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Andrew Coyne has shut down the comments section of his blog: I don’t like to be in the censorship business, or picking and choosing which comments to allow and which to reject, and I don’t have the time to monitor hundreds of comments every day. I...Know your audience
Previously, we talked about how speakers (or their staff) need to negotiate a reasonable speaking time with their hosts. It’s part of going into every speaking engagement with your own agenda: a clear idea of what you want to accomplish, and the circumstances...It isn’t an invitation. It’s a bargaining position.
Entertainment mogul David Geffen once gave Lynda Obst a key piece of advice: never go into a meeting without an agenda. He didn’t mean a schedule. He meant that, before you walk into a meeting, you should know what you want to achieve It’s good advice for...Now here’s an iPod ad Apple isn’t going to run anytime soon.
Unless, of course, there’s a hidden market of speech geeks like moi. Jason Kottke offers 50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod, including this one: American Rhetoric has made available audio versions of many famous political speeches, including MLK’s “I...PR 101
Don’t do this: Ashley MacIsaac now says he doesn’t support Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, which is what he told The Chronicle-Herald on Monday. The Cape Breton fiddler called the paper at the first of the week to say he had decided to throw his...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
