During the Clinton/Obama debate from California, Barack Obama seemed to get off to a good start, making his point (“I am the future, she is the past.”) at the end of his opening remarks. As I listened, I was made… Read More »Public Speaking Skills: Hillary vs. Obama
Let’s take the word presenting. Let’s play with it. Could it mean bringing ideas, and information into the present? For instance, could we say that the job of a candidate for office is to make real the information about her… Read More »Presentation Training: A Play on Words
In a political revolution, insurgents quickly target the media outlets. Their reasoning? He who controls the language controls the thinking. Now comes another study to suggest that insurgents may have it right. In this experiment, one group of volunteers was… Read More »Persuasive Speaking: Language and Experience
Michael Blechar is a smart and thoughtful guy (and a very good writer.) Years ago he told me about a good way to organize a sales presentation. Recently, we were swapping emails about one of my Presentation Pointers (the one… Read More »A Recipe for Sales Presentations
Dan Heath looks like a buttoned up sportscaster as he sits in front of the New York skyline at a broad cherry desk. His brother Chip sits next to him, looking gleefully wonkish, with wire-rimmed glasses and a broom of fine… Read More »Presentation Tips: Super Glue Presentations