The Politics of a Confident America
I want to thank you all for coming. I want to thank Chairman Brady and the Ways and Means Committee for hosting us here. I had the privilege of joining …
CEO activism?
Corporate speechwriters should consider, to the extent their bosses may, last Sunday’s New York Times piece on “The Power of CEO Activism.” The article cites a study suggesting that in some …
Four jobs for speechwriters with wandering eyes
Jobs courtesy of Dana Rubin of the New York Speechwriters Roundtable. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in Austin, Texas, is hiring a senior communications manager Cyber Security to “proactively solicit the ‘voice of’ various …
Jim Harrison dies the way a writer should
The writer Jim Harrison died at 78 this week, the way writers are supposed to do. From his writer friend Philip Caputo’s Facebook tribute: "My wife, Leslie, and I got …
Five reasons to NEVER become a speechwriter
The PR consultant Fraser Seitel recently penned a piece about why all frustrated PR pros, wannabe HR peeps and social media ninjas should become speechwriters. It must have been an early …
How to turn your speeches into conversations
If you can talk, you can get anything you want—anything. If you doubt the truth of this assertion, think of speech-making as a form of seduction by other means; the …
Speechwriters courted, coast to coast
Jobs courtesy Dana Rubin of the New York Speechwriters Roundtable. The D.C. public affairs firm SKDKnickerbocker is hiring someone for its executive communications practice to “write speeches and opeds for leading …
U.S. Trade Representative seeks speechwriter
The Executive Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking a chief speechwriter to be responsible for “the drafting of speeches and shaping key communications materials for the agency. The …