Ghostwriter for ire
Feb 07, 2018
Dear Caleb Breakey, I recently learned about your website, “SpeakItToBook.com,” which advertises your new quick-and-easy ghostwriting service. Speaking of books, your business reminds me of a character in a Nelson …
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 …
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My Electric Speechwriter, and Me
Aug 17, 2023
Prologue, Post-Dated, August 24, 2023 I wrote the piece below before I spoke with the Dutch founders of the speechwriting app Verble, Devin van den Berg and Victor Straatman. In …
Blank page, blue sky
Apr 08, 2015
I get it on the golf course every time I'm paired with a stranger. There's a wait on the fourth tee, and the guy says, "So what do you do …
Free newsletter offers fuel for speeches
Oct 13, 2009
Legendary “Quote, Unquote” BBC show host now offers free PDF newsletter full of novel stuff for use in speeches
BOOK REVIEW: Confessions of a public speaker
Dec 01, 2009
Speaking coach and speechwriter Mike Landrum says book doesn’t live up to its promising title. Not by a long shot.
This Is Why We Created the Executive Communication Awards
May 16, 2023
It wasn’t long ago, when “executive communications” mostly meant helping leaders say the things they were expected to say, on the appointed day, in the usual way. Today’s exec comms …
“The reason I called you all together” … is emotional, not intellectual
Jun 29, 2012
“Ladies and gentlemen, the reason I called you all together this evening …” —Thomas Murray, my dad, at the beginning of every family dinner Okay, people, I’m sharpening my argument …