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Have you ever heard of the "Rivers of Blood" speech?
Given 50 years ago today, the notorious speech was rebroadcast this week, by the BBC—controversially.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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One last change ...
Speechwriters hate speakers who fiddle with the speech until the last minute. Know who they hate worse? Speakers who don't.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Speechwriters needed in Chicago
McDonald's, and an Illinois political candidate both need scribes.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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What Are They Putting in Speeches These Days?
"Riveting"? "Raw"? "Powerful and personal"? The winners of the 2018 Cicero Speechwriting Awards aren't your grandfather's speeches.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Speaking of privacy ...
Ex-Facebook speechwriter publishes an account of a meeting she had with Mark Zuckerberg seven years ago. That's just not done.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Pepsi, Third Way seek speechwriters ...
... and a college application consultant thinks speechwriters can help high school seniors with their college essays.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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A speech is a "tone poem"
A Poet Laureate and two White House speechwriters talk about the connection between speechwriting and poetry.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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LPL Financial seeks exec comms pro
Contribute speeches, message points, thought leadership.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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What's so special about the PSA World Conference?
He had the gall to ask for "some perspectives"—on the conference I founded! I offered mine ...
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Rhetorical Recap: At the March for Our Lives Rally, What Was Said and What Was Not
"We await the voice of someone who can address not just the fallen and the traumatized but the ready and the responsible."
Michael Cornfield
Associate Professor of Political Management, George Washington University
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How to Write a Vital Speech
The speechwriter recommends that you be a humble servant, a good student and a sincere believer in the speaker and the cause.
Lech Mintowt-Czyz
Senior Speechwriter, Shell
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Artificial intelligence recreates the speech JFK never delivered
JFK was to deliver it at the Dallas Trade Mart, Nov. 22, 1963. Some engineers recreated it from "phonetic units."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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There's applause—and then there's applause
The continuum of clapping.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Why I (Finally) Like Speeches
Vital Speeches publisher and PSA founder David Murray did not always love speeches. In fact, he is still acquiring the taste.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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San Diego State seeks scribe
Presidential speechwriter will double as chief communication counsel.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Speechwriter: It's you I like
In which PSA chief David Murray realizes speechwriters aren't just agreeable customers—they're the only conceivable customers.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Registration opens for 2018 PSA World Conference
Leaders, speechwriters, rhetoric scholars and exec comms pros convene to get more, and give more.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Women, speaking
To celebrate International Women's Day, speechwriter Felicity Barber shares five examples of women making waves in public speaking.
Felicity Barber
Executive Speech Writer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
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Three professional rhetoric posts
Hilton and Nokia seek speechwriters, and University of Chicago seeks a "senior lecturer in public speaking."
Professional Speechwriters Association
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Speechwriters launch "Bipodisan" podcast
Former Republican and Democratic White House scribes host a weekly conversation "That's Red and Blue Without the Black and Blue."
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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... and now, rapper
The mild-mannered founder of the UK Speechwriters Guild was inspired by "Hamilton" to write a rap promoting his own business.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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Three firms seek speechwriting help
The Wonderful Company, Facebook and the Edison Electric Institute are looking for speechwriters.
Professional Speechwriters Association
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AI, and you
Public speakers may soon use technology to know with mind-boggling degrees of precision what is likely to work with an audience.
Charles Crawford
Author, Speechwriting for Leaders
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Speeches: As irreplaceable as they are inefficient
Speeches are appropriate for a smaller number of purposes. But for those purposes, speeches are essential.
David Murray
Editor, Vital Speeches of the Day
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