The fourth wall or not

The fourth wall or not

Jul. 20, 2010 by

Over cigars and Chivas on Sunday night with Dikki Ellis, Michael Christensen and Zach Grenier, we came across an interesting distinction between clowning and acting, and one that is helpful to business speakers. Michael is a Co-Founder of the Big

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

The Bush Doctrine on Speech Writing

The Bush Doctrine on Speech Writing

Jun. 4, 2010 by

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