Put Words in Someone’s Mouth: Get Work Writing Scripts and Speeches
Where
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre, Room R318750 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2
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Writing scripts and speeches can be valuable niches for a freelance writer. In this session, hear from experienced script and speech writers as they discuss their craft and the market. The panel will cover breaking into these niches, finding great clients and strategies for success.
Meet the Panelists
Radio
BRIANNA GOLDBERG is a writer and radio producer from Toronto with credits in The Globe and 
Mail, The Walrus, various programs across CBC Radio, and international outlets including Salon and Jezebel. Brianna spent a few years living in the Caribbean and West Africa, where she freelanced on topics ranging from terrorism to sports and beyond. Brianna co-edited EAT IT: Sex, Food & Women's Writing, published by Feathertale in 2013. These days she produces features and podcasts for the University of Toronto as she continues to freelance, blog and play banjo in her spare time. Find her on Twitter @b_goldberg
Speeches
DOUG DOLAN is a communications strategist and writer who helps clients with everything from 
executive speeches and corporate reports to marketing programs and fundraising campaigns. He has worked in a wide range of industries and sectors, including financial services, technology, travel, luxury goods, loyalty marketing, mining, transportation, real estate, law, healthcare, education, scientific research and media/entertainment. Doug’s work has been recognized by the IABC Gold Quills, the ARC awards, British Design & Art Direction and many other organizations. He has never told a speechwriting client to imagine the entire audience naked; that’s just a bad idea.
Television
PAUL CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER is a freelance writer and documentary film director based in Toronto. He has 
reported from 23 countries across Africa, Asia, the Americas and Eurasia; producing work for the Arte, BBC, CBC, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, National Geographic, Slice, SWR and Vision Television networks. His work as a director and writer of documentary films has garnered awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Hot Docs, the Canadian Academy of Film and Television, and PARISCIENCE, the international festival of scientific films.
In 2013 Paul won the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award and the Canadian Bar Association Award for Excellence in Journalism. In 2014 he won the Sanofi Pasteur Award for science writing, and the Western Magazine Award for science writing. At the University of Toronto, Paul teaches Canada’s only course in freelance science, medicine and public health writing.
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And after the seminar, join fellow writers and the speakers for Cheers with Peers. We have a section reserved at Pauper's Pub starting at 9. Buy your own refreshments and connect with colleagues and friends.
FREE for PWAC members and students (please register online; students, please show proof of academic enrollment at the door)
Members of associate writers’ groups $10 online registration (up to midnight before event) or $20 at the door
Non-members $15 online registration (up to midnight before event) or $20 at the door