Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events (Prentice Hall Press ISBN 0-7352-0296-6) marks Florie Brizel’s first foray into publishing. Co-authored with Richard Greene, this beautiful 192-page coffee-table book features a collection of history-shaping speeches by twenty of the most exceptional orators from the last century. Each speech is placed in historical context, reprinted in full, and includes archival photographs. Two accompanying audio CDs contain either complete original recordings, or inspiring sections from them, allowing readers to appreciate their full spine-chilling power.
Florie Brizel has a diversified background in visual and verbal communications. After fourteen years of commercial and television production in creative and supervisory capacities, as well as photo editing for The National Sports Daily, she became a full-time writer in 1995. Florie has written speeches for prominent individuals, ghost written numerous articles, and created marketing and promotional materials for prestigious individuals, universities and major corporations around the world. She works in high tech, entertainment, health care, fashion and venture capital and currently serves on the advisory boards of two non-profit organizations. Florie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking from New York University (Tisch) School of the Arts.