What If I told You That You Could. . . .?
It’s that time of year when many of us naturally start to think about making new year’s resolutions, to lose ...
How to make sure your 20-minute speech has a long-lasting impact
I’ve been working recently with clients on more and more 20-minute speeches. As I indicated in an earlier blog post, ...
The Secret to Powerful Communication in 2 Words
If I had to sum up in two words everything I’ve learned in 25 years of work on communications, rhetoric, ...
What’s the difference between an anecdote and a story?
Most people tell each other anecdotes, thinking that they’re telling stories. An anecdote is something that happens. A story has ...
5 Stories that Will Make your Presentations Powerful
Here's a link to an article I recently published on Forbes.com on the five stories that will make your presentations ...
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, ...
