You may not have noticed, but Vice President Kamala Harris made a pretty good speech on November 7th, 2020. It was good because it got right to the point. She started with the pitch, not with the wind up. She… Read More »A Wealth of Information
When a possum is threatened, he contracts into a ball, while bears do the opposite. They stand on their hind legs to make themselves look bigger. Chameleons change color and remain perfectly still, while peacocks expand their tail-feathers to assert their dominance.… Read More »On playing possum and peacock preening
When you’re scripting a presentation or writing a speech, try doing what Winston Churchill did, and Andrea Howe does now: write in short lines like poets do. (Andrea is the co-author of The Trusted Advisor Fieldbook—a practical guide for leaders in… Read More »Format your script as a poet would