TED.com — 5 — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Continuing my tour of TED.com, the amazing resource for those who want to study ideas and the public expression of ...
TED.com — 4 — Benjamin Zander
Once in a while, I get to see a real pro at work, and it helps makes up for all ...
TED.com — 3 — Nicholas Negroponte
My tour of TED.com continues with Nicholas Negroponte’s talk on his One Laptop Per Child program. (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on.html) It’s a great ...
TED.com — 2 — Jared Diamond
My second pick from the extensive TED.com archives is a talk by the noted scholar Jared Diamond on “Why Societies ...
You should know TED.com
If you don’t know TED, you should get to know it. TED.com is a repository of hundreds of fascinating short ...
Debate and its discontents
I was recently interviewed by a public speaking magazine on the subject of various kinds of debates – their uses ...
Power Point, Visual Aids, and Cirque de Soleil
The controversy on Power Point and visual aids will rage as long, I suspect, as we have bad presentations in ...
The final presidential debate
Once again, I’m going to dip my communications toe into dangerous waters and discuss the final presidential debate. Just to ...
Storytelling and archetypes — 4
And what of archetypes? How can you use them to help create powerful speeches? Let’s first figure out what archetypes ...
Storytelling and archetypes — 3
I’ve blogged before on the fundamental stories of Western culture, so I’ll just mention them briefly here. They’re important to ...
