by Rob Cottingham | Dec 7, 2011 | Social Signal, Speechwriting
Speechwriting is a notoriously solitary profession. You might have a few conversations with a client, their staff or — if you’re writing for yourself — a mirror. But a lot of your work is going to be just you, a keyboard and the unforgiving blank s…
by Rob Cottingham | Apr 5, 2009 | Politics, Speechwriting
A good friend is leaving the House of Commons for a run at the B.C. legislature. Here’s her farewell speech from April 2; in it, you’ll find a lot of what made her such a great MP: Ms. Dawn Black (New Westminster—Coquitlam, NDP): Mr. Speaker, this might be... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 30, 2008 | Communicating, Speechwriting, Technology
At the very end of a post about professional public speaking (more about Tod’s public-speaking series of posts soon – they’re fantastic, and this one is actually hilarious), Tod Maffin offers a piece of advice that just about every Mac user should take... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 8, 2008 | Politics, Speechwriting
Jokes are supposed to be a public speaker’s best friend. They break the ice, put the audience at their ease, and make you look a little more warm and human. And so they do – when they work. When they don’t… well, look at Sen. John McCain in... by Rob Cottingham | Oct 6, 2008 | Speechwriting
Thanks for dropping by. I’m using WordPress.com as my OpenID provider, but you can find a whole lot more Rob at these places:
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Social Signal, my company
Noise to Signal, my cartoon
my profiles on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Frie…
by Rob Cottingham | Jun 11, 2008 | Speechwriting
Cliff Atkinson is one of the few reasons that I haven’t unleashed a presentation-software-deletion virus on the world (the fact that I lack the programming chops to pull it off is another one) (this free e-book is a third) (the lovely Keynote is a fourth). His...
