Speeches by type

thumb|A Roadside Sermon by John Pettie

thumb|upright=1.3|Lecture at the Australian Defence Force Academy upright=1.3|thumb|A lecture at the University of Bologna in Italy in the mid-fourteenth century. The lecturer reads from a text on the lectern while students in the back sleep. thumb|upright=1.3|Barbara McClintock delivers her Nobel lecture

thumb|Title page of the Panegyric of Leonardo Loredan (1503), created in honour of [[Leonardo Loredan, 75th Doge of Venice, now in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore]]

thumb|George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at [[Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004.]]

thumb|upright|Bust of Demosthenes ([[Louvre, Paris, France)]]

thumb|Steve Jobs was famous for his keynotes, dubbed [[Stevenotes.|alt=Full-length portrait of man about fifty wearing jeans and a black turtleneck shirt, standing in front of a dark curtain with a white Apple logo]] A keynote in public speaking is a talk that establishes a main underlying theme. In corporate or commercial settings, greater importance is attached to the delivery of a keynote speech or keynote address. The keynote establishes the framework for the following programme of events or convention agenda; frequently the role of keynote speaker will include that of convention moderator

introducting speech of a newly elected member of a legislature

thumb|A Mainzian bütt using an owl-motif. A Büttenrede (also washtub speech, carnival speech) is a humorous speech, originating in the western German cultural tradition, that is given during carnival. It is usually given at carnival conventions, revue-like events organized by carnival societies. Büttenreden are often rhymed and are performed from a special lectern called a bütt (rhenish franconian/moselle franconian/colognian/rhinelandic for barrel, vessel) in a local German dialect. Over the last few decades, Büttenreden have also become more popular in eastern Germany, including at the Berli