Leadership, Without the Mansplaining
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Exec comms chief, on coronavirus: “We’ve done this before (but with worse tools)”
The Professional Speechwriters Association called for coronavirus comment from you, asking how you are responding to your leaders and communication colleagues who turn to you. Laura Hunter, who handles executive …
Exec comms and coronavirus
As you know, we held a webinar late last week, “Executive Communication and Coronavirus: What You Should Be Saying, Thinking and Doing NOW,” with Fred Garcia, President of the Logos …
Don’t Write Like A Speechwriter
I’ve often quoted H.L. Mencken’s 1921 assessment of the prose of President Warren G. Harding: He writes the worst English I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string …
We Cannot Afford to Miss This Moment
It’s so good to be in South Bend. Sometimes the longest way around really is the shortest way home. Here we are. In the last few years, America has faced …
Harvard Medical School seeks speechwriter
Harvard Medical School seeks an executive speechwriter. “Reporting to the chief communications officer, with a dotted line to the dean’s office, the executive speechwriter is responsible for effectively articulating the vision of …
The meeting that moved a profession
I expected the Founders Meeting of the Executive Communication Council, which took place two weeks ago at the Hermosa Inn, in Phoenix, Ariz., to be a momentous gathering. I didn’t expect …
Rest in Peace, Little Brother
I would say good morning, but it’s afternoon. I’m grateful to Vanessa and the Bryant family for the opportunity to speak today. I’m grateful to be here to honor Gigi …
Our Country Is Facing a Stark Reality
Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Mr Amos Masondo, Deputy President David Mabuza, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and esteemed members of …
This speechwriter whistles while he works
Do you listen to music when you write? I can’t do it, but speechwriter Matt Greenough, managing director at Words Matter, says he has used music to charge his prose. …