AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Jan 25, 2023
‘Rhetorical Perspective,’ and the Future of Speechwriting
A timely new PSA white paper on the timeless value of rhetoric.
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Jan 25, 2023
I Will Not Be Seeking Re-Election
"I am not leaving because it was hard ... I am leaving because with such a privileged role, comes responsibility. The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead, and also, when you are not."
Jacinda Ardern,
Prime Minister, New Zealand
Scott Westcott,
Corporate Practice Leader, Turn Two Communications
David Murray,
Executive Director, Executive Communication Council
Felicity Barber,
Director on the Corporate Communication Team, BlackRock
Jan 18, 2023
The State of American Business Is Fed Up
"Business can't be the only thing that works in this country. We need a government that also works."
Susan P. Clark,
CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Jan 11, 2023
A Year of Ambiguity: What Direction Will We Choose?
House Democrats will "try to find common ground ... But I also want to make clear that we will never compromise our principles."
Hakeem Jeffries,
Minority Leaders, U.S. House of Representatives
Jan 10, 2023
How to Produce a Best-in-Class Briefing Document
What to include, in how much detail, and in what order.
Kari Matalone,
Founding Member, Executive Communication Council
Jan 09, 2023
House Democrats and Republicans, in High Fidelity
A critical review of acceptance speeches by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Michael Cornfield,
Associate Professor of Political Management, George Washington University
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David Murray,
Editor & Publisher, Vital Speeches of the Day
Jan 04, 2023
Run With Me
"I look forward to visiting folks all over the city again and again, this time as your mayor. I have more listening and learning to do. I also have more running to do."
Craig Greenberg,
Mayor, Louisville, Kentucky
Volodymyr Zelensky,
President, Ukraine
News,
Dec 20, 2022
In 2022: What CEOs Said, and How They Sounded
Another remarkably colorful year in the once gray flannel-suited genre of executive communications.
David Murray,
Executive Director, Executive Communication Council
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VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
"I am not leaving because it was hard ... I am leaving because with such a privileged role, comes responsibility. The responsibility to know when you are the right person to lead, and also, when you are not."
Jacinda Ardern,
Prime Minister, New Zealand
"Business can't be the only thing that works in this country. We need a government that also works."
Susan P. Clark,
CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
House Democrats will "try to find common ground ... But I also want to make clear that we will never compromise our principles."
Hakeem Jeffries,
Minority Leaders, U.S. House of Representatives
"I look forward to visiting folks all over the city again and again, this time as your mayor. I have more listening and learning to do. I also have more running to do."
Craig Greenberg,
Mayor, Louisville, Kentucky
"I know that everything depends on us, on Ukrainian armed forces, yet so much depends on the world. So much in the world depends on you."
Volodymyr Zelensky,
President, Ukraine
"How can we make human rights meaningful again? How to start calling a spade a spade? How to ensure peace for people around the world? How to ensure justice for those affected by the war? How can global solidarity become our passion?"
Oleksandra Matviichuk,
Lawyer, Human Rights Activist
We are facing unquestionably, undeniably, a food security crisis beyond anything we have seen at least since World War II. And quite frankly it’s going to get a whole lot worse in the next 24 months.
David Beasley,
Executive Director, United Nations World Food Program
Will it be said that when challenged, we cowered? Or will it be said we were resolute in our insistence on the truth?
Albert Bourla,
Chairman and CEO, Pfizer
"Our vision of the path to peace—how to actually achieve it."
Volodymyr Zelensky,
President, Ukraine
"What do you hear in that phrase? ... I hear restless curiosity and tenacious investigation. More than anything, I hear the call that Ben Franklin answered his whole life: The call to meet the moment to make a better future."
Liz Magill,
President, University of Pennsylvania