by Rob Cottingham | Jul 12, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting
How to Prep for a Presentation, by Clay Johnson Maybe it comes with doing a lot of thinking about which information is and isn’t important. But Johnson’s determination to do a superb job of something he considers very important shines through in this piece: Fewer things generate a higher return on investment for time spent … Keep reading →
by Rob Cottingham | Feb 25, 2009 | Everything Else
If you happened to catch my keynote last Saturday at Northern Voice, I’d love to know what you thought. Comments are always welcome below… but now there’s a new way to let me (and any other speaker) know how you think they did. SpeakerRate is a new... by Rob Cottingham | Dec 8, 2008 | Vancouver
Here’s the text and video of Mayor Gregor Robertson’s inaugural address. And here’s an excerpt: As much as I value the wisdom and experience of my colleagues, we all know there is exponentially more in the homes and offices of our city… in the... by Rob Cottingham | Mar 25, 2008 | Media Mix, Politics, Speechwriting
Back in the 1993 federal election, then-Prime Minister Kim Campbell was quoted as saying that elections are no time to discuss serious issues. (If memory serves, her comment was actually much more nuanced, but was dumbed down to that pithy, sensational and damaging... by Rob Cottingham | Nov 6, 2006 | Culture, Arts and Popcorn, Politics
My friends and fellow humans, Tomorrow you will be voting in mid-term elections. And while the office of president is not on this ballot – an office, I would point out, for which the only duly-elected occupant is myself, despite what certain conspiracy theorists...