Hollywood is “sorority racist”
Mar 02, 2016
Man, I counted at least 15 black people on that montage. I’m here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards. You realize if they nominated …
The World Is Not Unfolding As It Should
Feb 14, 2011
Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman declares “International Justice in Crisis.”
A Union That Stands Strong Together
Sep 21, 2022
Madam President, Honourable Members, My fellow Europeans, Never before has this Parliament debated the State of our Union with war raging on European soil. We all remember that fateful morning …
Investor Relations: These days, it’s one tough call
Apr 10, 2011
From the script to Q&A: a communicator’s proper role in preparing the CEO and CFO for the quarterly earnings call.
Speechwriter wants to form speechwriting group in Chicago
Oct 06, 2009
Washington has a speechwriters roundtable and so does New York. Why not Chicago? asks Allstate’s Chris Close.
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 …
Ich bin ein speechwriter
Sep 18, 2012
When the staff was stumped, a reporter turned into a speechwriter, on the spot.
Self-Awareness for Exec Comms Pros (or Selves Awareness, More Like)
Jul 25, 2023
Every corporate communications role requires lots of emotional intelligence, self-awareness. But surely none requires more interpersonal athleticism than that of the executive communicator, who must fluidly navigate a huge range …
Israel Must Be a Partner to Palestinian Leaders
Jan 10, 2024
This is my fourth trip to Israel since the horrific Hamas attacks of October 7th, so I’m here just over three months – 95 days – since those attacks occurred. …
Speechwriter-shaped holes for speechwriter-shaped pegs
Jun 17, 2015
Courtesy as usual of Dana Rubin, chief of the New York Speechwriters Roundtable. Upstate New York-based Corning is looking for a presentation specialist in executive communications: “a creative and strategic thinker …