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How is your 'guesser' guessing?
CEOs have made their living largely on appearing supremely self-assured. This is one moment when that's not the right stance.
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Three seek speechwriting help
Two exec comms manager jobs and one leadership comms internship.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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How is your 'guesser' guessing?
CEOs have made their living largely on appearing supremely self-assured. This is one moment when that's not the right stance.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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What a Speech Can Do
A Richard Nixon speech 50 years ago resurrected his career and still resounds today.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Pan American Health Organization seeks speechwriter
Write "speeches, remarks, talking points, articles, editorials ..."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Rhetorical pink slime
A CEO introduces the new corporate mission by telling an "authentic" story, from his childhood. Vital Speeches editor calls b.s.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Transform Your Communication Colleagues into Better Writers
PSA star teacher will come to your organization and teach all the communicators "How to Write EVERYTHING."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Three seek scribes
Exec comms jobs open at Duarte, University of Redlands and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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The Risk of Being Amazing
A Cicero-award winning speechwriting client tells peers: “Change your ambition. Don't try to give a ‘good’ speech. Go for outstanding.”
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Speechwriting salary/freelance rates survey underway
Make sure your circumstances are included.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Google Cloud seeks "executive keynote lead"
"You will craft narratives, build talk tracks and messaging frameworks."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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University of California seeks "director of exec comms and engagement"
That means chief speechwriter and lead strategist for President Janet Napolitano.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Preview: Obama speechwriter's memoir portrays frat-house vibe
Early review says David Litt's book reveals "bro" culture in White House Speechwriting Office.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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What Is "Thought Leadership"?
(And what has it replaced?)
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Speech Analysis: Trump in Poland
Full of psychological energy, unashamedly direct and sentimental, dashes of the unexpected.
Charles Crawford
Author, Speechwriting for Leaders
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The "H" in Abraham Stands for Communication
"The rabbi reckons—if you retain lofty wisdom to yourself when you have the power to communicate it, you commit a sin."
Brian Jenner
Founder, U.K. Speechwriter's Guild, European Speechwriter Network
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Mommy, what do you do?
Are you a speechwriter, or an executive communicator? Learn the answer, in a free PSA white paper by an exec comms veteran.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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PR pros worry White House is hurting their rep
USC Annenberg School study finds 73 percent of PR pros think White House practices impact perceptions of PR industry.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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NYC Comptroller seeks speechwriter
Must be able to "quickly produce clean, creative and targeted copy."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Irish Taoiseach taps learned scribe
Patrick Geoghegan studies 18 century oratory at Trinity College.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Writer of Reagan's Brandenburg Gate Speech Praises Trump's Oratory
What's that you say, Peter Robinson?
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Your CEO needs you
Unveiled and discussed at the CEO Communication Summit, the "CEO Communications Audit" reveals real communication confusion.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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The Serious Ones
Why do you think former speechwriters—not press secretaries, not communication directors—write such credible commentary?
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Google seeks speechwriting help
Staff writer will help communicate "the Google voice in many forms."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Oral. History.
Book Review: Historian David McCullough's new collection of speeches offers lessons for historians—and for speechwriters.
Hal Gordon
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