Your Audience Is Bored Already
It was a relatively good week for speeches and speechwriters! On Sunday, Queen Elizabeth gave a widely appreciated televised speech calling on British citizens to show “the quiet, good-humored resolve” they’ve been …
The Right Book for Right Now
Review of: FDR on Democracy: The Greatest Speeches and Writings of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Harvey J. Kaye (available via Amazon in both print and ebook) In these days of …
How to Write the “Catastrophe Speech”
How to write the “catastrophe speech.” By writer Kevin Toolis’ definition, coronavirus is not a “catastrophe”—a singular disastrous event. But it will almost certainly contain such events—for the world, for your …
For you, from us
Resources for you, from the Professional Speechwriters Association: • The Video CEO: Make the Boss Comfortable, Compelling and Compassionate on Screen takes place Friday, at 1:00 Eastern. Register right now to join Fred Garcia and …
A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You
Dear American CEO, “I feel like I have been hit on the head with a cow,” a Joseph Mitchell character once said (after he’d had a cow dropped on his …
This Is the Calm Before the Storm—Before the Surge
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar made a special televised address to the nation on St Patrick’s Day, speaking about the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on Ireland Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh! This …
For St. Patrick’s Day: What Oscar Wilde Said—and How He Said It
On St. Patrick’s Day of all days, speechwriters should remember what Oscar Wilde said about the Irish: “We are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.” Wilde himself was one of …
Executive Communication Report: Coronavirus
Beginning with the first issue—see below—we’re offering ECR: Coronavirus gratis for two weeks—as a service to you, and to the public your leaders serve through sound leadership communication. After that, readers who find …