Spoken Gems

This funny clip is a speech delivered by G. Jayam at the Toastmasters District 51 Humorous Speech Contest 2004.

In this short segment, Gwen Ifill, who moderated the vice presidential debate of the 2008 election, talks about the circumstances of the debate.

You can watch the full programm at Fora.TV.

A few weeks ago, Ken Robinson gave a talk about creativity, education and his book "The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything" in Los Angeles. And like his appearance at TED, it’s a real gem.

Unforunately, Fora.TV doesn’t seem to allow embedding the entire video since they changed the design. You can watch the entire talk by clicking on "watch full program".

One of the first speakers of this year’s TED Conference was Bill Gates talking about Malaria and education. And compared to his speeches I’ve seen from him before, he made real progress.

On February 5th, 2009, Barack Obama delivered a speech at the U.S. Department of Energy about the stimulus plan.

You can find a transcript at Huffington Post.