Dr Max Atkinson was a pioneering researcher into how political speakers got audiences to applaud. He wrote a book that revealed how by using the techniques you could get audiences to applaud irrespective of the intellectual content of the speech.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, Pauline Genee, Tom Moylan, Jennifer Migan and Lucie Robin.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 18th conference at The Queen’s College, Oxford, from 3 - 5 April 2019. The speakers included Edward Mortimer, Henk Boon, Mallika Lecoeur, Amélie Blanckaert, Kevin Toolis, Natasha Bertaud, Lewis Uwu, Richard Newman, Kresse Wesling, Dr Max Atkinson, Sarah Hurwitz and Jess Cunniffe.

The European Speechwriter Network had its 18th conference at The Queen’s College, Oxford, from 3 - 5 April 2019. The speakers included Edward Mortimer, Henk Boon, Mallika Lecoeur, Amélie Blanckaert, Kevin Toolis, Natasha Bertaud, Lewis Uwu, Richard Newman, Kresse Wesling, Dr Max Atkinson, Sarah Hurwitz and Jess Cunniffe.