A great time with Gregor Robertson and friends
I did my longest set yet on Friday night at the Vancouver-Fairview NDP fundraiser – and got the best response of my short stand-up career. It was a great audience (and man, do they love Gregor), a terrific emcee (Nicholas Simons) and one hell of a great ten minutes....Carry Tiger to Mountain: marrying Tao te Ching and activism
This looks great. Stephen Legault of Highwater Mark Strategy and Communications has written a new book, Carry Tiger to Mountain, bringing the wisdom of the Tao te Ching to bear on modern-day social change leadership. And later this month, they’ll launch it: Help...Vancouver, a.k.a. Webtwoville
Via Arieanna, the news came yesterday that Qumana – the blog editing software developed by Vancouver-based Qumana Software – will be distributed and co-branded by Lycos. Our little neck of the woods is increasingly an epicentre for the great distributed earthquake...Standup for Mental Health: laughter as therapy
Comedy update #3: Most people think you have to be nuts to do stand-up comedy. However, counselor and stand-up comic David Granirer offers it as a form of therapy. In David’s Stand Up For Mental Health course, mental health consumers turn their problems into...I’m doing stand-up on Friday night at Gregor Robertson’s fundraiser
Comedy update #1: I’m doing stand-up on Friday night at Gregor Robertson’s fundraiser. And better yet, I’m opening for Rock, Paper, Scissors, the very funny Vancouver comedy, corporate entertainment and training troupe. The scoop: MLA, Gregor...
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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.
