July 14, 2011
Netflix is taking a public flogging for raising fees 60% – to $16/month from $10/month. 50,000 customers have posted angry comments to Netflix’s Facebook page and the assault […]
July 12, 2011
In part 1 of this blog post, we discussed templates for Ballroom-style presentations, which are performed with large audiences in dimly-lit ballrooms. But what about when […]
July 11, 2011
Storytelling is powerful. But there’s one ingredient that turns a good story into one so memorable you’ll want to tell others. That secret ingredient is…surprise! Watch this video […]
July 7, 2011
A silly PR gimmick called the Anti-PowerPoint Party has sparked talk about the true cost of bad PowerPoint. Despite its queer mandate – to replace PowerPoint with […]
June 28, 2011
This great video reminds us that it’s not what you say that makes the biggest difference – it’s how you say it. Why do these 9 words work? They tug at […]
June 27, 2011
Tell to Win illustrates the powerful way stories can catapult your message over the walls of indifference and resistance. But if you are looking for a […]
June 20, 2011
When you’re looking for analogies that will sway an audience, one good source is movies. In Peter Guber’s excellent book Tell to Win, he gives the […]
June 13, 2011
And the story behind the story is that this short piece was written by Ernest Hemmingway. He was lunching with colleagues and bet them $10 each he could write […]
June 9, 2011
Nick Morgan answers an important question on the Forbes.com blog: how do I keep it interesting when I have to present a bunch of dry technical […]