Nobody knows speechwriting like Lawrence Ragan Communications. For more than 35 years, we've been helping communicators from Fortune 500 companies, small nonprofits and everything in between. Speechwriter's Newsletter delivers practical advice, insightful case studies and provocative commentary. Our seminars and workshops provide the hands-on training that will make you a better speechwriter—and a greater asset to your organization. Our speechwriter's conference brings together the best minds in the industry to prove why effective speechwriting is an essential part of any successful business plan.

See for yourself. Here's how to get started:

1. Get a free e-zine. Sign up today for Ragan's Grapevine by completing the form to the right. The Grapevine brings you a sampling of tips, tactics and strategic thinking from our experts and editors.

2. Read the publication that started it all. Read about Speechwriting Trends: Where have all the speakers gone? in Speechwriter's Newsletter, the only publication of its kind devoted to people who write speeches for a living, or ghostwrite articles and columns for the CEO and top managers.

3. Start talking. Jump into the conversation on The Speechwriter's Slant, a blog about what it means to be a speechwriter.

4. Brush up on your skills. View our calendar of events to choose the workshop, teleseminar or conference on speechwriting that's best for you.

5. Order a multimedia CD. Listen to a CD recording of our two-part teleseminar on Foolproof Speechwriting, or choose another multimedia CD on speechwriting that best suits your needs.

6. Take a peek at our archives. Read the following articles about speechwriting to get a sampling of the vast resources that 35 years in the business can deliver. It's on us.

• Why adding speechwriting to your skill set is the most consequential move you can make in your communication
  
• Sally Speechwriter: Getting to know her
  
• Getting to know the world's top speechwriting pro
  
• Speech of the month: Bad speech teaches speechwriting lessons
  
• Resources for Speechwriters: Good blog, bad blog
  

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