A speechwriter’s reflection on “3D Public Servants: The Courage to Be Human”
I quit my job and moved across the country for this speech. It started out with a question I saw written on a white board during my final interview at …
Commencement speech podcast fest, May 15
Commencment-speech-a-palooza is taking place on May 15. Put on by iHeartRadio, Commencement Speeches 2020 will include virtual talks by a couple dozen celebrities, from Hillary Clinton to Pitbull. “High school and college …
3D Public Servants
Hi, I’m Mary Daly, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. And welcome to the presentation “3D Public Servants: The Courage to Be Human.” We had …
Rhetorical Recap: You’ve Got a Friend
We’ve lost hold of the anchoring and orienting forms by which we connect to politics. Guess who to the rescue, for Democrats at least. The day after Bernie Sanders endorsed …
Anxious Times for Everybody
Thank you Katie and good morning. None of us would have ever imagined hosting an Annual General Meeting like this. But our world has changed in unpredictable ways since the …
Strategically, she writes
Review of Leading Lines by Lucinda Holdforth (HarperCollins, 2020) If you’re going to read one book about speechwriting this year, then pick up a copy of Australian speechwriter Lucinda Holdforth’s just-published Leading Lines. Her book …
American Embassy in Poland seeks speechwriter
The American Embassy in Poland needs a speechwriter: “Serves as the principal English-language writer for the Ambassador and other senior Embassy officials. Collaborates with the Ambassador to develop original content, appropriately …
“Help Another Writer Out” lets freelancers share gigs
Gotham Ghostwriters has introduced the Help Another Writer Out Campaign (#HAWO). “In this moment of economic crisis, we are seeing the freelance writing community respond with its typical reciprocity and …
COVID-19: The Importance of Science in an Era of Distrust and Disinformation
“In truth, the nation needs more—much more—from our leaders.”Address by Patrice A. Harris, President, American Medical AssociationDelivered via the livestream of the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. on April 7, …