The Best of the 2021 Cicero Speechwriting Awards
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1 VITAL SPEECHES of the day 2021 EDITION THESE VITAL SPEECHES THE BEST OF THE 2021 CICERO SPEECHWRITING AWARDS 38 EDUCATION: “There Will Be Daybreak,” by Julia Lam for Craig Williams, President, Jordan Brand, NIKE, Inc. GRAND AWARD 3 “The Charter That Started a Revolution,” by Bill Bryant for Leslie 39 ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY/SUSTAINABILITY: “A Net-Zero Hale, President and CEO, RLJ Lodging Trust Emissions Energy Business,” by Lech Mintowt-Czyz for Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell 45 HEALTHCARE: “Now Is Our Time to Act,” by Kristin Zipay for David J. Skorton, MD, President and CEO, Association of CATEGORY WINNERS American Medical Colleges 5 AGRICULTURE: “The Past, Present and Future of UF/IFAS,” 48 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT: “3D Public Servants: The by Chris Moran for Jack Payne, Senior Vice President, Courage to Be Human,” by Justine Adelizzi for Mary C. Daly, University of Florida President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco 11 ASSOCIATONS: “American Nurses Association Membership 54 PUBLIC POLICY: “Free Tickets to the Ultimate Behind-the- Assembly Presidential Address,” by Joan Hurwitz for Scenes View. A Chance for Science, Policy-Makers and Society Ernest J. Grant, President to Connect,” by Sjors Talsma for Ingrid van Engelshoven, Minister of Education, Culture and Science 14 BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES: “Getting to the Core of Culture,” by Felicity H. Barber for John Williams, President and 55 SOCIAL JUSTICE: “BCJA & GAAA Alumni State of the Union Chief Executive O!cer, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Address 2020,” by Natasha Walker Jones for Natasha Walker Jones, President, BCJA GAAA Alumni Association, Inc. 16 COMMERCE AND RETAIL: “Reps, You Have a Chance to Help Wholesalers Get Better,” by Teresa Zumwald for Rob Ferguson, 57 ANALYST CALL/INVESTOR MEETING: “Action Today for a President, Local Company Group, Winsupply Better Tomorrow,” by Lech Mintowt-Czyz for Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell 19 EDUCATORS: “Remarks at Founders’ Day Convocation 2020,” by Elaine Tooley for Nathan Hatch, President, 58 AWARD ACCEPTANCE: “We Need Better Answers and Wake Forest University More Shoulders,” by Joe Gettler for Vanessa Sanders, Assistant Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory 20 ENERGY: “Oil, Gas and Neymar’s Left Foot,” by Michel Reinders for Wael Sawan, Upstream Director, Royal Dutch Shell 59 COMMEMORATIVE SPEECH: “100 Years of Women’s Su"rage: The Enduring Power of Showing Up,” by Jayette Bolinski for 21 GOVERNMENT: “Governing During a Pandemic and the Susana A. Mendoza, Illinois State Comptroller Humbling Act of Helping Others,” by John Patterson for Don Harmon, Illinois Senate President 62 CRISIS COMMUNICATION: “Message About COVID-19,” by Renata Serafin for Dr. Ric Baser, President of Northwest Vista College 24 MILITARY: “A Call to Arms: Resilience to Disinformation,” by Emma Anbeek for Admiral R.P. Bauer, Chief of Defence 62 EMPLOYEE MEETING: “I Work for You,” by Chris Moran for Scott Angle, Vice President, University of Florida 27 NONPROFIT: “Our First Teachers,” by Rosemary King for Nichole Maher, CEO, Group Health Foundation 65 EULOGY/TRIBUTE SPEECH: “Black Heritage Series: Gwen Ifill First-Day-of-Issue Commemorative Stamp Dedication,” by 29 CONTROVERSIAL OR HIGHLY POLITICIZED TOPICS: “What Does John Purdy for Ronald Stroman, Deputy Postmaster General, This Statue Mean? Removing the Country’s Largest Confederate U.S. Postal Service Monument,” by Grant Neely for Ralph S. Northam, Governor of Virginia 66 TECHNOLOGY, AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH: “How to Thrive in the Data Age,” by Kari Matalone for Doug Merritt, CEO, Splunk 31 COVID CRISIS: “After Lockdown: Insights on the Future of Work,” by Martha J. Frase for Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO, 71 STATE-OF-THE-INSTITUTION SPEECH: “Selling Illinois,” SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management by Jayette Bolinski for Susana A. Mendoza, Illinois State Comptroller 32 DIVERSITY/EQUITY/INCLUSION: “The Right to Be Ourselves,” by Antonie van Campen for Stef Blok, Dutch Minister of 73 TED TALK/TEDX TALK: “The Secret to Healing the World,” Foreign A"airs written and delivered by Shereese Floyd-Thompson, President, StoryMakers Consulting 36 ECONOMICS: “The New Stone Soup,” by Justine Adelizzi for Mary C. Daly, President and Chief Executive O!cer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco SEE HONORABLE MENTIONS, INSIDE FRONT COVERCICERO 2021 HONORABLE MENTION “A Solution to Every Puzzle,” by Julie Lasson for John C. “Tell ’Em About the Dream, Martin,” by Rosemary King for Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New Rukaiyah Adams, Chief Financial O!cer, Meyer Memorial Trust York “Nothing Is More Valuable than Lifelong Connections,” by “Uniting Through Science,” by Jody Sunna for André Patricia Fripp for Wanda Hope, Chief Diversity O!cer, Johnson Calantzopoulos, CEO, Philip Morris International & Johnson Worldwide “A Very Di"erent World,” by Kathleen Wyatt for Chad Holliday, “Turning Calamity into Blessing,” by Daniel Notman for Linda Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell A. Livingstone, Ph.D., President, Baylor University “How to Change the World,” by Arne Muis for Sigrid Kaag, “We Need to Follow Two Parallel Paths at the Same Time,” by Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Teresa Zumwald for Rob Ferguson, President, Local Company Group, Winsupply “It’s Time to Make Juneteenth a Paid State Holiday in Virginia,” by Chelyen Davis for Ralph S. Northam, Governor of Virginia “Eulogy in Celebration of Roger E Tetrault,” written and delivered by Danielle Tetrault Gooch, daughter of Roger E “Success in the Data Age,” by Carly Clements for John Sabino, Tetrault Chief Customer O!cer, SVP, Splunk “Amin Nasser: Energy Executive of the Year,” by Lech Mintowt- “How Innovation and Creativity Drive American Czyz for Ben van Beurden, CEO, Royal Dutch Shell Competitiveness,” by Richard McCormack for Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Intellectual Property and Director of the “Building our Empathy Muscle,” by Martha J. Frase for Johnny U.S. Patent and Trademark O!ce C. Taylor, Jr., President and CEO, SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management “Their Bonds Are Strong” (60th Wedding Anniversary Remarks in Honor of Jerry and Eileen Armbruster), written and delivered by Teresa Zumwald, daughter of Jerry and Eileen Armbruster 3 GRAND AWARD WINNER “!e Charter !at Started a Revolution” By Bill Bryant for Leslie Hale, Delivered at the Howard University annual convocation ceremony, President and CEO, RLJ Lodging Trust March 6, 2020 r. Frederick, thank you for that And for those of us fortunate the way Black Americans contribute to, Dvery kind introduction. enough to attend Howard, it did even and function in, American society. Mr. Charmin, my fellow Trustees, more than that. It transformed our The founding of Howard made an faculty, students, and members of the own perceptions of who we are and audacious statement to the nation. It Howard community, thank you for what we could become. declared that African Americans are such a warm welcome. To fully grasp the impact that How- talented, ambitious, and knowledge- I would also like to acknowledge my ard has had, we must go back to 1867, able. It announced an undiscovered parents, my amazing husband, Odis, the year that President Andrew John- richness and untapped potential in and our four beautiful children: Caleb, son signed the charter that established Black America. Cullen, Casey, and Caroline, who are this university. It opened doors for an entire people. here today. At the time, our nation was only It gave them the permission and the I’m honored to be part of this Char- a few years removed from a civil war encouragement to envision what before ter Day Convocation program. And fought to resolve a fundamental ques- had been an unimaginable future for humbled to be in the distinguished tion: Would this nation, born of a themselves and their families. And it company of the men and women who belief that all men were created with provided the knowledge and skills to came before me in this role. an equal right to liberty and justice, live make this future possible. When I was at Howard, 25 years up to its conviction? None of this was prophesized or ago, I had a reputation for being a little This question was being asked not predestined in the charter. It was the provocative. My line name was “Rebel only in the aftermath of bloody history, generations of Black thinkers who without a Cause,” which my line but also in the context of popular opin- came to this University who established sisters—Melissa, Theresa and Chunda, ion. Most of white America thought this legacy. It was the talented and who are here today—will confrm. Black people had nothing to ofer the tenacious writers, scientists, lawyers, That’s also how I operate in the world but our physical labor … our doctors, and academics who received business world, as my fellow Howard service and our servitude. an education here who made Howard Trustees can attest. That our only value was the work University “The Howard University.” So, I’ll begin my remarks today with of our hands, with no consideration— White hands may have signed the a provocative question: certainly no appreciation—for the charter establishing this institution. Did the founders of this great humanity in our hearts or the creativity But Black hands built it into what it is university fully recognize the power of of our minds. today—literally and fguratively. what they ushered into existence 153 This was the America in which I’m convinced that much of the years ago? Howard University welcomed its frst progress made over the past two centu- Did they have any idea that they students to a three-acre campus in 1867. ries in this country would not have been were changing the fabric of this nation? The charter itself was a humble possible without Howard University.