Principles of persuasive rhetoric – 5
Principle V: Persuasive rhetoric passes the test of four critical questions: Is it articulate? Is there a real alternative? Is ...
Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 4
Principle IV: Persuasive rhetoric deals in stories, facts, and tropes Stories, facts, and tropes are your tools for building effective, ...
Basic principles of persuasive rhetoric – 3
Principle III: Persuasive rhetoric deals with problems and solutions. Think of a communication — whether a formal meeting, a one-on-one ...
Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 2
Principle II: Persuasive rhetoric has a clear goal in mind and is usually transparent about it. When you negotiate, you ...
Basic Principles of Persuasive Rhetoric – 1
Persuasive rhetoric is about phrasing your arguments so that your listeners can hear them. I’m going to do a series ...
What should a speaker ask an audience to do?
A speaker asks a lot of an audience. Understanding, enthusiasm, support -- and inactivity. Audiences are expected to be passive ...
Public Speaking and the Holidays
The paid public speaking business is a notoriously seasonal one, with peaks in the spring and fall, and valleys in ...
Three Big Myths of Executive Public Speaking
For my blog today, I'm linking to an article I just wrote for Forbes.com on the 3 big myths of ...
What should a leader say in times of tragedy? – Part 2
I've revised my blog from yesterday to reflect President Obama's remarks today at the Fort Hood memorial service: ...
What should a leader say in times of tragedy?
The recent tragedy at Fort Hood prompted President Obama to modify previously scheduled comments to a Native American group in ...
