October 9, 2008
Sometimes your audience needs defusing. You may know ahead of time that the audience is likely to be hostile to your ideas, or there may be a big issue looming over them which distracts them from listening to your presentation. Or they may simply not be that interested in listening to you. Whatever the issue, [...]
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July 14, 2008
Barack Obama is well-known for his speaking skills. But it was not always that way. Here are some comments on Barack Obama from his early days in politics: From Time magazine: [Obama's] delivery was stiff and professorial–”more Harvard than Chicago,” said an adviser who had watched Obama put a church audience to sleep. From Chicago [...]
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