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Bilingual Speech Giving: Do's and Don'ts

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Senator Marco Rubio to deliver first bilingual response to the Presidential State of the Union.

Tonight, following President Obama’s State of the Union address to Congress, the GOP will make history with their response. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida will deliver the Republican response to the president’s address in both English and Spanish. It [...]

Word Clouding Speeches: Visual Evaluation Tool for Speechwriters

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Following former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday night, fellow communicator Denise Graveline shared this word cloud — a visual representation of word frequency — of his speech on social media.

Word cloud of former President Clinton’s 2012 DNC address courtesy of Denise Graveline

Looking at her post got me thinking. [...]

New Health Communication Ideas and Tools Featured at NCHCMM

Just because I couldn’t attend the annual Health Communications, Marketing & Media Conference in Atlanta this year, doesn’t mean I can’t still follow the dialogue. Following the #hcmmconf on Twitter, here are some of the most intriguing thoughts and ideas being shared at HCMMC this year. [...]

President Obama Endorses Persuasive Storytelling

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In a CBS News interview with Charlie Rose on Thursday, President Obama said his biggest mistake as president so far has been not telling enough stories:

“When I think about what we’ve done well and what we haven’t done well, the mistake of my first term — couple of years — was thinking that this job was just about getting [...]

Insights from Netroots Nation: Storytelling Wins the Internet

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Vanguard's Brandi Horton and Rosemari Ochoa stop for a picture with Elizabeth Warren at Netroots Nation in Rhode Island, June 2012.

We’re communicators. We all understand the value of storytelling to motivate people to take action, make change, and improve the world.

On Day 2 of Netroots Nation, storytelling was my meme. The [...]