Charles Euchner

The Writing Code

  • New York NY

Dynamic Speeches and Workshops on the Writing Revolution ... And More

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Biography

Charles Euchner is a teacher, author, and creator of The Writing Code. The only brain-based system for mastering writing in all fields, The Writing Code teaches all the skills you need in a single day.

Euchner, who previously taught writing at yale and ran a public-policy think tank at Harvard, is the author of a dozen books, including the acclaimed Nobody Turn Me Around: A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington (Beacon, 2010). Euchner's work runs the gamut, from politics and elections to cities and planning to sports business and baseball.

Euchner speaks widely to groups on the civil rights revolution and the writing revolution. Euchner shows how the Internet, globalization, and changes in schools and other major institutions are fundamentally transforming the way we communicate. In this new age, everyone's a writer. Euchner shows how to master the challenges of the Writing Revolution with his simple, intuitive, brain-based system.

In addition to speaking, Euchner conducts seminars. He has appeared on m,ajar TV and radio stations, including "Nightline," "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered," "Talk of the Nation," "SportsCenter," "The Diane Rehm Show," and more. He has also contributed to and appeared in major print media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, People, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, and more.

Industry Expertise

Education/Learning

Accomplishments

Staff Writer for Education Week

Covered a wide range of topics, including computers in education, athletics and physical education, the teaching profession, bilingual education, and state and federal government.

College professor

Taught political science at major colleges and universities, including University of Pennsylvania (1988), St. Mary's College of Maryland (1989-1990), Holy Cross College (1990-1997), Northeastern University (1999-2000). Also taught writing at Yale University (2007-2010) and SUNY-Purchase (2009).

Coordinator of Boston's citywide planning process

Coordinated citywide planning process for Boston Redevelopment Authority. Process involved 120 community meetings, dozens of meetings with professional stakeholders, creation of databases, and production of master plan for the cirty.

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Education

Vanderbilt University

B.A.

Political Science

1982

The Johns Hopkins University

M.A., Ph.D.

Political Science

1990

Focus on urban politics and theory, planning, organizational behavior, and political theory.

Sample Talks

The Civil Rights Revolution: A Tale of Three Heroes

based on his acclaimed book Nobody Turn Me Around: A People's History of the 1963 March on Washington (Beacon Press, 2010), Euchner explores how social change requires powerful leadership for "body, mind, and soul." He shows how three leaders -- A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin, and Martin Luther King -- created the "space" for the greatest transformation in American democracy since the Civil War.

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Availability

  • Keynote
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader

Fees

$2000 to $5000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee