Professionally Speaking

I was intrigued to read that the Professional Speechwriters Association is promoting a workshop titled ‘AI for Leadership Communication‘ taught by speechwriter Brent Kerrigan. The course promises: …[a] course with one goal in mind: to help leadership communication professionals gain a hands-on, practical, shirtsleeve understanding of AI’s role in...

Imagining a post-apocalypse world has long been fodder for Sci-Fi stories. From Mad Max and The Terminator to Children of Men and The Road, filmmakers and authors have explored a variety of unsettling dystopian futures. One genre I’m calling ‘Medieval Futurism’ imagines a world where something nasty (nuclear war, pandemic, rampant infertility – take your ...

Gotham Ghostwriters have released a report on a comprehensive survey of writing professionals who were asked about their experience with and evaluation of the impact of generative A.I. The conclusion points to a deep divide in attitudes between those writers who use A.I. regularly and non-users. Positive opinions Those familiar with A.I. report ways it […]

The irrepressible Jeremy Connell-Waite has posted a detailed white paper to LinkedIn comprising “20 Story Structures” to help us all tell better stories. It’s full of links, videos, book recommendations and courses you can do, to build your storytelling skills. You could even upload the PDF directly into your favourite LLM and have AI work […]