Yesterday Joe Biden was sworn in as the president of the United States. A traditional part of the procedure in the inaugural address. Biden spoke for roughly twenty minutes and had a very clear thrust as he called for Americans to unite rather than divide.
But how does the speech measure up against other inaugural addresses?
What is the art of putting together a speech to be delivered to so many different groups of people? Dr Heather Kavan from Massey University teaches speechwriting and is an award winning speech writer herself.