Public Speaking Skills: After Dinner Speaking

Public Speaking Skills: After Dinner Speaking

Jun. 6, 2008 by

I just finished working with a client who had to prepare and deliver an after dinner talk to clients in a museum. Her firm planned to take the clients on a private tour of the museum, feed them dinner, and

Persuasive Speaking: Language and Experience

Persuasive Speaking: Language and Experience

Jan. 2, 2008 by

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

Effective Presentation Skills: Substance with Style

Effective Presentation Skills: Substance with Style

Oct. 1, 2007 by

Cicero, the great Roman statesman and orator, said that he preferred tongue-tied intelligence to ignorant loquacity. That’s a convenient polarity, and one we’re familiar with. We see the former occasionally when college professors make an appearance on national TV. They