SpeechList Issue #6: When NOT to give a speech
Issue 6 – May 23, 2006 IN THIS ISSUE… Opening words Feature article: Seven reasons not to give a speech Reports from Ragan Reading list This issue’s tip Subscribing, unsubscribing and passing along the news 1. Opening words Between a flurry of...Liberal leadership web round-up #1: online, it’s barely a race
While various political bloggers have been batting candidates back and forth for several months now, the Liberal candidates themselves have so far – with one or two notable exceptions – given cyberspace a wide berth. Several declared candidates have no visible...Next April 1st, not so much with the fooling
You didn’t have to look too far on April 1st to find examples of web sites playing practical jokes on their readers. And you didn’t have to look much farther to find examples of readers who were getting mighty tired of the practical jokes. 2006 may go down...When you should stay the hell away from the podium
Funny: in February, I led off a presentation at the Ragan Speechwriter’s Conference with the story of how Bob Rae was booed loudly (and embarrassingly) at the Skydome when he appeared to congratulate the Blue Jays on winning the World Series. Now the same thing...Lives gone in a Flash
Via Shel Holtz, here’s a highly compelling use of Macromedia’s oft-maligned Flash technology: Iraq War Coalition Fatalities. This is one area where Flash excels – telling stories visually, in this case the loss of life among the U.S. and its allies in...
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