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Tips for Speechwriters (and Other Communications Professionals): Getting Your Speaker to Deliver the Speech that You’ve Written — Part 2

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

A few weeks ago, I posted the first in a series of five tips I’m offering to help speechwriters build stronger relationships with their speakers in order to help their speakers become more effective at delivering their messages.  At least some of these tips can probably help out other communications professionals who may be focused […]

Tips for Speechwriters (and Other Communications Professionals): Getting Your Speaker to Deliver the Speech that You’ve Written — Part 1

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

A few years ago, I was asked to write a piece for the Washington Speechwriters Roundtable about the frustrations of writing a speech only to watch your speaker go off the page and, more often than not, bomb.  So, I thought I’d take a little time to update that piece and to share a few […]