Vital Speeches

He listens to rock when he wants to inject passion, classical when he wants to feel smart.

Junior/mid-level scribe will learn a lot by doing a lot.

President Donald J. Trump, State of the Union Address Washington, DC, February 4, 2020

Democratic Washington Governor needs someone to handle speeches and other content.

Black (Rhetorical) History Month: A speechwriter's view of Booker T. Washington's controversial "Atlanta Compromise" speech.

Alan M. Dershowitz for the Defense Senate Impeachment Trial, January 27, 2020

In a climate of maximum anxiety and minimum science, some speaking coaches run veritable traveling medicine shows.

Craft speeches, presos, talking points and letters for officers of the Chicago-based group.

Two scribes sought.

A speechwriter told me she'll write for a Republican or a Democrat, and it took me back to a kinder, gentler time.

Senator Kristen Gillibrand seeks a scribe, and Levi Strauss looks for an exec comms director

A short story that only a speechwriter could appreciate.

Cox Enterprises, the American Council of Life Insurers, Booz Allen, Brown University, Disneyland Paris and Paladin are all hiring.

Some preachers go on too long.

Heisman Trophy winner uses acceptance speech to focus attention on southeast Ohio kids who "go home to not a lot of food on the table."

A speechwriter must care: for your client, for your colleagues, for your organization, for your industry, for your craft or for your cause.

Ted Sorensen never stopped sharpening his tools.

A lively, useful book "focused on a difficult aspect of executive communications with which every speechwriter wrestles."

"Someone with the proven ability to capture an executive's voice."

A (rave) review of leadership communication guru Tim Pollard's new book, "Mastering the Moment: Perfecting the Skills and Processes of Exceptional Presentation Delivery."