Say It Well: An Evening With Obama Speechwriter Terry Szuplat

September 18, 2024 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Location Smith Hall and Online

How do presidents and their speechwriters prepare the addresses that make history? How can you use these lessons and skills to speak up for change yourself? Join us for an evening with Terry Szuplat, one of President Barack Obama's longest-serving speechwriters and former deputy director of the White House Speechwriting Office. After a presentation on his new book Say It Well: Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience, Terry will be joined in a panel discussion with inspiring speakers he features in his book: Ashley All, president of the Kansas Coalition for Common Sense; Donovan Livingston, teaching assistant professor of music and director of college thriving at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Zander Moricz, executive director of the Social Equity through Education Alliance.

 

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