The speech that made Obama president

I have started a new course on Leadership and Communication, with the purpose of shape my public speaking skills. But the uniqueness of this course is its focus on the Authenticity of the message, and the Language (verbal and non-verbal). This takes Honesty, Trust, Concentration, Respect, Empathy and Open Mind. And, at least for me, this is a new an interesting approach of communication, that goes further and deeper than improving your grades while presenting at class, or earning a rise at work.

The first part of the course, encourages us to understand and critically evaluate speeches made by well-known leaders. Then, after analysing the styles, we students should apply those theories to ourselves. Finally there is a group reflection on each one performance. The idea is to find the style that fits most with your individual personality, by performing the different styles at least once.

Here I leave with this purpose the speech made by Obama, which is believed to be the one that made the difference for him becoming president.