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• Five Speechwriting Tips from one of our November CCG Lunch Speakers

  
  Capital Communicators Group — Authority: 409
  Jeff Porro, a successful speech writer and author of the story for the movie The Great Debaters, has a five step program for turning interesting executives into inspiring speakers. Here, he provides us with a few tips: Make the speech personal but not confessional. Use stories, not statistics. Find a theme and stick ...
  2 days ago

• An old trick, but it just might work

  
  Writing Boots — Authority: 425
  My chief at McMurry, Scott Accatino, e-mailed me last week to warn me that hed put a rather ginormous ad for the Cicero Speechwriting Awards on the Vital Speeches website . "You can still get the most important [editorial] stuff above the fold," he said apologetically. Clearly, Scott forgot for a moment that Im ...
  1 week ago

• Enter the Cicero Awards - Impress your Boss

  
  OnSpeechwriting — Authority: 100
  Well, its that time again. End of the year. Those of you in realcompanies and organizations are thinking of your performance reviews andwishing you had a taken the time to enter your great material in some awardscompetitions. After all, we are the silent profession. If not for awardsceremonies, how does anyone really ...
  1 week ago

• November Lunch Recap: Speechwriting

  
  Capital Communicators Group — Authority: 409
  So if you missed yesterdays lunch, you definitely missed out!! Our speakers rocked... and Ive heard nothing but rave reviews since the minute the program ended. (Heck, we practically had to kick people out because so many were hanging around chatting afterward!) As for me? I had every intention of tweeting via my ...
  1 week ago

• West Wing Writers’ dour Scottish client

  
  Professionally Speaking — Authority: 451
  The left-of-center British newspaper The Guardian has broken the news that beleaguered British Prime Minister Gordon Brown paid Washington, DC based West Wing Writers fees totaling $40,000 for speechwriting services. The most recent fee of $7,045 was paid for editing his March 4th address to the Joint Session of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can a speech really change the world?

  
  Public Speaking Advice and Commentary — Authority: 121
      I began my first book, Working the Room , with the line, “The only reason to give a speech isto change the world.”   Since thatbook came out in 2003, many people have asked me, can a speech reallychange the world?     I always answer, yes, of course a speech can change theworld .   Think of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Watch Becky Blanton’s TED Talk

  
  Six Minutes: A Public Speaking and Presentation Skills blog — Authority: 460
  Six weeks ago, we were fortunate to share Becky Blanton’s educational and inspirational story titled How to Deliver the Talk of Your Life . This was one of the most popular articles we’ve ever published on Six Minutes . The focus of her article — her TEDGlobal 2009 talk — is now available on video . ...
  3 weeks ago

• weekly writing coach: for speechwriters

  
  don't get caught news & info: communications strategies, training and content — Authority: 125
  If you write speeches--whether as a speechwriter or a speaker--check out the Cicero Speechwriting Awards from Vital Speeches of the Day. Winners will be featured at a conference next February, and entries can be made in a variety of categories , from different types or organizations and topics to special occasion ...
  3 weeks ago

• Phoenix for climate, Murray for company

  
  Writing Boots — Authority: 425
  (Yeah, Im just starting to get over myself, too.) Boots readers who know me through the executive communication world will no doubt sign up today to attend an all-new conference Im helping organize in Phoenix, February 24-25. Belows the skinny. Go here to learn more and register . *** Building and Protecting ...
  3 weeks ago

• November CCG Lunch: Speechwriting

  
  Capital Communicators Group — Authority: 409
  Its Not Just What You Say, but Also How You Say ItSome would say that the hardest task within the world of PR and communications is speechwriting. And with that in mind, this month were welcoming some veteran speechwriters to share some of the unique challenges of speechwriting as well tips of the trade.WHEN: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Book Review: The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs

  
  Professionally Speaking — Authority: 451
  The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience Steve Jobs is the exception to the rule – a corporate executive whose product introductions captivate audiences as powerfully as the best motivational speakers. He’s a college drop-out whose eloquent 2005 Stanford University ...
  4 weeks ago

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