Nick Hawton - Virtual Speechwriting
The UK Speechwriters' Guild / European Speechwriter Network held its 20th conference at Emanuel College, Cambridge, from 30 March - 1 April 2022. Speakers included Terry Szuplat, Amélie Crosson, Matt ...
4 Apr 202219min
Speechwriting in the Time of Covid
Brian Jenner's address to the Professional Speechwriters Association on Tuesday 20 October 2020
20 Okt 20209min
How to sell like a market trader
Brian Jenner describes the sales tactics of market stall traders and explains their key insights into human psychology.
30 Aug 20208min
Quentin Skinner and the history of speechwriting
The distinguished intellectual historian Quentin Skinner has written books on Shakespeare, Thomas Hobbes and Machiavelli. He examines their 'humanist' education - a 'humanist' education basically invo...
24 Jul 20208min
How can I train my sons to get to the top of politics?
If you're an ambitious parent, like the father of the Kennedy dynasty, and you want to get your children into politics, how would you guide them?
24 Jul 20209min
The Immoral Techniques of Dr Max Atkinson
Dr Max Atkinson was a pioneering researcher into how political speakers got audiences to applaud. He wrote a book that revealed how by using the techniques you could get audiences to applaud irrespec...
24 Jul 20208min
Melanie Dunn - Hiding pride and packing a punch - the privilege and paradox of being a speechwriter
The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, P...
30 Sep 201914min
Kevin Toolis - Princess Diana and the 'catastrophe' speech
The European Speechwriter Network had its 19th conference at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, on 26 and 27 September 2019. The speakers included Melanie Dunn, Kevin Toolis, Antonia Fleischmann, P...
30 Sep 201925min
