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How was your summer?
In our Influential Storytelling class at ar.tic.u.la.tion, we apply critical thinking methodologies to help properly frame a story. So on our summer family vacation a week ago, I
On Pausing.
A college professor commented that his students were giving him a wide range of feedback on his lectures. “Some students think I’m the second coming
Why a fine presentation isn’t good enough
Today I found a little black dress. There it was hanging on the clearance rack, all unassuming, half-dangling from the hanger, slotted in the wrong
A presentation transformation: part 2.
On Wednesday this week, Jan and I attended the ‘final exam’ in Alaina Sheer’s presentation transformation. I hadn’t written about our style and delivery session that
Talk Back: Tis the Season
Every May and June for 15 years I’d tune into CSPAN and watch graduation speeches. Thank goodness I got married one June and now have
A presentation transformation: part 1
From fairy tales to extreme makeovers, who doesn’t love a good before-and-after story? HGTV has built an empire around ’em (with good reason) and TLC offers a veritable
Unplug it
In today’s New York Times, an illuminating story about multi-tasking adorned the front page. It’s disintegrating our ability to focus, the research argues (I would personally
From Ruth: 25 years in the making
San Diego, August, 1996: I was sequestered for a day in the speechwriters’ room behind the big stage at the Republican National Convention. I was
So you have invited someone to talk, eh?
This is a note to organizers. Your role in getting a speaker ready to talk is as important as the speaker’s own preparation. In the
Talk Back: “What If” conference
Talk Back is an occasional review of talks we’ve attended or heard. Yesterday, it was a delight to attend the first “What If” conference at