There’s a scene I love from the movie Cadillac Records. Beyonce plays Etta James, and she is in the studio recording the famous tune “All I Could Do Is Cry.” The producer tells her it’s not good enough, that she isn’t putting enough...
Paul Schmid of The Pursuit Zone interviews me about the walk across Turkey. Click here to listen to the interview. Here’s an index of questions: 01:00 — Where did you grow up? 02:00 — Does your father have anything to do with farming? 02:50 —...
One of my favorite scenes from Mad Men comes at the end of season 1, when Don pitches Eastman Kodak using a slide show from his own life… There are many things I like about this scene. One of them is that Don knows his audience has a question (“What does...
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These are the first questions I ask my clients when we are preparing a presentation. They are obvious questions. It is so easy to answer them quickly, forget the answers, and continue on, unthinking, unchanged, uninspired. The other day I was meeting with a client....
Q&A (questions and answers) is a great way to break up a speech and make sure you and your audience are thinking in the same direction. However, I often see my clients, when giving an answer, give answers that are too long. The result is that they become less and...
Ken Robinson is one of the most popular speakers in the TED community. But it’s not because he’s doing most of the things speech trainers tell us we should do. He doesn’t move around on the stage much. Usually he just stands in one place. His hands...
Something that is stressful causes stress in others. Something that is stressed feels stress. One way to remember it: Things are usually stressful. People are usually stressed. Examples: The meeting was stressful. This job is stressful. Sitting in traffic is...
Here’s this week’s assignment for my “English On The Road” students. The assignments, as you can see here, are free. The service I offer is not to provide the assignments, it’s to be that person’s “personal trainer.”...
