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9th Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference - 23 & 24 October, De Burcht, Amsterdam.

9th Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference - 23 & 24 October, De Burcht, Amsterdam.

9th Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference - 23 & 24 October, De Burcht, Amsterdam.

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford. Bob Lehrman is a novelist, teacher, and speechwriter for dozens of Democratic political figures including Vice President Al Gore. He’s author of The Political Speechwriter’s Companion (CQPress 2009).

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford. David is a consultant at the Tetra-Strategy PR agency. He spent several years at the Israeli Embassy in London, as the chief communications adviser to Ambassador Ron Prosor, providing round the clock counsel during a number of high-profile international incidents and gaining valuable experience of crisis communications and international affairs. He previously worked in television, as a comedy writer with performers including BBC character comic Lee Nelson. He will be speaking about how to be funny and diplomatic.

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford. Sam is the author of four books, most recently You Talkin' To Me? Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama. He writes a column in the Financial Times about public speaking, called 'The Art of Persuasion' and also contributes to the Evening Standard and Prospect as well as reviewing books for the Guardian, Spectator and TLS. His presentation will be: What The Romans Did For Us: How classical rhetoric can help you write better speeches.

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford. Willi is a founder member of the German speechwriters association, Verband der Redenschreiber deutscher Sprache, launched in 1998 by the former speechwriter to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, Thilo von Trotha. A trained journalist, he changed to public relations in 1968, working in managerial positions at British Airways, Lufthansa and EADS in Germany. In 1990 he became speechwriter to the newly elected Lufthansa CEO, assisting him to implement the airline’s major transformation and privatization process in the nineties. Speeches for executives of a variety of industries such as furniture, pharmaceutical, logistics, airports and a business development authority have been part of his freelance work as a communications consultant. As a “VRdS envoy”, he will train a spotlight on speechwriting traditions in his country together with the aims and purpose of his association.

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford. Caroline’s role as Chief of Staff to Deloitte’s global Chairman, Steve Almond, involves preparing speeches, presentations and detailed research briefings on a wide variety of subjects encompassing sport to economics to world politics, and just about everything in between. Prior to taking on this role, Caroline was Chief of Staff and speechwriter to Deloitte’s former CEO and global Chairman, John Connolly. She also writes speeches & articles for Deloitte’s current CEO, David Sproul. Caroline has lectured on several prestigious degree courses, including City University’s BA Journalism, and has an MA in US Studies. She will be speaking about the challenges of making global accountancy a compelling subject.

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford. Jens is professor of rhetoric and visual communication at University of Bergen (Norway). He has written extensively about rhetoric, speech making, speech writing and powerpoint-presentations. He is president of the Rhetoric Society of Europe and co-founder and longtime chief editor of the research journal Rhetorica Scandinavia. For more than 15 years Kjeldsen has done speech writing courses and rhetorical consultant work for CEOs, political parties, and for most of the Norwegian ministries, including Ministry of Trade and Industry and The Office of the Prime Minister. Jens will be asking what's the point of speaking today, in the age of internet, social media, interviews and a constant shrinking of audience attention span? He will encourage speechwriters to reflect on the fundamentals of what they do: What's the point of speeches - and speechwriting?

Speechwriters & Business Communicators Conference 2014, Thursday, 3 April 2014, Oxford.

Former speechwriter for Lord Ashdown and author of the definitive work on preparing speeches, Lend Me Your Ears, Max Atkinson pioneered academic research into effective political speechwriting. He was formerly a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford and has held visiting professorships at the Henley Management College and other universities in Europe and the USA. He has estimated that poor PowerPoint presentations cost the UK £7.8 billion a year.

A controversial talk by Christian Nicholas Eversbusch Christian holds a MA in Rhetoric and German from The University of Copenhagen and works as a speechwriter at Rhetor, Copenhagen, DK, where he also teaches speechwriting to public servants, government officials and many others. His presentation is titled: Hitler's Rhetoric - pure evil or cunning craftsmanship?

Chris Witt is a speech consultant and coach based in San Diego, California. He has more than 25 years of professional speaking experience, working primarily with leaders – presidents, CEOs, and senior-level executives – who want to influence and inspire their audiences. He is the author of the international bestseller: Real Leaders Don't Do PowerPoint.

A conference organised by A Thousand Monkeys & UK Speechwriters' Guild. Hosted by Bournemouth University Media School, Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April 2013. David is one of the UK's first full time, professional tweeters. He has used Twitter to help build record-breaking audiences for some of the biggest names in UK entertainment (BBC One's The Voice, Channel 4, Radio 1) and brands such as adidas, O2 and MoneySupermarket. Fresh from 'Powered by Tweets', Twitter's official UK creative conference, David will talk about applying good writing to social media and how doing that can lead to paid work and adventures in will.i.am's dressing room...

A conference organised by A Thousand Monkeys & UK Speechwriters' Guild. Hosted by Bournemouth University Media School, Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April 2013. Chris West’s award-winning copywriting career spans Saatchi’s to Mother, and he is one of the people claiming to have written the line “You never actually own a Patek Phillipe. You merely look after it for the next generation.” His company, Verbal Identity, creates language which creates value for his clients and uses Text Analytics for Marketing to discover unknown themes in consumer conversations. Chris also writes for the Sunday Times and wrote the Best Film at Barcelona Film Festival.

A conference organised by A Thousand Monkeys & UK Speechwriters' Guild. Hosted by Bournemouth University Media School, Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April 2013. Ben is an Essex-based copywriter and co-founder (with Tom Albrighton) of the Professional Copywriters' Network, the association for all agency and freelance copywriters in the UK. Ben's an experienced speaker, trainer and teacher with a bit of an obsession for the history of copywriting and a deep hatred of PowerPoint.

A conference organised by A Thousand Monkeys & UK Speechwriters' Guild. Hosted by Bournemouth University Media School, Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April 2013. Following a career as account director and strategist at some of London’s leading design agencies, Claire set up her own writing agency, Falcon Windsor, in 2004, to do what she enjoys most: help her clients communicate well through words. Over the years she has written corporate reports and run projects for many FTSE and other companies including National Grid, BT Group, Balfour Beatty, and, most recently, Tate & Lyle, Unilever, Diageo and the BBC Trust. Her breakout session will be titled, Why Bother If No One's Going To Read It?' - The truth behind annual reports - Why they really are worth the money you spend on them.

A conference organised by A Thousand Monkeys & UK Speechwriters' Guild. Hosted by Bournemouth University Media School, Thursday 18th & Friday 19th April 2013. Tim is a BAFTA-nominee film director, winner of the Jerwood Film Prize and owner of Projector Films. He has scripted over 100 corporate videos as well as films and documentaries.

International Speechwriting - A conference organised by the UK Speechwriters' Guild in conjunction with the European Speechwriter Network, Thursday 16 May 2013, Institute for Government, London.

International Speechwriting - A conference organised by the UK Speechwriters' Guild in conjunction with the European Speechwriter Network, Thursday 16 May 2013, Institute for Government, London.