The Gettysburg Address was not a ceremonial speech, inevitably bound for a marble wall. It was a strategy speech, designed to “convince a very skeptical public in the north that …
Last week professional speechwriters for government officials, university presidents, corporate CEOs and nonprofit heads from around the world flocked together to find the intellectual means, the moral strength and the …
The old joke: An Irishman walked past a bar. It could happen! Well, I feel the same about philanthropic, civic-minded billionaires. It could happen! Another one bites the dust. Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, in …
It’s been a couple weeks since my company finished putting on a virtual seminar called “Executive Presence for Exec Comms Pros,” and I’m still thinking about it. Obviously, teaching about …
Following last year’s series of Standard Practice articles delving into the foundational elements of executive communications, I wondered how best to build on these basics with the next series. My mind kept …
My friendship with David Murray is almost as old as our respective adult daughters. It spans my entire career as a speechwriter and most of his second (or third) act …
I’m disappointed at the way leaders of American institutions are communicating these days. Or not communicating, as the case seems to be. I’ve been studying this phenomenon longer than most, …
The monthly Zoom calls of the Executive Communication Council are confidential, but our folks were okay with me writing up this Chatham House-discreet list of issues ID’d on a recent …
I’m always a little suspicious of Doris Kearns-Goodwin. Isn’t she a little too sunny to be a historian? Well, that’s plenty leavened by her irascible husband Dick Goodwin, the star …
The term “executive presence” didn’t exist three decades ago when I first became acquainted with the joys and sorrows of corporate executive communication professionals. But I would have made fun …
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