Following Ted Sorenesen's moving keynote address to the 2009 Ragan Speechwriters Conference, Laure Vincent of MasterCard Worldwide won the first Annual Theodore C. Sorensen Speechwriting Award for best organizational speech of the year. The text of her speech, written for Walt Macnee, President, Global Markets, MasterCard Worldwide is

available here.

It was delivered to an audience of 2,000 in Sao Paulo, Brazil on August 28, 2008.

I caught up with Laurie after the presentation and asked her how she felt about winning the award and something about the background to the speech.

To hear what she told me, click on the podcast icon below.