Archive for December, 2007
I’m not a proponent of Monarchy, but I do give Queen Elizabeth high marks for her 2007 Christmas speech as seen on YouTube. The queen isn’t frozen or stiff, doesn’t should like she is reading, and uses great visuals of video images of family, plus holiday decorations. She appeared likeable. Here’s how I rate her.
Tags: , media skills, presentation, public speaking, queen elizabeth
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of Benazir Bhutto, vividly demonstratives that you don’t have to be experienced, old and wizened to be a confident and compelling public speaker. Zardari is all of 19 years old; he’s just seen his mother’s brains splattered across his TV set, and yet at his introductory press conference (watch here) [...]
Tags: bilawal zardari, Media, presentation, public speaking, sound bite
I am fine-tuning a new rating system for evaluating public speakers. Here is a sneak-preview. If you have somone you wnat me to rate. Send me a note and a video link to tj@tjwalker.com.Â
Tags: presentation skills, public speakers, Speaking, walkerspeak rating system
Let’s face it; you are an enabler—and so am I. When you and I sit through someone’s awful, boring, bullet-point filled PowerPoint Presentation and pretend to pay attention and listen, we are enabling another lousy speaker—and we are encouraging him or her to do the same thing again and again.
Tags: powerpoint presentation, presentations, public speaking, speaker
In Montreal, a new PowerPoint concept know as Pecha Kucha (originally from Japan) is gaining ground. Here is the basic thrust according to a story in Today’s CanWest News Service:
Tags: powerpoint presentation, public speaking, speaker
Because of all the types of speaking, motivational speaking, in the classic sense, is the easiest to devolve into meaningless clichés and useless abstractions. Personally, whenever I hear most motivational speakers, all I hear is Chris Farley’s absurd satire of a motivational speaker in his Matt Foley skit on Saturday Night Live. If you want [...]
Tags: chris farley, matt foley, motivational speaker, Speaking
This blog is more of a personal blog capturing my relfections on speaking. I also host a two daily shows on public speaking at The Speaking Channel. Please check in there from time to time to watch the latest Bully Pulpits segment or Speakcast shows.
I’m often asked by aspiring professional speakers “what is the easiest way to learn about and get started as a professional speaker?†If they are in New York City, I invite them to attend a meeting of the National Speakers Association New York Chapter. Especially since I am president of the New York Chapter, I [...]
Tags: presentation, professional speaker, public speaking
Edwards Gets Demerits for Tardiness on the Trail –Headline from NY TimesÂ
 John Edwards may be a compelling speaker (I think so), but he does himself a tremendous disservice by showing up late to most of his audiences. Here is an article from last week’s New York Times lambasting Edwards for showing up, on average, 45 minutes [...]
Tags: john edwards, presentations, public speaking, speaking audeince, tardiness
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