Vital Speeches

Oversee editorial, speaking and content.

Why should more African Americans become speechwriters? Asked and answered by six black scribes.

Verizon needs two exec comms pros, Mortgage Bankers Association needs a senior public affairs specialist.

"In a world of political despondency and apathy ... people who still care and want to make a difference, no matter how hard that might be or how long it might take." 2019 PSA World Conference Report.

QOMPLX is hiring for two positions.

Don't call yourself a communicator, and then write like a troll. Not in this political atmosphere, anyway.

Speechwriting firm seeks an associate and a director.

Why has robust debate died in professional communication circles? Did we stop caring, or did we stop daring?

She seeks volunteers.

After the Business Roundtable's rethink and several CEO sackings—this is the biggest opening for exec comms philosophers in a generation.

To handle speeches and other materials for the university president.

A speechwriter points out that the speech isn't "rhetorically interesting." I think he means it isn't "linguistically interesting."

“I was unable to own my Judaism, but unable to disown it either. So, I mainly ignored it." But not forever.

CEOs signed a statement greatly expanding the purpose of corporations. What does it really mean? Speechwriters will help to decide.

Guy Snodgrass wrote a book about his time as speechwriter for Defense Secretary James Mattis; the Pentagon is slowing its release.

Home Depot, McKesson, Booz Allen, Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Association of American Medical Colleges are all hiring.

The Political Speechwriter's Companion, now out in a greatly expanded and updated second edition, belongs at every scribe's side.

A simple evaluation tool helps you score speeches based on key criteria.

Washington Post's theater reviewer evaluates stage presence of major Democratic presidential candidates—and speechwriters are the richer for it.

One-year gig involves supporting SVP and president of a major Minneapolis-based retailer.

Mass Mutual, Lockheed Martin, DCG Communications seek scribes.