Presentation Skills: The Magic of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oct. 2, 2013 by

In a piece originally written in the late 1860’s, but published in The Atlantic many years later, Henry James Sr., the father of Henry James the novelist and William James the philosopher-psychologist, sought to explain just what it was about

Creative Public Speaking and Presenting

Creative Public Speaking and Presenting

Jun. 11, 2010 by

Frank Kern is senior vice-president of IBM Global Business Services. On May 19, 2010, he released a new survey of 1,500 chief executives conducted by IBM’s Institute for Business Value. Are you ready for this? According to that survey, today’s

Meditations on the perils of presenting at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Meditations on the perils of presenting at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

Jan. 11, 2010 by

The perils are listed in no particular order. Needle in a haystack The audience will be drinking data from a firehose.  The savvy presenter recognizes this peril as an opportunity. To capture attention—do something that stands out from the environment.