Five executive communication positions

Atlanta-based Home Depot seeks a director of strategic and executive communication to handle “overall messaging of the company’s strategic priorities, business leadership, CSR, and executive communications, both internally and externally.” Dallas-based …

A speechwriter’s best friend

Review of The Political Speechwriter′s Companion: A Guide for Writers and Speakers, 2nd edition; by Robert Lehrman and Eric Schnure. 536 pages. To call this book an essential tool for …

Beyond the ovation: How to measure speeches

Are you looking for a way to assess the effectiveness of speeches beyond “they clapped”?  Ace speaking coach Tom Mucciolo has been working on a simple speech assessment tool for many …

Skip one for the Gipper

Football season is upon us, and basketball season is coming up. There's a bogus new study out, that pretends to quantify how coaches' motivational speeches work. Lucky for us, I had …

Could your speaker please a drama critic?

The theater critic at The Washington Post doesn't know it, but he's teaching a master class for speechwriters on the dramatic aspects of public speaking.  Taking Democratic candidates one at a time—so …

Contract scribe sought

A large Minneapolis-based retailer needs a contract speechwriter to “support the SVP and president in various speaking engagements.” Dahl Consulting is partnering on the search.

Speechwriters in demand

Mass Mutual seeks an executive communications lead to “support our CEO as his speechwriter,” as part of “a communications team that works hard, loves what they do and laughs a lot …

Unity and Integration Must Be Our Obsessions

Compañero Nicolás Maduro Moros, brother President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; Compañeras and compañeros of the Bolivarian Revolutions leadership; Compañera Mónica Valente; Latin American and Caribbean leaders, and those …