Since first posting our list of the Top 50 Communication Mantras in 2011, the list has stayed relatively the same. With the various issues buzzing around all of us related…
The art of the “pause” – knowing when to use a short one or long one – offers many benefits to speakers, presenters, and trainers alike. Mark Twain has a…
I was in a client meeting yesterday. All of the participants had PhDs. We were talking about data storytelling and data visualization concepts — how to simplify the presentation, how…
The other night, my wife and I visited one of our local Chinese restaurants for the food and of course, for the fortune cookie. Our waitress, while efficient, was one…
One week ago, I sent my customer a list of three Better Tomorrow Message TM options. We were then going to meet a week later to select the preferred option.…
A few weeks ago, Ira Koretsky, The Chief Storyteller®, presented a half-day “Executive Storytelling” workshop training program to nearly 90 social change leaders from more than 50 countries. They were…
MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE In describing Atlas Corps, Scott Beale, Founder and CEO, shares that Atlas Corps is "an international network of the world's best non profit leaders…
Asyndeton is a Figure of Speech for improving Emphasis & Impact. It is part of a series on figures of speech and rhetoric. I share them as the English language…
Ride Space Mountain is another of my favorite stories is from one of my students, Mary, at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. I…