Public Speaking Techniques: how to use repetition like Obama! Posted By : Zandar Smith

This is the classic Obama election trail refrain, from speeches such as his concession speech after the New Hampshire Primary loss to Hillary Clinton. In this refrain, Barack Obama is demonstrating the power of repetition, as he does so often and with such great effect in his speeches. It might be the same thing repeated at different points in the speech, as with Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech from 1963 (actually, Obama does this with "yes, we can" as well). Repetition is a great example of how Keynote motivational speaker speech differs from effective normal speech. It's easy to forget an element of a speech that is said only once, but it is almost impossible to forget an element that is repeated.

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