Speechwriters and bloggers
Astute observers (or obsessed visitors with too much time on their hands) will notice a new section of my blogroll: speechwriters. It’s a small section so far, but I’ll add more as I stumble across them. And if you know of any speechwriting blogs, let me...Growing up gay-friendly
Fellow parents, if you’re wondering how you can help your child grow up to be a little less afflicted by homophobia than the current generation, you’ll want to read this guest entry at Lawrence Lessig’s blog, Love, Family, and Fairness, or How to...RIP George Watts
From CBC BC: Influential B.C. First Nations leader George Watts has died. Watts suffered heart failure Tuesday night in Nanaimo. He was the founding leader of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council and is known for helping close a residential school in Port Alberni. I...Ex-extinct
I think I must have been nine years old when my parents gave me my first bird book: How to Know the Birds, by Roger Tory Peterson. I was hooked, and I got as many bird books from the library as I could. One of those early tomes — maybe the Peterson book, maybe...Post-post-modern
A watershed has been reached, a corner turned, a new chapter begun. Holders of arts degrees, you may hold your heads high once more. You may remember the scandal of a few years ago when NYU physics prof Alan Sokal submitted a hoax paper to the journal Social Text....
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.
