Crossword clues for keynote
keynote
- Tonic, to Toscanini
- Speaker's designation
- Principal theme (eg of a speech)
- Policy line
- Pinnacle of a lecture series
- Major speech, as at a convention
- Main address
- Kind of speech or speaker
- Kind of convention speaker
- Important address
- Focus speech
- Convention speaker's speech
- Convention opener
- Big talk at a convention
- A kind of address
- ____ address (opening speech)
- ___ address (speech at a political convention)
- Kick off the convention
- Main idea
- The principal theme in a speech or literary work
- A fundamental or central idea
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- Kind of address
- Major books hoarded by economist briefly
- Basic idea
- Kind of speech
- Convention speech
- Type of address
- Sort of address
- Kind of speaker
- Convention highlight
- C, for C major
- Type of speaker
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Keynote \Key"note`\, n.
(Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone.
The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key; as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic. 2 The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference. 3 A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address. vb. (context transitive English) To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering.
WordNet
n. the principal theme in a speech or literary work
a fundamental or central idea
(music) the first note of a diatonic scale [syn: tonic]
v. set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"
give the keynote address to (an audience)
Wikipedia
Keynote is a presentation software application developed as a part of the iWork productivity suite by Apple Inc. Keynote 6.0 was announced on October 23, 2013 and is the most recent version for the Mac. On January 27, 2010, Apple announced a new version of Keynote for iPad with an all new touch interface.
KeyNote is the name of a free notetaking and outlining text editor produced by Tranglos Software for the Windows operating system.
A keynote in public speaking is a talk that establishes a main underlying theme. In corporate or commercial settings, greater importance is attached to the delivery of a keynote speech or keynote address. The keynote establishes the framework for the following programme of events or convention agenda; frequently the role of keynote speaker will include that of convention moderator. It will also flag up a larger idea – a literary story, an individual musical piece or event.
At political or industrial conventions and expositions and at academic conferences, the keynote address or keynote speech is delivered to set the underlying tone and summarize the core message or most important revelation of the event. Some of the more famous keynote speeches in the United States are those made at the party conventions during Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns. Keynote speakers at these events have often gained nationwide fame (or notoriety); for example, Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and have occasionally influenced the course of the election. In the commercial arena, Steve Jobs delivered influential keynote speeches at Apple product, system and service launches.
Keynote speeches are also given at the graduation and commencement ceremonies of colleges, universities, and major high schools, usually by accomplished academics or celebrities invited by the student body.
Keynote speakers are often selected to raise interest in a particular event, such as a conference or large meeting sponsored by a corporation or association, and draw attendees to attend that program. Selecting a keynote speaker who is well known for his or her expertise in a particular field, or who has wide name recognition due to other accomplishments, will probably raise enthusiasm among prospective attendees for a meeting or conference. Increasingly the word keynote is being used as a synonym for plenary session or "invited talk," with some conferences having an opening keynote, a closing keynote, and many other keynotes.
A keynote speaker may work independently, be represented by a speakers bureau, or by a new crowdsourced model such as the speakerwiki website. In the event that a speaker is represented by a traditional speakers bureau, a commission, typically 25%–30%, is due; however, this is traditionally and ethically absorbed by the speaker rather than the client so that the fee remains flat and transparently priced to the client.
The term key note comes from the practice of a cappella, often barbershop singers, playing a note before singing. The note played determines the key in which the song will be performed.
A keynote in literature, music or public speaking is the principal underlying theme of a larger idea.
Keynote may also refer to:
- Tonic (music), the first note of a major or minor scale, from which the 'key' takes its name
- KeyNote (trust management system), a trust management system documented in RFC 2704.
- Keynote (presentation software), presentation creation software designed by Apple, Inc.
- Keynote (notetaking software), Windows note-taking software designed by Tranglos Software
- Keynote Records, a record label
- Keynote Sigos, a company focused on test systems and services
- Keynote Flour, a former brand of flour sold in Canada
- Keynote DeviceAnywhere, a subsidiary of Keynote Systems, Inc.
- Keynote Systems, a US-based Internet company
- Keynotes (game show), a UK game show
- The Keynotes, 1940s UK vocal quartet before The Johnston Brothers, contracted to Decca
- Bill Maynard and The Keynotes, United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1957
- Primo Scala and The Keynotes, Cruising Down the River
Usage examples of "keynote".
CEO, making his keynote address to the Macintosh Expo in San Francisco.
And simplicity and justice gave the two great keynotes for all that they did.
It was with a new comprehension he understood his employer's dictum that the keynote of external nature was middle F--this employer who himself possessed that psychic sense of absolute pitch--and that the roar of a city, wind in forest trees, the cry of trains, the rushing of rivers and falling water, Niagara itself, all produced this single utterance.
On Monday, he had been scheduled to give the keynote address to a widely publicized conference of Catholic bishops on the subject of the Church's political relations with Eastern European communist regimes.
In his keynote address to The Economist CEE Telecommunications Conference, in December 2001, Ofer Gneezy, President and CEO of iBasis (a global ITSP), cited industry analysts projecting VoIP average annual growth rates in CEE of 80 percent through 2006.
Now here's this big southwest regional educators' conference where they've got him up there giving the keynote address?
Nevertheless, they became, in effect, the keynote address of the campaign that began inside NASA.
Several speakers followed, relating their personal anecdotes, and Hunt went up last to deliver the keynote address.
The delegates normally listen only to the keynote address and the presidential and vice-presidential acceptance speeches.
Colin, in a voice quieter than his thumping heart, murmured the lyric to the most potent lullaby he knew, the Keynote Address of the Hostess at Her Majesty's Royal Baby Shower.
He knew everyone was trying to be nice, that they were all supposed to introduce themselves to the keynote speaker, but he could only feel his heart pounding a million miles an hour and hear the ringing in his ears.
There came a time, shortly before the war, when I was invited to be keynote speaker at a convention held in another state.
Being anti-war in Hollywood was an act of bravery on the order of the keynote speaker at a PLO awards dinner making jokes about Ariel Sharon.
Sitting between Jennifer and Dave, Paul was glancing around the hall, only half listening to the chairmans fulsome introduction of the evenings keynote speaker, when he was hit by the probe.
Bloomquist, MD, was the keynote speaker, one of the big stars of the conference.