Public Speaking Crisis: Harvard Kid Tells it Like it is

Nov. 17, 2006 by

Reva P. Minkoff, Class of ’08 at Harvard and a Staff Writer on the Harvard Crimson had this to say on November 16th: “Since the days of Cicero, the ability to speak eloquently in public and argue persuasively with others

Speech Writing: Nice Sermon, Pastor, Who Wrote it?

Speech Writing: Nice Sermon, Pastor, Who Wrote it?

Sep. 15, 2006 by

My friend Charlie Green, co-author of The Trusted Advisor and other books on the role of trust in selling (www.trustedadvisor.com), invited me to dinner with his speech coach, Patricia Fripp (http://www.fripp.com/). Patricia is a dynamo, and continues to send me

Persuasive Speaking: DVD Course

Persuasive Speaking: DVD Course

May. 6, 2006 by

I just bought the DVD course from The Teaching Company called Argumentation: The Study of Effective Reasoning, which is taught by Professor David Zarefsky of Northwestern University. If you want to take a deep dive into presentation skills, take this one.