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November 2009 - Talking Points
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Archive for November, 2009. President Obama’s Speech at Fort Hood Great Example of the Power of Stories. President Obama yesterday spoke at the memorial services for those servicemen and women that died in the recent massacre at Fort Hood. In the speech, the President tells a brief story about every one of the people killed during the killing. If those stories don’t move you, nothing will. Wednesday, November 11th, 2009. Public Speaking Tips from the Apple Store. The Listeners’ Bill of Rights.
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Get Your Shtick Together To Speak Better in Impromptu Settings - Talking Points
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Stephen Colbert with a Nice Personal Story for the “It Gets Better Campaign.”. Public Speaking Lessons from Bernie Madoff. Get Your Shtick Together To Speak Better in Impromptu Settings. Speaking impromptu is hard. Ask the average person in a meeting to update us on the project you’re working on, and if they’re not prepared, you hear a disorganized mess. It’s just show up and throw up. Johnny Carson could always get a laugh with his Carnac the Magnificent shtick. Jack Benny’s shtick was that he was cheap.
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June 2011 - Talking Points
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Archive for June, 2011. Advantage Rafa: Public Speaking Lessons from The Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Public Speaking Lesson from Wimbledon. Wimbledon is upon us. And as in past years, the world is suddenly divided between two types of people: Roger fans and Rafa fans. From a tennis perspective, I’m a Roger fan. But when it comes to public speaking, I’m a Rafa guy all the way. Public speaking can also be divided between a Roger and a Rafa approach. Similarly, I had an attorney ask me to help him learn...
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Talking Points - Page 2 of 34 - Joey Asher
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Swiss Political Party Seeks to Ban PowerPoint. I’m not a huge fan of PowerPoint either. But I don’t know if I want to make it ban it completely. But that’s exactly what the Anti-Power Point Party, a fledgling group in Switzerland wants to do. The group has calculated that an annual cost to productivity is about $500 billion a year in Europe alone. While we’re at it, let’s add a Pro-Rehearsal Party too. July 20th, 2011, posted by joey. Comments Off on Swiss Political Party Seeks to Ban PowerPoint. All the...
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"Microstyle": New Book on Keeping It Tight - Talking Points
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Public Speaking Lessons from Bernie Madoff. Public Speaking Tip from Liz Taylor’s Eyebrows. 8220;Microstyle”: New Book on Keeping It Tight. 8220;We don’t always have to be clever, thank goodness. Often, simply being clear is enough.”. Those are the first words of a new book by blogger and consultant Christopher Johnson called Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little. It received a rave review from The New York Times. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Can You Spot Fake Smiles?
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Public Speaking Lesson from the Ancient Greeks - Talking Points
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The Listeners’ Bill of Rights. Public Speaking Tips from the Apple Store. Public Speaking Lesson from the Ancient Greeks. The Ancient Greeks posited three keys to persuasion. Aka emotion, and. Aka personal character or credibility. Of the three, the most important is. All the logical and emotional appeals mean nothing if the speaker has no credibility. So let’s talk about how to boost credibility and persuasiveness for your presentations and meetings. Build a relationship prior to the pitch. Make appoint...
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Can You Spot Fake Smiles? - Talking Points
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Public Speaking Tip from Liz Taylor’s Eyebrows. For Difficult Conversations, Show Up in Person and Take Questions. Can You Spot Fake Smiles? There’s a cool test on BBC’s website that measures your ability to know when someone’s smile is genuine. To take the test, click here. Here’s a hint. The secret is watching the eyes. Here’s the debriefing given by the website on how to tell the difference between a real and a fake smile. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Feed You can sk...
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October 2009 - Talking Points
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Archive for October, 2009. Improve Your Stories with a Little Schmaltz. I was helping a banker with a story he planned to tell as part of his presentation. You know what this story needs? I said. This story needs some schmaltz. He gave me a confused look. You don’t know what schmaltz is? I said. It’s the good stuff. It’s the extra details and background that you add to the story that makes the story come to life. All good stories have a little schmaltz. You schmaltz up a story by adding spicy details.
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May 2011 - Talking Points
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Archive for May, 2011. The Value of Rehearsing Out Loud. The more time I spend helping people become better speakers, the more I realize that the best way to improve is simply to rehearse out loud. Rehearse your speeches out loud. Rehearse what you plan to say on a conference call out loud. Rehearse how you’re going to answer a client’s questions out loud. Out-loud rehearsal makes you sound smooth. Finally, I said, Let me give it a try. But you’re a pro, one person protested. You do this all the time.
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April 2010 - Talking Points
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Archive for April, 2010. When Is Foul Language Appropriate? I never use foul language during presentations. But I have been known to rely on the occasional curse word. Certain words express emotion particularly well. And sometimes a good f-bomb just feels right. Here is a nice discussion of the use of foul language in today’s New York Times. Tuesday, April 13th, 2010. Comments Off on When Is Foul Language Appropriate? Is this really the image Microsoft wants in the New York Times? Monday, April 12th, 2010.
