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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who gives a keynote address.
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- noun A
speaker who delivers thekeynote speech of a conference.
Etymologies
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JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: The only way it could matter is that it -- it is -- it's kind of a throwback to the kind of speeches that were routine at conventions decades ago, when you were -- when the keynoter, which is what Zell Miller was, was supposed to come out and basically beat the other party upside the head.
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Opening keynoter John Paton, JRC's CEO, recounted how he turned a bankrupt newspaper company around by thinking "digital first."
Magda Abu-Fadil: Newsroom Summit Highlights Digital Engagement Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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In this overview of the 2009 Association of College and Research Librarians National Conference, keynoter Sherman Alexie discusses a terminology conundrum, Mary K. Van Ullen explains the effect of cultural differences on teaching about plagiarisim, Diane Dallis describes Indiana University's planned research commons, and keynoter Ira Glass demonstrates how This American Life uses music to make stories come to life
Overview of the 2009 Association of College and Research Librarians National Conference 2009
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Opening keynoter John Paton, JRC's CEO, recounted how he turned a bankrupt newspaper company around by thinking "digital first."
Magda Abu-Fadil: Newsroom Summit Highlights Digital Engagement Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Learning Unbound, a Columbus conversation about education, dealt with the perplexing "GM moment for education" when, according to keynoter Bob Wise, the situation demands better outcomes with lower revenues.
Tom Vander Ark: Online in Ohio Tom Vander Ark 2011
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Opening keynoter John Paton, JRC's CEO, recounted how he turned a bankrupt newspaper company around by thinking "digital first."
Magda Abu-Fadil: Newsroom Summit Highlights Digital Engagement Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Opening keynoter John Paton, JRC's CEO, recounted how he turned a bankrupt newspaper company around by thinking "digital first."
Magda Abu-Fadil: Newsroom Summit Highlights Digital Engagement Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Learning Unbound, a Columbus conversation about education, dealt with the perplexing "GM moment for education" when, according to keynoter Bob Wise, the situation demands better outcomes with lower revenues.
Tom Vander Ark: Online in Ohio Tom Vander Ark 2011
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He says his event is not political, even though Sarah Palin is a keynoter.
Chris Benson: 'Beckapalooza' Tramples Emmett Till Anniversary Chris Benson 2010
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Yet at this salon on Obama's agenda, Steiner is -- as conference keynoter Malcom Gladwell might say -- an outlier.
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