PR News recently named Tim Hayes as the winner of its Platinum PR Award for National Excellence in Speechwriting.  The award came in recognition of Tim’s speech, “Get Out! Commencing a Journey of Continuous Self-Improvement,” which was delivered during the 2007 Commencement Exercises at Robert Morris University.  The Platinum PR Awards are given annually and recognize excellence in a variety of communications categories from among scores of entries submitted on a national basis.  The same speech also won an Award of Honor from the International Association of Business Communicators.

Joan Detz, nationally known author, speechwriter, and speechwriting coach, recently offered these thoughts on the quality of Tim Hayes’ work as an accomplished speechwriter:  “Over the years, Tim has attended several of my speechwriting seminars.  He brings professionalism, dedication and skill to his work.  I cited one of his speeches in CAN YOU SAY A FEW WORDS? (St. Martin’s Press, 2^nd Edition, 2006).  The excerpt (which appears on page 40) offers an example of very good speechwriting…and serves as a model for other speechwriters.”

“Writing the words that let leaders lead” translates into actively promoting and protecting the branding of executives, with the Chief Executive Officer the most important of all. Timothy Hayes shares his insights and thoughts on this process in a speech that he has delivered to a number of influential business audiences.

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The Washington, DC, Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators — which knows something about speechwriting — awarded Tim Hayes its Silver Inkwell Award of Excellence in recognition of the Best Speech of the Year, “Walking Down Wilshire.”