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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Thanks to George Chartier (a Federal government speechwriter) for sending this recommendation: “If you haven’t read Alan Alda’s book, Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, (2007, Hutchinson, London ISBN 978-0-091-92106-4), I urge you to look for it. Tags: recommended books It’s in paperback now.
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Friday, November 20, 2009
Last year Chris Brogan talked about the elements of a good LinkedIn recommendation. So, this week on The Public Speaker I talk about how to write better LinkedIn recommendations. Don’t write generic recommendations that have no content or meat to them. Keep the recommendation 60-100 words.
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
don't usually suggest PowerPoint or Keynote "how-to" books, but instead recommend reading books from various design and communication fields to stretch your knowledge and perspective. Below are ten additional books I can highly recommend; three of them I have recommended before. This is not only a book about writing.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
If you do any type of writing this is a must-have resource which features 300+ Word Trippers compiled by Barbara who started acing grammar and spelling in the 4th grade. . Tags: writing My colleague Barbara McNichol has just published her new ebook titled Word Trippers. lie — clinch vs. clench, etc.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
When I first started writing speeches, I struggled to know how many words to write for a speech of a given length. Now I have learned that I typically speak at an average of 80-100 words per minute when presenting in public and so I can quickly calculate how many words I need to write i.e. Good luck. Gavin.
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Friday, August 28, 2009
My recommendations to the new managing editor: Shorten pieces, use fewer brandname writers. 0160; Tags: Writing Exempt from the McKinsey and Company inquisition at Conde Nast, THE NEW YORK seems to be fixing itself. 0160; It will now have a 26-year-old as its new managing editor. 0160; She's Amelia Lester.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
0160; But, let's hope that management consulting firm McKinsey, which is now on-board advising the media high-flyer, can come up with recommendations that save a bit more than that and bring the company into the digital age. Tags: Writing Things keep looking worse for the future of WIRED.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
True professionals are justifiably proud of their ability to write in a speaker’s voice. Ted Sorensen: JFK’s Counselor Ted Sorensen, JFK’s speechwriter and counselor, declined to write speeches for anyone else after he left the White House. He states that he could not write for “a stranger calling me up on the phone.”
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
That said, I recommend that Wally Lamb should take a break from writing for a while. 0160; It has to be monitored and protected, particularly from the need to write. 0160; Often we writers feel that compulsion to write when that's the last thing we ought to be doing to shake ourselves loose from our demons.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Conde Nast has begun acting on the recommendations of management consulting firm McKinsey and Company. Tags: Writing 0160; The first shoe to drop is the axing of four publications: GOURMET, COOKIE, MODERN BRIDE, and ELEGANT BRIDE. 0160; For now, rumor has it THE NEW YORKER is safe from cost-cutting.
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