| Speechwriter and software editor John Hamm has published extensively on the
subject of creativity software. He is an assistant sysop on CompuServe's Public Relations
Forum. Among his achievements, John won a Speech writing finalist award in the Gold
Quill competition, sponsored by the International ssociation of Business Communicators,
and two Blue Pencil awards for Speech writing, sponsored by the National Association of
Government Communicators.
Publications
Software editor for The Executive Speaker newsletter. Reviews include IdeaFisher,
Grandview, Headliner, Mindlink, Idea Generator, Corporate Voice, Quotemaster Plus, On This
Day for Windows and other software of interest to writers; several reviews are available
on CompuServe Creativity and other forums.
- "Women with Disabilities: How to be a Boat Rocker in Life," Vital Speeches of
the Day, December 1, 1993.(Keynote speech to an international conference on disabilities
by disability advocate Sue Suter.)
- "Lessons From the Outside," Vital Speeches of the Day, July,1991.
(Commencement address delivered by former DCFS director Sue Suter.)
- Lessons from the Outside, a commencement address delivered by former DCFS director Sue
Suter, will be featured in author Steve Maloney's upcoming book, "I Hear America
Speaking: Best Speeches of the Nineties."
- Reprints of speeches have appeared in Speechwriter's Newsletter, Executive Speeches and
other publications.
- Software reviews cited in "Creativity," CompuServe Magazine, May, 1993.
- Interviewed in "Whiz, Bang, Eureka: The Automation of Creativity," by
associate editor Kyle Heger, IABC Communication World, November, 1991.
- "Brainstorming the Global Economy," Executive Speeches, November, 1992.
- "Boosting Creativity Through Research," Executive Speeches, August, 1992.
- Applications of the Doctrine of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies in Education for
All Handicapped Children Litigation, a thesis published by the Education Resource
Information Center, Washington, DC, 1990.
- Reaching Out: Moline's Phoenix Program for Youth, Children Today magazine, Washington,
DC, 1990
- Special election coverage, 1984 Illinois Supreme Court race, Bloomington Daily
Pantagraph.
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