AROUND THE WORLD IN RHETORIC
Apr 19, 2024
Workmanlike, for the Win
Writers who want results sometimes have to mute their trumpets. It's neither fun nor easy.
EVENTS
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Speechwriting School Online
MAY - JUN 2024 -
Executive Communication Summit
JUN 25 - 27 -
Military Speechwriting Training Online
AUG 13 - 16 -
Professional Development Academy
ON DEMAND
Mar 20, 2024
We Should Abandon the Fantasy of Phasing Out Oil and Gas
Many of us have been saying for a long time that the world has been trying to transition in fog, without a compass, on a road to nowhere. Consumers increasingly agree, as transition realities bite.
Mar 18, 2024
Why Do We Still Do Gridiron Speeches, Again?
Longtime Gridiron dinner speechwriter Eric Schnure sees DC "silly season" speeches as an antidote to the bitterness of our current politics.
Mar 06, 2024
What Drew Me to the Game?
"What draws you to your favorite song, your favorite book? It's what makes you feel. The seriousness of it. The intensity of it."
Feb 21, 2024
Why I Refuse to Quit
"We don’t anoint kings in this country. We have elections. And Donald Trump, of all people, should know we don’t rig elections."
Jan 17, 2024
This Is a Time to Build Trust
"It has never been more important for the public and private sector to create new connective tissue, because none of these challenges respects borders, they each require collaboration."
Jan 15, 2024
Speechwriting, for Ill
The vengeful pen behind “segregation forever” and “The Outlaw Josey Wales.”
VITAL SPEECHES OF RECENT WEEKS
Many of us have been saying for a long time that the world has been trying to transition in fog, without a compass, on a road to nowhere. Consumers increasingly agree, as transition realities bite.
"What draws you to your favorite song, your favorite book? It's what makes you feel. The seriousness of it. The intensity of it."
"We don’t anoint kings in this country. We have elections. And Donald Trump, of all people, should know we don’t rig elections."
"It has never been more important for the public and private sector to create new connective tissue, because none of these challenges respects borders, they each require collaboration."
If Israel wants its Arab neighbors to make the tough decisions necessary to help ensure its lasting security, Israeli leaders will have to make hard decisions themselves.
"In unity and solidarity, we will walk the new path that the UAE Consensus has set for the world. … And together, we will secure the future of this beautiful planet for the many generations to come."
"I hope I’ve convinced you that polarization poses a risk. I hope I've convinced you that it deserves our attention. I hope I've also made the case that the solution can be bottom up."
"You can vigorously oppose Israel's response following the attack on their people, but still be vigorously opposed to terrorism, Hamas, anti-Semitism, and hate in all of its forms."
"For 75 years, Israel has stood as the ultimate guarantor of security of Jewish people around the world so that the atrocities of the past could never happen again. And let there be no doubt: The United States has Israel’s back."
“The goal of the present war against Ukraine is to turn our land, our people, our lives, our resources into a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order."