What did President Obama’s Cairo speech achieve?
The reactions to President Obama's Cairo University speech are falling along predictable fault lines in the Middle East: http://bit.ly/pETKy. But ...
Can a weak speaker with a great message hold an audience?
Can a weak speaker with a great message hold an audience? That’s the question that a speaker like Ray Anderson ...
Ellen’s 3 rules for a great commencement speech
It’s the commencement address season, and the advice of the age is: be yourself. This advice has a variety of ...
Where President Obama went wrong on the Guantanamo Speech — and how you can do better
How do you argue your side of an emotional, contentious issue in a way that doesn’t further divide people? President ...
Jim Collins and his new book, How the Mighty Fall
It’s always dangerous to take on an icon, but here we go. Jim Collins has written a new book, How ...
Gary Vaynerchuk’s 3 Rules for Success in Public Speaking
So I don’t know why I haven’t talked about the wine guy Gary Vaynerchuk before, but here goes. You can ...
What should Seth Godin have done? How do you respond to a last-minute change?
Yesterday, I commented on Seth Godin’s TED.com speech, overall finding it impressive, and making a few suggestions for improvement. Seth ...
What we can learn from Seth Godin
Seth Godin’s TED.com talk on his latest book, Tribes, recently became available on TED’s web site: http://tinyurl.com/o8cx5f. What does Seth ...
Humor, Part 3: Wit.
For my final blog on humor in public speaking, I’m turning to wit. Wit is the humor that creates charm, ...
Obama’s 3rd Prime-Time Press Conference — How did he do?
Saying he’s “pleased but not satisfied,” President Obama presided over his 3rd prime-time press conference last night, marking the first ...
