A Conversation with Matt Teper

On Wednesday February 24, members of the Silicon Valley Speechwriters Roundtable hosted a conference call with Google speechwriter Matt Teper. Matt is the Head of Editorial at Google, where he is the leader and founder of the Google Ink team. The team is responsible for defining the voice of Google in major speeches, executive presentations, op-ed's, blog posts, social media, press statements, internal news, and all manner of creative and editorial work. Matt is also Eric Schmidt's speechwriter. Matt came to Google in 2012, from the White House, where he served as Vice President Joe Biden's chief speechwriter for the first three-plus years of the Obama administration. During the call, Matt described what it was like to work for the Vice President, the contrast between the life of a speechwriter in DC and in Silicon Valley and shared his insights about the craft of speechwriting. He also confirms that Google is not, currently, working on a time machine! To hear a recording of the call click on the link below. Since the call lasts over an hour you might prefer to choose the Download option and listen later.