Membership
eMembership, £19 per annum
If you want to keep in touch with what we’re doing without committing yourself to full membership, you can receive our e-mail updates, with details of conferences and training sessions.
E-membership pack includes a speechwriting checklist to use to evaluate your speeches and a reading list of 25 essential books (with reviews) which teach the craft of speechwriting.
Standard Membership, £59 per annum
Standard membership is for people who are already working as writers.
When you join you get a free copy of Max Atkinson’s book, Lend Me Your Ears.
You will also receive our quarterly eight-page PDF newsletter ‘The Speechwriter’, with tips, quotations and tricks of the trade for the professional speechwriter. (Email us for some sample copies). You will be entitled to discounts on training and conferences.
Furthermore, if the Guild is approached with any details of in-house jobs, these details will be circulated to all standard members.
Standard membership includes a speechwriting checklist to use to evaluate your speeches and a reading list of 25 essential books (with reviews) which teach the craft of speechwriting.
Training & Mentoring Membership, £499 for one year
T & M Membership means that we will allocate you a trainer who will evaluate five speechwriting assignments over one year. These can either be speeches that you do in the course of your work for an employer or assignments to fulfil for yourself.
These speeches will be assessed in writing by your trainer and you will get recommendations on how you can improve. You will also be entitled to a 30 minute phone call after each of your assignments to discuss your work.
You get a copy of Max Atkinson’s book, Lend Me Your Ears. You will also receive our quarterly eight-page PDF newsletter ‘The Speechwriter’, with tips, quotations and tricks of the trade for the professional speechwriter. (Email us for some sample copies). You will be entitled to discounts on conferences.
T & M membership includes a speechwriting checklist to use to evaluate your speeches and a reading list of 25 essential books (with reviews), which teach the craft of speechwriting.
Payment
If you prefer not to make your payments online, you can also make your payment by cheque to the UK Speechwriters’ Guild. Please send it to Sarah Sample, UK Speechwriters’ Guild, 4 Lansdowne House, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3JR.