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Some good advice for speechwriters

April 8, 2011

Want to write more speeches for existing clients? Want to get new speechwriting clients?

Serendipity is only part of it, according to Sandra Yin, a writer based in Maryland and a colleague of mine.

Sandra recently interviewed me and four other speechwriters from across the United States and in the United Kingdom about how to break into speechwriting.

She shares plenty of secrets and tips in this April 7 Washington Speechwriters Roundtable story.

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Just do it

February 17, 2010

Today a colleague who’s working on her Ph.D. sent me a panicky e-mail.

For the last week or so, she’d been conducting a brief survey on LinkedIn to gather data to assist with her Ph.D. research. Apparently at least three people she was counting on to answer her survey – after all, they said they would! – blew her off.

“How unprofessional!” she wrote to me, worried about a last-minute scramble. Could I recommend a few folks knowledgeable about her topic who might be willing to help?

I felt her pain. How many times have I needed help with an urgent problem or question on deadline and turned to my colleagues for assistance? (Lots!) (more…)

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