Question: Your Top 20 Speeches of All Time?

As we research for the next book, we’re putting together an analysis of the Top 20 speeches. It’s easy to identify political speeches but we’re looking for a variety. They can be political, but we’d also like any other types, too. They can be closing arguments, speeches in movies, lectures, sermons, Nobel Prize speeches…anything. Submit [...]

Topic: Delivery, Question
Tags: Question, speaking, speeches, top 20

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Britain’s Best Young Speaker

So the BBC is doing this new reality show called “The Speaker,” and guess what? They’ve asked Nancy to be a member of the team of expert communicators who share their insights and experience with the candidates!
Think of the show as American Idol but for high school-aged kids who think they’ve got what it takes [...]

Topic: Diary
Tags: communication, inspiration, presentation, speaking

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Come along to FWE&E and Web2.0 Expo

I’ll be speaking at two great events this month. This is proof that there’s a real hunger for telling a compelling visual story. The FWE&E event on March 11 has already sold out but you need to know about this organization! This is a great group of women executives and entrepreneurs. Wendy Beecham and the [...]

Topic: Delivery, Event
Tags: fwe&e, iabc, o'reilly, speaking, vizthink

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Interacting with Slides

Nancy Duarte’s slide:ology is five months old and still, deservedly, going strong. Long may it wave.
Although Nancy and I have worked together for many years, I still keep going back to slide:ology for her wonderful creative ideas. I’m particularly taken with the structure of her Chapter 11, “Interacting with Slides.” One of the basic rules [...]

Topic: Delivery
Tags: communication, Delivery, presentation, speaking

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Tips for Presentations of a (Second)Lifetime

Presenting via a webinar is tough to do. Presenting in a virtual world as an avatar will surely have nuances that are new for me.
Tuesday, January 27, I’ll be on an island getaway. I’m not talking about Hawaii. I’ll be giving a lecture on Microsoft Users Group Island in Second Life. I had to [...]

Topic: Delivery, Event
Tags: avatar, engagements, events, second life, speaking, tips, upcoming

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