Obama carries everyday tools for successful speaking including simplicity, power pauses, repetition, wit, inspiration, transcendence, hope, and the power to close strongly. He keeps his message simple and uses repetition, pauses, and varying speech patterns to emphasize ideas and make them memorable. His humor and ability to inspire with a clear, hopeful message that transports listeners allows him to move and motivate audiences.

1. THINGS OBAMA CARRIES
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His everyday speaking tools for success

2. SIM PLI CI TY
Throughout his presidential campaign,
Obama kept one main message
“Change you can believe in”.

3. He speeds up his pace and raises the volume
of his voice. At other times he slows it down,
lowers his volume, and pauses for impact.

4. POWER . . . PAUSE
Obama uses power pauses to give
the impression of composure and
thoughtfulness to let his words resonate.

5. REPETITION
REPETITION
REPETITION
Obama uses repetition artfully to help
emphasize one idea and make memorable.
“I have a dream that one day...”

6. WIT!
Obama’s humor is spontaneous, using lines
that he knows will get laughs. At times reacting
to a comment or shout from the crowd.

7. INSPIRATION
Out of all of his masterful delivery skills,
the real power in his speech came in
a single clear and inspiring message.

8. TRANSCENDENCE
By using concrete and tangible language,
Obama transports us to another place and
paints a portrait in our minds we can see.

9. HOPE
Obama Speaks in the uplifting rhetoric of
hope, like John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan,
Winston Churchill, and Martin Luther King Jr..

10. POWER CLOSE
"I want to close by reiterating that I can't
do this alone... Each of us CAN make a
difference,... Let's go change the world."

12. WHAT
DO YOU
CARRY ?