Irishman Speaks - Conor Cunneen

Why Book Reviews?

You may be a little surprised to see book reviews on a humorous keynote speaker’s website. Frederick Douglass, the great orator and abolitionist said:

“A little learning may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity for any people”

This is a statement that is so appropriate for speakers. Content is the life blood for a humorous business keynote speaker. The most fertile source of content is the written word. My reading list tends to be eclectic. The (very) general theme is Leadership or sometimes lack of it. Thus I find biographies, memoirs of politicians, business leaders, historians, artists, humorists and speech craft to be fertile ground.

I am motivated to read material on all forms of leadership – business, moral, political, military, artistic, motivational and inspirational leadership. Indeed any material that can provide good life lessons, anecdotes and quotations is on my list.

In a sense this is a recommended reading list as I do not bother to write reviews on books that I find uninteresting. I hope you enjoy.

                                                                                   Conor Cunneen