This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Susan C. Strong created The Metaphor Project, to help empower American "can do" solutions to our problems. She believes that we are still one big American Family, and that we can get back to working together again the way we used to do.

For decades she's been teaching people how to talk to each other in ways everyone can hear, both in college settings and in everyday projects. In "How Speaking American Can Help Save America" you'll discover that There is a deeper American truth than the bitter disagreements our media report so much. There really is one big American Family out there, alive in our grass roots. And starting there, we can find our way back to a country that works again.

Susan Strong - A maetro of words teaches courses on message founded The Metaphor Project and shares voices her idea on How Speaking American Can Help Save America.

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