 2009
Writing the last two posts on Tony Benn has reminded me of the enormity of my debt to him, and I think it's time I went public on recording my thanks to him.I'm not just talking about the rich source of videotaped data his speeches supplied for the r...
- An example of rhetorical virtuosity from rhetoric denier Tony Benn on Nov 17, 2009 in Contrast rhetoric surfing applause applause iconic gestures tony benn
Readers from outside the UK have probably never heard of Tony Benn, and quite a few here will be too young to remember just how effective an orator he was. So, having looked at his 'rhetorical denial' in the previous post I thought it might be useful...
- Rhetorical denial and the mysterious case of Tony Benn on Nov 16, 2009
About a year ago, I wrote a post on 'rhetorical denial' - a term I use to refer to the way in which outstanding orators don’t always like their technical ability being noticed or analysed by others - and will sometimes use a rhetorical device or tw...
- Road signs of the week on Nov 15, 2009
Today's Liberal England blog has a picture of the 'Road Sign of the Week' featuring an exclamation mark above the word 'Badgers', plus a link to an even more mysterious one with a solitary exclamation mark on its own. It reminded me of the first time...
