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National Security Adviser James Jones had to apologize after opening an otherwise well-received speech with a joke that turned on old stereotype of the money-hungry “Jewish merchant.” Here, New York …
Address by BARACK OBAMA, President, United States; delivered at Cooper Union, New York City, April 22, 2010
One of the more influential thought leaders in business lately is “The Fourteenth Banker,” an anonymous big-bank executive who is weighing in heavily on the need for financial reform. Reporters …
“I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on …”
“I genuinely don’t,” says the ghostwriter. We frankly don’t believe him.
Mark Twain advises Rudyard Kipling and the rest of us to treat the conscience “like a child.” Why? “A spoiled one simply destroys all the pleasure in life.”
A speechwriter is well-educated, and usually better educated both formally and informally than her workaday PR colleagues. A speechwriter is well-read on current events. If not the Financial Times, at …
Protesting commencement-speech choices is a rite of spring, but usually it’s political figures who draw the students’ ire. I’ve never heard of students protesting a commencement by a corporate CEO. …
For your Friday surfing pleasure … … Maid of Honor Speeches & Toasts is a blog by California wedding-toast specialist Sally Samuels. It’s a massive collection of videos of wedding-speech …
Fodder for political pundits, but practical benchmarking info for speechwriters and other handlers of public speakers.