Political Leaders of the Day — 2 — Nancy Pelosi
Why don’t we warm to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi? Her story is one of those improbable only-in-America tales ...
Political Leaders of the Day — 1 — Harry Reid
I’m starting a series of blogs on the public speaking quirks of political figures of the day with that conundrum, ...
Check out realscoop.com
If you haven’t checked out realscoop.com yet, you need to do so. It’s a web site with software on it ...
President-elect Obama on ’60 Minutes’
What’s extraordinary about President-elect Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama’s interview on 60 minutes is how comfortable they look ...
President-elect Obama’s first press conference
The President-elect’s first press conference was remarkable for its caution. It was as if the mantle of leadership had already ...
A new public discourse
One of the less well-understood practices that contributed to the long-term discrediting of the Bush administration was its habit of ...
The election-night speeches from Obama and McCain
Last night, in addition to electoral history being made, we witnessed rhetorical history: two equally literate and gracious speeches from ...
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 ...
What can we learn about communicating from the debates?
For the partisans on both sides, post-debate analysis is all about spin. But nonetheless, I’m going to try to give ...
How Sarah Palin Should Prepare… and How You Should Too
I recently posted an entry on Harvard Business Publishing's blog page. Join the conversation at: http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/09/how_sarah_palin_should_prepare.html
