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 …
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.
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 …
Communicators, Why Are We Here?
Feb 12, 2025
From Gary Sheffer: Since I delivered this speech to the Page Society in September 2024, changes in society make my words seem somewhat quaint. In my remarks, I exhorted my peers …
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 …
Resume writing for executives
Feb 28, 2009
How to craft a document that’ll get you in the door and off the job market.
3D Public Servants
Apr 22, 2020
Hi, I’m Mary Daly, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. And welcome to the presentation “3D Public Servants: The Courage to Be Human.” We had …
Mommy, where do great speeches come from?
Aug 21, 2012
Winston Churchill’s came from thinking, searching, talking, revising, typing and rehearsing in the bathtub.