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Four jobs in the shape of speechwriters
Target is hiring a speechwriter and executive communications senior associate to write speeches, build message platforms and handle other executive messaging. Contact hiring manager Sean Madigan: [email protected]. LPL Financial wants to add a …
CEOs speak truth to Trump
In the society that surrounds and peoples our organization’s, it’s all Trump, all the time. What, if anything, is an executive communication pro to do? First, see how your colleagues …
Rhetorical Recap: Inside an Etch A Sketch, Over and Out
For the climax of this reality television serial the campaign trail was turned into a crime scene, with the cops (in the organizational form of the FBI) under suspicion along …
Jobs: Two for you
McDonald's is looking for a director of executive communications to help top execs "lead the company in a massive transformation of its business." McDonald's seeks "a professional capable of developing and channeling the …
It Comes Down to He Should Say, She Should Say
I don't normally enjoy "the speech they ought to give" exercises, as the speech they do give is often dull enough. But this election night is special, and it's worth perusing former …
Speechwriters Wanted
Per usual, many of these jobs come from Dana Rubin, chief of the New York Speechwriters Roundtable. —ed. Facebook is looking for a speechwriter/presentation storyteller who is “passionate about creative …
The spooky side of stories
One of the few downsides of being immersed in rhetorical theory every day all day is that the amorality of it gets on your clothing, and you have to wash …
Rhetorical Recap: Entertainer First, American Second
Before the third and final debate, while Hillary Clinton prepared in relative quiet, Donald Trump prematurely and immaturely protested the fairness of the election, lashed out at faithless Republicans from …
“We Speechwriters Don’t Get No Respect”
Vital Speeches rhetoric editor Neil Hrab dug up a fine 1983 Washington Post essay, “We Speechwriters Don’t Get No Respect.” The late longtime speechwriter William Gavin’s piece, which contends that …