The Image Theory of Decision Making

The Image Theory of Decision Making

Nov. 28, 2011 by

Presentations are delivered to create results, or outcomes.  Two common desired outcomes are 1.) a decision, or 2.) a prediction.  Your presentation skills should make you more effective and efficient at achieving desired outcomes when you speak. In order to

Presentation skill #65:  Getting attention for the right reasons

Presentation skill #65: Getting attention for the right reasons

Nov. 23, 2011 by

Last September, the malevolent toadstool you see in the picture on the left thrust its slimy head out of the familiar soil of my front yard.  It got my attention. I have rarely had mushrooms in my garden, and never

Leadership Communication

Leadership Communication

Sep. 21, 2011 by

In Norman Mailer’s monumental novel The Naked and the Dead,  a character named General Cummings gives to his troops a short talk that is an interesting example of leadership communication. The General addresses his troops during a storm on an