TJ Walker #1 USA TODAY Best-Selling public speaking author and presentation trainer to past Miss Universes, Super Bowl Winners, Nobel Peace Prize Winners presents the 1^st annual Snoozy and Snazzy awards to the best and worst speakers at the Academy Awards.
For video analysis from TJ go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvRcScaAGI

SNAZZY AWARD:  Best speech

Sandra Bullock, Best Actress

“She nailed it last night. This is an actress who can poke fun at herself but she was also emotional, funny and she specifically thanked every single woman in this category.

It was classy, funny, everything you could want in an acceptance speech.”

SNOOZY AWARD: Worst speech

Christoph Waltz, Best Supporting Actor

“He came out and gave a laundry list of 15 names and mentions, too long for a 45 second speech. Not enough humanity or stories. In short there wasn’t anything entertaining in his speech.”

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TJ Walker will offer his unique take on which winners put the audience to sleep and which speeches were worthy of their own golden statue.

Attention TV producers throughout US and Worldwide: Walker is available for live and recorded TV interviews anywhere in the world from his Manhattan remote broadcast studio (there is no fee or expense for TV stations)
For video analysis from TJ go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUvRcScaAGI

TJ Walker is one of the leading media trainer/crisis communications counselors in the world. For more than 25 years he has coached president s of countries, CEOs, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Miss Universes and thousands of corporate executives. He is CEO of Media Training Worldwide www.mediatrainigworldwide.com

Walker Electronic Press Kit http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com/epresskit.html

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Availability: Walker is available for live and recorded TV interviews anywhere in the world from his Manhattan remote broadcast studio (there is no fee or expense for TV stations) (remote via Skype over a business class 5 Mbps upstream connection. Other streaming options also available, including LiveStream and iChat.)

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AVAILABLE For Interviews – #1 USA TODAY Best-Selling public speaking author and trainer to past Nobel Prize winners can offer his commentary on the performance of Jay Leno as he re-launches The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on March 1st.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Speaking expert and best selling book author TJ Walker can offer commentary in studio, over the phone, via satellite through Skype or he can produce his own web video offering expert analysis.
Walker has trained and prepared previous Nobel Peace Prize Winners before their speeches as well as Presidents, Prime Ministers, US Senators and Miss Universes.

For a preview analyzes of what Jay Leno may say, visit:

TJ Walker will analyze:
o Did Jay Leno address the charges against him that he manipulated the process and “stole” back The Tonight Show?
o How did Leno connect with the audience?
o How did he handle the Conan O’brien issue?

TJ Walker is one of the leading media trainer/crisis communications counselors in the world. For more than 25 years he has coached presidents of countries, CEOs, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Miss Universes and thousands of corporate executives. He is CEO of Media Training Worldwide www.mediatrainigworldwide.com

TJ Walker has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning Show, Comedy Central’s Daily Show, CNN, Fox News Channel, Bloomberg TV, ABC News, NY1, and more than 2000 other TV and radio news talk show appearances. Walker is a national #1 bestseller and has been on the USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Business week bestseller lists.

Walker Electronic Press Kit http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com/epresskit.html

MEDIA CONTACT:

Ryan McCormick 516-901-1103

Mark Goldman 516-639-0988

Mike Bako 212-764-4955

TJ Walker 917-204-9490 (cell)

TJ Walker is a world-renowned speaking expert
• #1 USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Business Week bestselling author of “TJ Walker’s Secret to Foolproof Presentations”
• Speaking consultant to CEOs, Presidents, Prime Ministers, US Senators, Miss Universes and Nobel Peace Prize Winners
• Speaking World Champion, set world record for speaking on most talks shows in a 24-hour period (112 talk radio shows) – 6-1-2009
• Television Host, #1 rated daily speaking Internet TV show syndicated on YouTube, “The TJ Walker show”
• 25 years media and speaking training/consulting experience/founder TJ Walker Speaking
• Founder, TJ Walker Online Training, largest school of online, interactive presentation training courses

MEDIA CONTACT:

Ryan McCormick 516-901-1103

Mark Goldman 516-639-0988

Mike Bako 212-764-4955

TJ Walker 917-204-9490 (cell)

According to some White House reporters, it’s been 215 days since the last full-fledged Obama press conference–a longer drought than W ever had. What’s going on here?

The White House press can be a pain, but I think Obama is still making a mistake by not putting himself out there for scrutiny on a more regular basis.

Beppe Bigazzi, 77, is an Italian Chef who claims he was joking recently on Itaian national television when he said he enjoyed eating cat stew. He’s not joking on TV anymore; he was fired from his on-air position. Apparently you can joke about war, murder or other atrocities as long as yo don’t favor a type of meat that also lives inside a home.

The AP reports that the Obama Administration is trying to re-tool its communication strategy. They want to regain their campaign-like discipline from 2008. They have also taken upon themselves to use the White House blog and even twitter. Will it work? See the my video below for more opinions.

The head of the BBC urged all of that organization’s journalists to get used to using social media in all that they do or they should get out. Strong language, but language I think we are going to hear more of from all media companies and non-media companies alike. At some point in the very near future, not knowing how to use social media, including creating simple talking head videos, will be seen as big a liability as someone not knowing how to type or use a keyboard is today.

There are limits to spin. The Illinois Lt. Governor candidate Scott Lee Cohen dropped out of the race this week. It turns out that #1. Cohen has allegedly abused his wife. #2. He pulled a knife on his girlfriend. and #3. She might have been a prostitute.

It might be possible to spin your way out of one or two of these, but three strikes and you’re out still works in many situations.

Cohen’s big problem is that he is completely unknown by the public. So when he is faced with this much negative publicity, there is no way of countering it. In contrast, someone like fellow Democrat Bill Clinton could withstand personal scandals because he had such a huge body of public work and reputation behind him.

Think of it this way-Toyota is likely to survive some bad press, a brand new restaurant that gives al its patrons food poisoning on opening weekend won’t.

I hope James Arther Ray gets a fair trial on his manslaughter charges, but since I’m not going to be a jury member, I’m free to weigh in. I hope he gets convicted and serves some time in his own “sweat lodge” with no easy escape.

It’s important to remember that history shows us that the greatest leaders who help humanity are usually great speakers. But it’s also important to remember that the worst self-serving tyrants who lead people to their own deaths are usually great speakers too.