Election night sketchbook
My election night doodling. Just click for full-size images in glorious grey!
Poll cats
To take your mind off the upcoming U.S. presidential election, I give you cats. But I can’t promise it’ll work.
A small request
I’m asking Fox News, who are the worst offenders, but also any reporter: please don’t say “Some people say…” when what you really mean is “The point I personally want to make is…”
They had binders at Bain, too
From 2010, good advice on joke-writing in speeches
From How political speechwriters do comedy. – Slate Magazine: Which brings us to the third rule: Use jokes as damage control. Clinton never made light of the Lewinsky scandal directly. But in 1999, he started off his WHCD speech by somberly noting that had the Senate’s impeachment vote gone another way, he wouldn’t be standing here today. … Keep reading →
Just because you have numbers doesn’t mean you have insight
One of the most seductive things about social media is the way it allows us to quantify things. I have more friends than she does – I must be more popular. That blog post got more hits than this one, so that one’s more effective. We have more Twitter…
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.
