Announcing the ‘elevator speech’ contest
Announcing the ‘elevator speech’ contest! When you’re preparing a presentation, one of the most useful steps you can take is ...
President Obama invites us to go on a difficult journey.
Like a lot of other folks, I’ve been anticipating President Obama’s inaugural address for months now. It’s the beginning of ...
What Obama Should Say: The 44th President’s Inaugural Address
For my blog today, I've teamed up with Harvard. The post can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/87kzul. Let me know what ...
What do you say when you only have two minutes?
What do you say when you have to make your point in two minutes? A community board in Maryland decreed ...
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 ...
Storytelling and archetypes — 2
How do you create a great story for the purposes of public speaking? There are a couple of ways to ...
Storytelling and archetypes — 1
I was asked recently about how archetypes can aid in public speaking, and that suggested a series of blogs on ...
Repetition
It’s hard to get started on a blog on repetition – I find myself wanting to say the same thing ...
Tell ’em what you’re going to say….
Working with clients, I regularly hear the following comment when we’re talking about presentation structure: “Tell ‘em what you’re going ...
