by Rob Cottingham | Feb 12, 2006 | Blogging, Conferences and workshops, Technology
Mark at Notes from a Teacher: Mark on Media caught the session I led at Northern Voice yesterday on social change. With all three other panelists unable to attend, I was alone on stage. We were hoping to bring in one of the absent panelists, Marnie Webb, by Skype, but... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 10, 2006 | Speechwriting
If you’ve come to this page, chances are good that you attended my session at the Ragan Speechwriter’s Conference on February 10, 2006 in Washington, DC. And you’re probably looking for the notes from my presentation. Well, you can download... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 9, 2006 | Conferences and workshops, Speechwriting
Former Clinton speechwriter David Kusnet kicked the main conference off with a keynote that suggested we’re all about to lose our jobs. Okay, not exactly. But if he’s right, we’ll be doing the job of speechwriting a lot differently in the future.... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 8, 2006 | Conferences and workshops, Speechwriting
If the pre-conference session is any indication, this is going to be a terrific conference. Tack Cornelius, a 22-year veteran of the speechwriting game in the political and corporate arenas, just wrapped three advice-packed hours. He conveyed an abiding passion for... by Rob Cottingham | Feb 6, 2006 | Politics
Members of the federal Liberal B.C. caucus may have been surprised by a deafening clap of thunder in the wee hours of the morning. It was sound of air rushing in to fill the void suddenly vacated by David Emerson: once a member of the party’s B.C. dream team,...