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Trust Deficit: A Challenge We Must Face Even After Economy Grows Strong
Address by SUSAN C. KEATING, President and CEO, National Foundation for Credit Counseling. Delivered to the Belizean Grove social club, Miami, Fla., Jan. 28, 2010.

Speechwriter's Grist for the Mill
"Writing for the Ear," taken to the extreme
Nobody should appreciate this old Victor Borge gag on "phonetic punctuation" more than speechwriters.

Speechwriter's Grist for the Mill
Americans at their best
Speechwriters looking to capture American empathy and spiritual generosity will find lots of it in a new collection of condolence letters to Jackie Kennedy.

On Leadership Communication
Are your leaders leading? Here's how to know for sure
Executive communication and leadership guru Brent Filson gives 27 questions to consider.

Trends, Techniques and Tips
VIDEO: How body language works, and how to make it work for you
Top-flight speaking coach Tom Mucciolo offers his usual fascinating analysis of what our body language communicates (whether we know it or not)

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FAA seeks well-rounded leadership communicator
Administrator and Deputy Administrator need help with everything from speeches to articles to social media content.

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Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
How to write, sell, and market a business book - I
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:25 pm


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What Makes Most Admired Tick?
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:05 pm
   At Grand Central, I bought a copy of the latest Fortune  with the World's Most Admired Companies survey in it. I was checking out the feature because I found it easier to look at the list in the magazine than online.

TEDTalks (video)
TEDTalks : Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish - Dan Barber (2010)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:00 am
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.

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All rhetoric aside … this guy does speechwriters’ image no favors
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:58 am


Podium Pundits
Time to Put Away Domestic Summits
Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:33 pm
The Obama White House seems to have two answers for every big communications challenge. The first, a presidential speech. The second, a domestic summit. We can debate later why the President’s speeches have stopped persuading the public.

Presentation Zen
Jamie Oliver calls for all-out assault on our ignorance of food
Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:33 pm


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March 10, 2010, 6:58 AM
All rhetoric aside ... this guy does speechwriters' image no favors
March 8, 2010, 8:48 AM
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March 4, 2010
INTERVIEW: On How to Teach Speakers How to Be Charismatic

Hilari Weinstein says she’s more than a speaking coach—she’s an authenticity coach, who teaches speakers how to find their own magnetism. We give her a good grilling. (6 min.)

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