Richard Nixon: Copywriter
No one has taught me more about effective communication than Richard Nixon.
I was 21 when the White House tapes were published. And as much as I loved the inside view of the politics, I was even more taken by reading those verbatim transcripts of actual speech. Here's Nixon talking about Vietnam:
"... we have to take the hard line now. We've got to — we've got to keep our guys flying out there. It's all we can do. We have no other choice. And if you start indicating anything about ceasefire or coalition government or anything like that we're not gonna dominate the course. Good God Almighty, you realize what happens to your negotiating position; the Peaceniks and all the rest are gonna — it'll be hard enough anyway. We'll just keep cracking in there, keep him ... "
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Willis Turner believes great writing has the power to change minds, save lives, and make people want to dance and sing. Willis is the creative director at Huntsinger & Jeffer. He worked as a lead writer and creative director in the traditional advertising world for more than 15 years before making the switch to fundraising 20 years ago. In his work with nonprofit organizations and associations, he has written thousands of appeals, renewals and acquisition communications for every medium. He creates direct-response campaigns, and collateral communications materials that get attention, tell powerful stories and persuade people to take action or make a donation.
