HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!It seems especially fitting on the 4th of July to post about speechwriters who have crafted messages that have inspired and motivated the country speaking in upcoming forums.
~IABC METRO DC PRESENTS~
A Day In The Life of Vice-Presidential Speechwriter Matt Teper
WHEN: Thursday, July 15th, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hamilton Crowne Plaza
1001 14th Street, NW Washington
(Metro: Orange/Blue - McPherson Sq
14th St, Hotel Parking: $6 valet
REGISTER*: $40 for members;
$30 for students
$45 for guests accompanying members
$55 for nonmembers
*NOTE: Rates apply to registrations made online by midnight Tuesday, July 13. Add $10 to registrations made online July 14, and $20 for event-day registration and walk-ins.
From opening remarks at fundraisers, to toasts at dinners with foreign dignitaries, when he is on the record Matt Teper puts words in Vice President Joe Biden’s mouth.
Before joining Vice President Biden’s team, Teper was the full-time speechwriter at Independent Sector, a leadership forum and advocacy group representing the interests of foundations and charities across the country. He has been writing in Washington since graduating from the University of Wisconsin School of Law in 2002, including as a Writer/Editor at another advocacy group focusing on federal judicial appointments and gun policy, and as a Senior Writer in the creative department of a public affairs firm.
Teper freelanced as managing editor of Rock the Vote’s blog during the 2004 election season and has written and edited numerous speeches, op-ed’s, letters to the editor, blog posts, film scripts, and a host of other communications materials for nonprofit leaders, CEOs, elected officials, television personalities, and others. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Texas
(Never been to an IABC meeting? I plan to attend this program, so feel free to register at the Guest rate and list me -- Kate Perrin -- as the sponsoring member. See you there!)
~SMITHSONIAN RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM PRESENTS~
Presidential Speechwriters: Making History One Word at a Time
WHEN: Wednesday, October 6, 6:45-8:30 p.m.
Register: ResidentAssociates.org (no handling fee)
or call (202) 633-3030 ($3 handling fee) Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Resident Associate Members $30; General Admission $40
(unlike IABC, this does not include dinner!)
Presidential speechwriters are meant to be faceless figures in the background, but the Smithsonian is bringing the craft out of the shadows with some of the top presidential speechwriters of the past decades. They will explain the demanding, and often agonizing, process that can shape a presidency and even change history.
Panel will include:
- Michael Gerson, speechwriter for President George W. Bush
- Michael Waldman, speechwriter for President Bill Clinton
- Landon Priven, speechwriter for Ronald Reagan (and both Presidents Bush), and
- a representative from the Obama White House, schedule permitting.
- MODERATOR Ken Walsh, senior White House correspondent for U.S. News & World Report
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