As research for the book I’m writing on public speaking, I’ve been listening to tons of famous speeches and various CDs of collected speeches. Recently I found a list of the top 100 speeches of all time and I’m working my way through it. Interesting observations: We have technology...

This is not an advertisement. As you would imagine, my recollection of the specifics of the dream are foggy at best, but I can seem to bring to mind some of the details. First, you have to understand that I have this re-occurring dream every month or so that I have been asked to speak in public, and...

Mark and Kay Update March 4, 2009 http://www.markandkay.com Greetings in the Name of Jesus! What an amazing weekend we just had with our CarePoint youth leaders – all 35 of them! The theme was all about encountering God, and that’s what we all did – in a real and impacting way. Each of the you...

Attending FroComm’s sparky 2nd Annual New Media Summit, the musky scent of strategy hung heavy in the air with many PR types - inspired by decent presentations from Forrester’s Steven Noble, Ogilvy PR’s Michael Darragh, Google’s Tony Kuesgen and Dan “Downwind Media&...

It was Tony Soprano who did for the working-class accent what JFK had done for the Boston one.  Rick Santelli brought that to the next level with his rant and his plans for a Chicago Tea Party. How blessed I am to have been given this gift of a heavy Jersey City, NJ accent as soon as I popped ...

I’ve had a fair amount of travel in the last 2 months, but really only one public speaking event of note. Starting now, things get crazy. First up, IndyHall Town Hall. From the IndyHall website: We’ve come a really long way in just a year and a half. We’ve connected with so many new people...

Jenny Williams from Ideagarden has recorded an interview with Ben Mangold, Analytics Director with Mangold Sengers. Ben is hosting the “Designing Data Centric Approach to Evolve your Digital Strategy� discussion on the ad:tech program. It’s a useful video to check out if you are considering go...

Our president has a tough sales job to do Inside the Beltway as well as on mainstream for his Stimulus Package.  But, do we want him, sounding "as much like a candidate as a president?"  That's how THE NEW YORK TIMES reporters Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Helene Cooper describe ...

Email from the listeners... Listener writes: I just finished listening to your program of January 10th and it was good...you do a good job of hosting. However, some of the things your guests had to say about professional speaking mildly upset me, because it's one of the toughest businesses to get in...

This Annual List of Top Ten Communicators of 2008 highlights the best (and worst) from business, politics (big this year), entertainment, sports and the professions. Take a look to see how communication skills helped make or break these notable individuals: THE BEST 1.    Barack Obama As his star...