The Bush Doctrine on Speech Writing In his entertaining memoir Speech*Less, speech writer Matt Latimer reveals something about the speeches developed for President G.W. Bush. By the way, he was one of the speech writers. ‘I quickly discovered the answer… Read More »The Bush Doctrine on Speech Writing
We are entitled to our own opinions, but none of us is entitled to our own facts. In fact, most of us hold our opinions with little respect for facts. For instance, when you ask a passionate partisan why she voted… Read More »Let us now praise specifics
You may be familiar with the prayer-like song that Bob Dylan wrote in which he wishes that someone, or all of us, can “stay forever young.” May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strong And may you stay…… Read More »Forever young and distrusted: The five languages young professionals need to know
It’s still LP Meeting season in private equity and hedge fund land, and I keep running into basic errors. Here’s Mistake #99: Not rehearsing together. I just came back from a meeting in which the Founder spoke first, followed by… Read More »Presenting in LP Meetings: Mistake #99
What is the purpose of an LP Meeting? Is it to inform the limited partners about the performance of their investments? I don’t think so. The LPs already know the numbers. They don’t come to the meeting to hear the… Read More »The purpose of an LP Meeting
Ironically enough, the biggest challenge faced by people making scientific and technical presentations is their reluctance to follow the scientifically established principles of communication. What are those rules? One of them is that the human mind is drawn to problems,… Read More »Scientific and Technical Presentations