Boris, he won’t
We keep hearing that Boris Johnson is the United Kindgom’s version of Donald Trump. Why do they get the rhetorically sophisticated one? Even if the new prime minister’s political agenda …
Take This Job and Shove It: Communicator’s Edition
Did you see every speechwriter’s occasional fantasy come true ,when British MP Jared OMara’s communications staffer resigned by posting on O’Mara’s own account: “Comms Team signing off … forever: Jared, you …
Tom Steyer seeks speechwriter
2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer seeks a speechwriter with three to five years’ experience to handle “speeches, op-eds, statements, talking points, social posts, web copy and political video scripts.”
Mommy, what does a speechwriter do?
Speechwriters and their clients ought to listen to this fine interview of City of London Corporation speechwriter Sam Cooper, by surgeon and academic Roger Kneebone. For a lay audience, a lucid …
What’s your “personal brand”?
Speechwriter: In early July, I wrote the following on my personal blog, Writing Boots. Re-reading it with speechwriters in mind, I wondered if a member of an ill-defined craft does need to do …
We Have to Reconcile Two Noble Sets of Instincts
Thank you, Cheryl. Thank you, Charles. Thank you very much, Brandon, for a fantastic, well-organized campaign. I think it did a lot of credit, as Brandon has just said, to …
This Week in Speechwriting
• Speechwriter runs for Congress. Former Kathy Sebelius speechwriter Abbie Hodgson is running as a Democrat in Kansas’ 2ndcongressional district, which includes Lawrence, Topeka and Leavenworth. “I have always been someone …
CME Group seeks speechwriter
Chicago’sCME Group seeks a senior speechwriter to write speeches for “senior executives at CME to include the Chief Executive Officer and other C-Suite Executives. Working as an integrated part of the Corporate …
