Sentences with phrase «who spoke to the audience»

Coaches Steve Fisher of San Diego State and Bill Grier of the University of San Diego were honored speakers who spoke to the audience about their teams upcoming basketball seasons.

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Successful brands on social media know who their audience is and how to speak to them.

For example, when Prison Break's Wentworth Miller came out on Facebook talking about his struggle with depression, it created a fabulous opportunity for one of my students Jason Finucan, who speaks about destigmatizing mental illness in the workplace, to help take a celebrity story and parse it in such a way that a lay audience can understand and apply it in their daily lives.

Coleman suggests that every time you give a speech, recognize that you have three audiences: the people sitting in the chairs listening to your message, the event coordinator who booked you to speak, and the people sponsoring the event.

Prepare a signature speech for your new audience and begin contacting organizers, podcasters and organizations who would welcome you to speak to their audience, which happens to be the same as yours, of course.

And when she wants to expand a certain area of her business, as she did with her U.S. sales, she connects with influencers who speak directly to the audience she needs to reach.

Through Thibodeau, whom they spoke to extensively, the audience gets to see how someone could believably get roped in by Koresh, who is manipulative but charming, and a very convincing leader.

If you don't know how to speak to your target audience, partner with someone who does.

In addition, you will also know who your ideal audience is, how to embody a voice that will speak to them and you will have gained a clear and detailed understanding of what they experience and how they make decisions.

That movie, for all it's exhilarating presentation of youthful life on the road as you experience those who make music which can speak to large audiences, is nonetheless all about how you ought to get sucked into the rock «n roll way of life (albeit eschewing the drugs and sex part of it) because somehow rock «n roll is supposedly important.

Each member of the audience is called upon to become an actor, an actor however who speaks not loudly, but «in silence speaks in himself, with himself, to himself.»

I would argue that one of the primary reasons Jesus said what He did in John 5:39 - 40 is because He was speaking to a Jewish audience who taught and believed the Hebrew Scriptures.

John Macquarrie's wonderfully lucid book An Existentialist Theology: A Comparison of Heidegger and Bultmann (Harper & Row, 1955) can give to English - speaking audiences who wish to understand a little more about the spirit of this century a thorough introduction to Bultmann's use of Heidegger.

When the most significant psychological thinker of our time, Sigmund Freud, points out that words are very often a cover - up and that more truth is to be learned from dreams or even slips of the tongue than from controlled speech, those who preach the Word are going to speak to ever - dwindling audiences.

It would be easier for politicians who are our allies to speak effectively about the issue, and they would find a more sympathetic audience.

Narrative ministry, so to speak, finds no more receptive audience than a group of young people, particularly a group of high - powered, pressured children and adolescents who have not frequently experienced the joy and luxury of having stories told to them.

So when Jesus spoke about the eye, He was speaking to a largely Jewish audience who knew what He was talking about.

In the most earnest sense, God is the critical theatergoer, who looks on to see how the lines are spoken and how they are listened to: hence here the customary audience is wanting.

Some practical points: If you're just starting out, some opportunities that make a lot of sense for platform - building include: writing guest posts for popular bloggers who share a similar audience, writing a regular column for a newspaper or online magazine, seeking out speaking gigs (paid or unpaid), participating in conferences (for networking opportunities as well as exposure to new, inspiring ideas), using social media to share your message, and requesting interviews with popular authors / speakers / leaders to feature on your blog.

Years later, Eberhard addressed an audience member who had come to hear him speak about his friendship with Bonhoeffer (one explored in depth by Charles Marsh in the acclaimed biography Strange Glory).

For a visitor audience it's quite an exciting proposition to potentially speak to 130 different providers of wine in this country — from somebody who is a one ‑ man ‑ band, specialising in Armenian wine, right up to a national wholesaler, and everybody in - between.»

While it would have nice to have a medical doctor, perhaps a pediatrician with a focus on concussions, to speak to an audience who mostly write about and for moms, both Gioia and Pieroth gave informative talks in the short time they had.

Strikes me that there are two options: (1) a homophobic liar who has no problem misleading voters, or (2) likes to speak the truth to only receptive audiences so they know it's safe to vote for him because he shares their values.

As a political novice in the Windy City, he easily adapted to being «multilingual» - learning to speak in different ways to different audiences by «subtly shifted accent and cadences depending on who he was speaking too».

Blogging can be for a small audience — not only large ones — all that matters is that it speaks to who you want it to.

Rice stressed that she's «proud» of the work she has done with Cuomo (something she rarely fails to highlight when she's speaking before Democratic audiences) because the public «deserves» to have elected officials who are able to work together.

Speaking alongside MSP Annabel Goldie, Alistair Darling told an audience this morning: «This referendum challenges all of us in Scotland to answer some deep questions — not just what we believe but who we are.

But it's also possible Cuomo is speaking to a very specific audience: Senate Republicans, who have in the recent past been hesitant to return to Albany outside of normally scheduled session days.

Brand, who has spoken out about a number of political issues, also faced a call from the audience to stand for election to Parliament himself.

«There is no contradiction between being of Commonwealth heritage and voting to Remain and anybody who thinks that Nigel Farage is speaking against European migrants because he just wants to let more Commonwealth migrants into the country hasn't been paying attention to UKIP,» she told an audience at the People's History Museum in Manchester.

Hillary Clinton, who also served as a U.S. senator for New York, spoke to an audience of some 200 people at the Pinnacle Restaurant at Heritage Hills, a condominium complex in Somers.

The audience consisted mostly of business people - who, speaking generally, have never, repeat never, queued up to give Ministers standing ovations.

Of the three presidential candidates who spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Conference in Washington, D.C., Thursday, there was no question whom the audience was waiting for.

A three - person line - up, all of whom are ex-Spads, and done nothing outside of the Westminster bubble, probably speaking to stage managed Labour member audiences, who will go through the motions of asking them easy questions is hardly conducive to an open, frank debate either.

Invention Ambassadors should be «catalytic» mid-career inventors who have and demonstrate: (1) a high regard for the role of invention; (2) an invention track record; (3) an accomplished professional career; (4) a commitment to invention's role in impacting environmental sustainability; and (5) experience or interest in communicating with audiences through speaking engagements or written material.

I was talking to a friend recently who was gearing up to speak to a large audience about an outstanding product he has developed.

I think you need to have a very clear vision of who your audience is, and share what you're most passionate about, and perhaps most importantly speak from your heart and in your own voice.

I also love how critics seem to think that they can speak for moviegoers by saying things like David Goyer who seems to hate moviegoers more than he hates critics» or «greater «inescapable» scenarios which works itself to absurdity until the audience, not the villain, is beaten into submission.»

Will Gluck, who directed the light comedies Easy A and Friends with Benefits, brings his audience - friendly talent on board for this musical, though it is interesting that the film only really comes to life through some of the musical numbers and not through the spoken dialogue or comic characterizations.

«Deadpool» will have a comedic edge lacking in most super-serious superhero movies, and the role Miller has been offered serves as an additional comic voice to compliment Deadpool, who often breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the audience.

James Mangold (Logan) spoke passionately about avoiding clichés and «cheats» that so many films use today to grab audiences who weren't grabbed by the movie — like outtakes and «bonus scenes» in the credit crawl.

Speaking to an audience at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Schrader (who is also serving as president of the festival jury) said that things have changed for filmmakers in the U.S., and that his next project...

I spoke to at least ten people who were in the audience and they all liked it alot.

This was great for our business model, but our fans who love our original titles are still there and we need to speak to that audience.

Only one character and the audience know who Cassius is, leading to numerous instances of the assassin speaking in the third person about the nature of a cold - blooded, remorseless killer (attributes that the character repeatedly fails to follow up on) and others making too fine a point on how well certain characters seem to intrinsically understand the mind of a cold - blooded, remorseless killer.

The emergency room contains an abusive man and his girlfriend, a doctor who makes sure the audience understands what insurance companies do to patients, a pregnant woman, a woman who does not speak English, and Eddie Griffin providing some completely pointless comedic relief (especially considering the overall «seriousness» of the whole movie).

Commercially speaking, this probably doesn't matter: The Disaster Artist's target audience are people who have already semi-memorized The Room and who will appreciate Franco's studious recreations of scenes from the film, as well as the lengthy clip reel coda that plays his recreated scenes side - by - side with the originals to further demonstrate their studiousness.

The crew hits every demographic for today's all - embracive audience: the workaholic team leader (Josh Brolin), the wisecracking heartthrob (Ryan Gosling), the experienced old - timer (Robert Patrick), the soft - spoken Latino (Michael Pena), the switchblade - wielding black cop (Anthony Mackie) and the morally torn egghead (Giovanni Ribisi) who absurdly asks how they're any better than the mobsters they're fighting (I'm not sure how bugging Cohen's living room remotely compares to Cohen having rivals physically torn in half by two cars, but maybe that's just me).

Rest of Cast: Utilized more directly to speak to both genders in the audience are Chris Pratt and Alison Brie, who both offer memorable supportive performances as exaggerated men and women who can't control their actions.

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