by Rob Cottingham | Sep 8, 2015 | Speechwriting
You’ve written the speech, and it has everything: moving anecdotes, a few telling facts, a gripping narrative, a rousing call to action and a conclusion that will have your speaker’s audience on their feet. (Clapping, not leaving. Important distinction there.)... 
by Rob Cottingham | Sep 5, 2015 | Everything Else
At age 16, my first experience volunteering on my own was heading down to Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park.It was the home of Project 4000, an initiative spearheaded by the city’s newly elected mayor, Marion Dewar:Canada had a quota of 8,000 Southeast Asian... 
by Rob Cottingham | Sep 3, 2015 | Speechwriting
Even the most interesting topic can be rendered inert by the simple application of a dull speech. Audiences are human, and they crave a little drama along with their intellectual content.Nobody knows drama better than Nancy Duarte, famous for her concept of the STAR...
