Do you honestly believe this?
These good-for-nothing post-millennials! Some undergrads at Georgetown run a speechwriting agency in order to get practice writing pro bono speeches for nonprofits. The group's members show up at the crack …
Rhetorical Recap: A Monotone of Righteous Anger
Bernie Sanders was the first 2016 candidate of note to return for 2020. Apart from the president, he may be the only one. So what is new and what remains …
KPIs, for a speechwriter?
A speechwriter wants to know—because his HR department wants to know—what are key performance indicators for speechwriters? Veteran Dow Chemical exec comms chief Fletcher Dean—also director of the PSA’s Speechwriting School—has …
Rhetorical Recap: Green Lantern
The sun was out, announced Washington State governor Jay Inslee as he took the stage, a good sign for a campaign with the slogan “Our Moment” and a singular devotion …
Why Do We Still Give Speeches?
Last month I was humble-bragging on social media about this gig in the Dominican Republic, and some people have been pedantic enough to ask me what it was that I …
Illinois governor doubles key staffers’ salaries out of own pocket
Government speechwriing jobs could become more lucrative, if new Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker’s unprecedented new practice prevails. The billionaire is using his own money to double the state salaries of about 20 key staffers. …
BP, Platinum Equity seek speechwriters
Platinum Equity seeks a vice president, executive communications to “lead all internal and external communications” for its founder Tom Gores, who is also a prominent philanthropist and owner of the Detroit …
A Beautiful Meeting
A professional conference is daunting to describe and, unless it has been a comical disaster, depressing to read about. So I’ll neither go on long nor try to tell you …
Five seek scribes
The Chicago-based American Dental Association seeks a senior manager of speechwriting and leadership communications to work “directly with the organization’s Executive Director and President to elevate ADA’s reputation and brand among …
Far from a Paradise
February is Black History Month, so it is appropriate for VSOTD to take note of a speech that is regarded as one of the greatest speeches in African-American history—particularly since …