Speechwriters, do you have colleagues you’re ashamed of?

Recently communication consultant Shel Holtz had a blog post about the worst practices in the PR businessโ€”whisper campaigns, phony front organizations and the like.

โ€œIโ€™m ashamed for my profession that such practices continue,โ€ Holtz wrote. โ€œBut itโ€™s just a dark, ugly corner of the PR world. Itโ€™s not my world.โ€

Speechwriters, are there tactics you hear about at speechwriters conferences or lines you read in speeches that embarrass you?

Let’s name themโ€”right here and right nowโ€”and see if we can agree on a few “worst practices” of professional rhetoric.

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