Smarter. Sharper. Faster.
Still Yours.
Practical AI training for the speechwriters and executive communicators behind the world’s most consequential leaders — taught by a working speechwriter, not a tech evangelist.
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AI is a tool.
Your judgement, voice
and craft are not.
Some speechwriters using AI feel like they’re cheating.
You’re not. I’ll show you how to use AI responsibly, ethically, and without losing what makes you great at your craft — the judgement of a working communicator, the ear for voice, the instinct for the moment.
The AI workshop I wish I'd had.
The question is no longer whether to use AI in your communications — it's how. Four days, hands-on, grounded in real speechwriting work and not tech theory. By the end you'll have a tested toolkit of prompts and frameworks you can use the next morning at your desk.
- Generative AI for research, structure and composition
- Advanced workflows for editing, fact-checking and coaching
- AI for strategic communications planning
- Audience and stakeholder mapping, key messaging, interview prep
- A living prompt library, updated with every workshop
- Real-world Q&A with working industry leaders
Or get the workshop designed specifically for your in-house comms team — tailored to your sector, voice and tools.
Discuss a team workshop ↗Designed for the people who write the words leaders say.
No prior AI or speechwriting experience required — but the workshop is built around the realities of leadership communication.
- 01Executive speechwriters and ghostwriters
- 02Corporate communications teams and executive support staff
- 03Communications teams inside the UN and international organizations
- 04Public relations and communications professionals
- 05Government staff and policy advisors
- 06Entrepreneurs and business owners who write their own
From those who've been through the workshop.
Anonymized for privacy and organizational confidentiality.
“I was amazed at how many executive communications AI use cases Brent covered. A deeper understanding of how to write prompts to get better AI output is invaluable.”
“Brent’s humble, engaging style made AI feel accessible and ethical. He didn’t preach — he helped us think.”
“I found the how aspect of this course very thorough, engaging, and useful. I came away with ideas about how to engage an AI model effectively that I would not have come to on my own.”
“Before this, I was skeptical of AI. Now I use it confidently, knowing where it helps and where it doesn’t.”
“Brent was an engaging instructor who effectively demonstrated how to leverage AI to our advantage without compromising our key roles as human speechwriters and executive communicators. The library of prompts he shared was invaluable.”
“The prompts were the star of the show — a toolkit I use daily now. This training changed how I work.”
A working speechwriter. Not an academic. Not a consultant looking in from the sidelines.
I'm Brent Kerrigan. For more than two decades I've written for world leaders, UN Executive Secretaries, prime ministers and Fortune 500 executives — including six years as Head Speechwriter at UN Climate Change (UNFCCC), supporting three Executive Secretaries through some of the most watched moments in global climate diplomacy.
I still write speeches. I currently work with the International Telecommunication Union and take on a small number of private executive clients each year.
Alongside that work I run the AI for Leadership Communications program in partnership with the Professional Speechwriters Association — practical, hands-on training for speechwriters and communications teams who want to use AI well without losing their judgment, their voice or their craft.
I teach it the same way I approach writing.
No hyperbole. No drama. No evangelism.
Just an honest look at what AI can do for senior communicators right now — and where your judgment still has to lead.
Three ways to keep in touch.
Pick what's useful and skip the rest — the substance is the same either way!
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Twenty years of executive speechwriting for UN Executive Secretaries, prime ministers, Fortune 500 CEOs and global summit principals. Keynotes, summit addresses, op-eds, narrative strategy. A small number of engagements taken each year.
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Let's talk.
Get the tools, coaching and expert feedback you need to use AI in leadership communications — whether for yourself, your comms team, or your whole organization.
- Free workshops · in-house team workshops · advisory sessions
- Based in Geneva, working globally across time zones
- Personal reply within 24 hours · confidentiality respected