The Telus firewall
While Telus cries foul over cable-cutting in its labour dispute, the company has been snipping a few virtual wires of its own. …Specifically, the connections leading to at least two web sites critical of the company. If you want to check out their perspective,...Help wanted.
As Rick Mercer points out, one of the top speechwriting gigs in the country is up for grabs: The writing fraternity in Canada is abuzz with talk that the Prime Minister’s speechwriter, Scott Feschuck, has decided to vacate his post. This means that for the first...Vancouver Courier on Rob on speechwriting
The Vancouver Courier has a big front-page article by Brandon Yip on speechwriting, interviewing folks like Tim Porteous (who wrote for Pierre Trudeau during those heady early years at the end of the 1960s), Libby Davies, Bill Vander Zalm, Hedy Fry, and recovering...The Hotel Tea Drinker’s Manifesto
Friends! Tannin-stained comrades! The time has come to rise up and overthrow the shackles of half-assed hotel tea! We have gone from conference to conference, month after month, year after year. We have choked down stale mini-croissants, poked at soggy and lifeless...SpeechList Issue 2:
5 kinds of jokes that don’t work… and 5 kinds that do
Here’s Issue #2 of SpeechList, the speechwriting newsletter. You can get a copy fresh and a few days early in your inbox by clicking here to subscribe. SPEECHLIST: WRITING TO BE HEARD Issue 2 – July 5, 2005 by Rob Cottingham Front page mail: rob at...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
