Let’s Make This a Year of Action
Jan 29, 2014
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to …
If Congress Kills This Deal
Aug 05, 2015
It is a great honor to be back at American University, which has prepared generations of young people for service and public life. I want to thank President Kerwin and …
Resources
Whitepapers & Studies In-depth information on speechwriting and leadership communication, from the Professional Speechwriters Association. Available Training Links Below are some useful links for speechwriters. Additional resources available for members …
Rhetorical Recap: You’ve Got a Friend
Apr 15, 2020
We’ve lost hold of the anchoring and orienting forms by which we connect to politics. Guess who to the rescue, for Democrats at least. The day after Bernie Sanders endorsed …
A Union of Vitality in a World of Fragility
Sep 16, 2020
Dear President, Honourable Members, One of the most courageous minds of our times, Andrei Sakharov – a man so admired by this House – always spoke of his unshakeable belief in …
Writers of the Lost Art: A Locknote Address on the Future of Speechwriting
Oct 19, 2022
Thank you, Jo Ann, and David. It’s nice to be back together after two years of virtual conferences brought on by the pandemic and still be able to have many …
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 …
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.
Canadian speechmaking: oxymoron!
Jul 10, 2014
What’s the “state of speechwriting” in your country? Chances are, stronger than in Canada, according to Ottawa writer John Phillips, who recently explained in a blog post “Why Canada has …
Speechwriter dies, but his truth lives on
Sep 03, 2014
Editor's Note: Former Nelson Rockefeller speechwriter Joseph Persico died Saturday at 84. As the obits said, this scribe (and historian) literally had his words etched in granite. He was chosen …