Case Studies: Speeches

Carefully crafted and well-written speeches are often limited to the audience they are read to. These orations take time and resources to produce, so why would you limit the access to them? Medium can help you make the most from your speeches by creating a simple way to share thoughts with more than just attendees. Whether it is a convocation, a memoir, or a floor speech Medium can be a place to get the most out of your work.
Storytelling and personal experiences help add an additional layer of context to the political discussion and Medium is the perfect place to host them.
Mitt Romney delivered a speech in March 2016 — not to announce any candidacy of his own — but to comment on the state of the race. He then shared his full speech here:
Governor Rick Perry gave this compelling speech at the beginning of his presidential campaign, and then took to Medium to share the text of it
In the wake of the shooting in Charleston in 2015, Hillary Clinton spoke at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors on the need to address systemic racism.
The White House published the full text of President Obama’s State of the Union address here:
Senator Elizabeth Warren took Republicans to task for their efforts to obstruct a Supreme Court nomination:
Following tragedies in Dallas, Minnesota, and Baton Rouge, Senator Tim Scott gave a series of speeches on the Senate floor, including this one on his personal experiences with law enforcement as a black man: