This week the Webby awards took place. These awards honor websites that are creative and effective in communicating. In keeping with the spirit of the award, the winner's acceptance speech can only be 5 words long. Anyone who violates this rule (uses 6 words, for instance) gets booed, as happened with one of this year's recipients.
All of this got me thinking. What 5 words would I use if I were accepting an award?It must be meaningful and portray not only who I am, but also what's truly important to me. In looking at some of the speeches from this year (see below), it's amazing what 5 words can convey, and how much meaning can be in them. And how much more powerful they are compared to a 2 minute Academy speech thanking everyone and their hairstylist.
Of course, what you say may depend on what you're winning. That granted, what would be your 5 word acceptance speech? I'm curious to hear your submissions!
Some of my favorites from this year's ceremony to get the juices flowing:
The Book of Cool: Even monkeys fall from trees
NPR Music: Listen...inspire...inspire to listen
Washington Post: We're deeper than Deep Throat
AccuRadio: Assuming hyphenateds are allowed...Woo-hoo!
Monster.com: Note to self: update resume
Expedia.com: Thank you, enjoy your trip
The Huffington Post: Darlings, make blogs not war
BIg Time Restaurant Group: Thank you...honored...special...speechless!
Remember Segregation: Two crackers fighting racism, yo!
National Geographic.com Genographic Project: More than just bare breasts
1 comment:
Ok...here's one. Based on my latest blog: Education is key to everything.
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