Blog Speech Transcript
I was asked to a submit a speech transcript to Representative American Speeches, which has been published since 1937.
Recent issues have included speeches by Bill Joy, George W Bush, Janet Reno, Charleton Heston, and Colin Powell - people somewhat better known than myself.
This is from a short speech I've given numerous times to schools, service organizations, etc. The text is transcribed from a recording of 29 June 2005.
Understanding Blogs, The Current Wave of the Information Revolution
Blogs have gone from nearly unknown to having a readership of 38 million seemingly overnight! Why? What is so exciting about blogs?
The excitement behind blogs is that they allow individuals to publish without any technical knowledge. Publishing is as easy as sending an email. It’s very tempting for people to publish their thoughts and opinions to the world, and the ease and the low and sometimes no cost have led millions of people to start blogging. People blog on just about every issue or topic based on their own interests. Examples include politics, current events, and technology, as well as motorcycles, knitting and wine. Pick a topic and chances are someone is blogging about it.
The explosion of publishing enabled by blogs encompasses what is sometimes called participatory or grassroots journalism, and it’s changed the face of media. The mainstream media has to move more quickly than before and be more accurate, as the competition as well as scrutiny from blogs is intense. CBS with its recent 'Rathergate' fiasco learned firsthand about increased scrutiny from bloggers. Blogs also routinely report important news before the mainstream media. The capture of Saddam Hussein was first reported in a blog.
There are well over 12 million blogs, and 40,000 new blogs are started every day. The Pew Internet Study estimated that 27% of Internet users were regular blog readers at the end of 2004. That's approximately 32 million people who regularly read blogs. Blog readership jumped 58% in 2004. There is a lot of room for growth as 62% of Internet users are not sure what a blog is. The blogosphere – the world of blogs – is doubling in size every 5 months! Some blogs have millions of readers per month.
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Recent issues have included speeches by Bill Joy, George W Bush, Janet Reno, Charleton Heston, and Colin Powell - people somewhat better known than myself.
This is from a short speech I've given numerous times to schools, service organizations, etc. The text is transcribed from a recording of 29 June 2005.
Understanding Blogs, The Current Wave of the Information Revolution
Blogs have gone from nearly unknown to having a readership of 38 million seemingly overnight! Why? What is so exciting about blogs?
The excitement behind blogs is that they allow individuals to publish without any technical knowledge. Publishing is as easy as sending an email. It’s very tempting for people to publish their thoughts and opinions to the world, and the ease and the low and sometimes no cost have led millions of people to start blogging. People blog on just about every issue or topic based on their own interests. Examples include politics, current events, and technology, as well as motorcycles, knitting and wine. Pick a topic and chances are someone is blogging about it.
The explosion of publishing enabled by blogs encompasses what is sometimes called participatory or grassroots journalism, and it’s changed the face of media. The mainstream media has to move more quickly than before and be more accurate, as the competition as well as scrutiny from blogs is intense. CBS with its recent 'Rathergate' fiasco learned firsthand about increased scrutiny from bloggers. Blogs also routinely report important news before the mainstream media. The capture of Saddam Hussein was first reported in a blog.
There are well over 12 million blogs, and 40,000 new blogs are started every day. The Pew Internet Study estimated that 27% of Internet users were regular blog readers at the end of 2004. That's approximately 32 million people who regularly read blogs. Blog readership jumped 58% in 2004. There is a lot of room for growth as 62% of Internet users are not sure what a blog is. The blogosphere – the world of blogs – is doubling in size every 5 months! Some blogs have millions of readers per month.
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Comments on "Blog Speech Transcript"
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Dr. PJ Smithway said ... (Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:18:00 AM) :
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Ted Demopoulos said ... (Thursday, July 21, 2005 4:40:00 PM) :
post a commentThat is quite a scholarly publication you have been asked to submit this speech to. How did you qualify?
They both read about me in the press and found me via Google. I won a Department of Defense award recently for a speech at one of their conferences, which got some press, and I seem to be fairly Google friendly lately.