1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 There's no well-worn, signposted career path to being a speechwriter. That's the bad news. The good news? There are plenty of other paths in. This episode, we look at how to break into speechwriting — and some lessons from my own first big break. Music: Theme: &quot;Good Times&quot; by Podington Bear (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/). Incidental music by Lee Rosevere (https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/) including &quot;Decompress,&quot; &quot;All the Answers,&quot; &quot;Thinking It Over&quot; and &quot;Telecom.&quot; Used under a Creative Commons license. Photo: Jon Tyson on Unsplash Links: Audrey McLaughlin's leadership campaign gave me my first big break, thanks to campaign manager (and now artist!) Valorie Preston. Leadership communications with Rob Cottingham http://robcottingham.ca <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10148511/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/44749175