The Upside of a Tribe

Oct 29, 2024

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 …

To Unify Korea, Peacefully

Apr 01, 2014

Professor Hans Mueller-Steinhagen, former Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere, students and faculty members of the Dresden University of Technology, ladies and gentlemen. It is my great pleasure to visit this …

Exec comms jobs great and small

Aug 13, 2019

Nissan seeks a corporate narrative and executive communications manager. The company describes the France-based job this way: “Overseeing the company’s corporate narrative, you will serve as the reference point in Nissan …

She Scared the Hell Out of Me (and Made Me Better)

Feb 27, 2023

My former boss died February 18, after battling an aggressive cancer for less than a year.  She was brilliant and dedicated and selfless, and had terrifyingly high standards. I respected …

University of Michigan seeks exec comms chief

Sep 25, 2019

The University of Michigan looking for a director of executive communications to “organize, research and draft speeches, presentations, talking points, social media, scripts and background materials for the President of the …

Speechwriters to Africa: A Rhetorical Adventure

Sep 25, 2019

In my lucky life I have ridden shotgun to a rookie pilot on a small plane over the Grand Canyon, driven a brakeless International Harvester truck across the United States …

Five speechwriter-shaped slots

Oct 14, 2014

Charles Schwab in Phoenix seeks an executive communications director. "Draft external communications (keynote speeches, client presentations, industry panel talking points, by-liners, etc.) for the EVP of the Advisor Services business …