Speechwriter, Respect Thyself
A PSA member had a principal he loved, who recently resigned the position. Still a sought-after speaker, the erstwhile boss asked the speechwriter to quote him a rate for freelance …
AFL-CIO needs speechwriters
The AFL-CIO is looking to fill two speechwriter-heavy roles—director of speechwriting and publications, and senior editorial and speechwriter.
Speechwriting, right or wrong
A phone call last week with a speechwriter who's looking for her next job. She said she's only written speeches for Republicans in her career, but she's a registered independent …
Speechwriting jobs, coast to coast
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand seeks a speechwriter to handle “speeches, op/eds, statements, congressional testimony and related materials on a wide breadth of topics” for the senator and legislative team. Contact [email protected]. …
The Ear and The Eye (Both Men)
Maybe debates get noisy at academic conferences, but it's not at all common to hear raised voices at a gathering of professional speechwriters, perhaps because the stakes are too high. …
It’s All a Show, People!
"Speak it, Ricky," spake a professional communicator friend on Facebook. She was praising Golden Globes Awards' hired badboy emcee Ricky Gervais for having directed honorees, "If you win, come up, …
Six speechwriting jobs
Cox Enterprises seeks a project manager, executive communications. “On a given day, you may craft a briefing document for our CEO, compose talking points for an EVP or build an …
Study Confirms What Every Parishioner Knows
Just as most speakers shouldn’t go more than 20 minutes, most preachers should wrap up sooner than they do. A study of the average length of Christian sermons showed they …
Speech pulls in big bucks for speaker’s hard-up hometown
If you ever doubt the material good that a speech can do when a speaker meets a moment and a need: At this writing, more than $400,000 has been donated …
Career Advice, from Kurt Vonnegut
Did you know that Kurt Vonnegut once worked in PR for G.E.? In a letter to his father, he described it as “this goddamn nightmare job,” and he quit it …