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Speak Like A King
Posted by TJ Walker in celebrities, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on March 13, 2011
Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday celebration will soon be here and most of us will see and hear bits and pieces of his famous 1963 “I Have a Dream Speech.” This speech is routinely ranked as the best or one of the best speeches of the 20th Century.
Many business executives will see video of the speech played again and again and think, “That speech worked for its time, but it really has nothing to do with modern presenting in the 21st century business world.”
Leaders Ask – John F. Kennedy Example
Posted by TJ Walker in celebrities, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Video on March 2, 2011
How can you learn from one of the most famous quotes in American history?
What do all great leaders have in common?
Posted by TJ Walker in Audio, CEOs/Financial, Great Lectures, Public Speaking Skills on February 27, 2011
TJ Walker says all great leaders are also great communicators!
Fearless Leaders – Churchill Example
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Public Speaking Skills, Video on February 18, 2011
Great leaders are not afraid to state clearly what is good and evil.
Mubarak Refuses to Step Down -VIDEO -media training
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Video, Voice, Workplace, Worst Speaker of the Day on February 10, 2011
Talk about failing to meet expectations. Egyptian President Mubarak spoke earlier today and with the world watching he defiantly refused to step down.
Mubarak went so far as to say the he plans to stay in Egypt, will never leave Egypt and will die in Egypt. The way things are going he might be right about the last part.
Why Rick Santorum Could Win in 2012
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Politics on February 3, 2011
Believe it or not, that’s not a headline from a fake news source like the Daily Show or The Onion. That actually appeared in the Daily Beast today. It’s a summary of the George Will column showing how Santorum could plausibly be the next president.
At first blush, this seems crazy. Santorum is somebody that nobody likes; he even got rejected by voters in his own state by nearly 20 points in his last attempt at an election. But Will correctly points out that the Republican Party is so fragmented that anyone who can successfully communicate with a narrow base of the electorate could win the nomination and then, if unemployment is hovering around 10%, any Republican could win.
What’s in a Name? If it is Steven Cohen, It Brings a Lot of Confusion
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, News, Politics, publishing on January 4, 2011
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has just appointed a new high level secretary, Steven Cohen, not to be confused with Steven Cohen the Congressman or Steven Cohen the hedge fund manager or Steven Cohen the Middle East expert. This gets confusing.
New rule: if you want to be a good parent, give your kid a name that is a least a little bit distinctive. Frankly, I can’t imagine giving a kid a name without buying the kid’s name as a URL. If the URL is taken, then I’d give the kid another name. Why start your kid’s life off with a digital disadvantage of not having a distinct name and url? Although apparently if you name your kid Steven Cohen, he’ll be destined for success.
Navy Captain Owen Honors Under Investigation for Starring in Raunchy Videos
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on January 3, 2011
Prediction: 2011 will be another great year to lose your job by saying and doing really stupid things on video. It’s one thing to get caught doing something stupid when you don’t realize you are being videotaped, but it’s another to actually intentionally produce and star in videos where you are making homophobic slurs and showing naked women showering together on a U.S. Military vessel.
Stupid, stupid, stupid! I smell a court marshal coming on.
Gov. Chris Christie Continues to Damage His Reputation
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on January 1, 2011
Gov Christie doesn’t seem to understand that his failure to be in New Jersey during the blizzard can’t be written off as mere partisan carping. Even Conservative GOP leader and former Regan Campaign manage Ed Rollins has condemned Christie for his failure of leadership this past week.
At a press conference yesterday, Christie’s blunt, “I don’t take any BS” style that normally endears him to voters only put him in more trouble.
Joe Miller Finally Gives a Concession Speech
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on January 1, 2011
A concession speech is a great way to leave a good taste in peoples’ mouths. It is a way to look classy and leave the stage with a positive image, even when you didn’t win.
However, if you wait so long that your opponent has practically finished the term of office and retired, you just look like a fool. That’s the situation with Joe Miller in Alaska. The election was never very close; Miller was always down by many thousands of votes.
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie to Take on Birthers
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on December 29, 2010
Abercrombie wants to release even more documents proving Obama was born in Hawaii, since the birth certificates and numerous newspaper announcements at the time haven’t persuaded more than 40% of the American people.
Abercrombie seems like a smart and ambitions fellow. Perhaps next he can persuade people that the moon landing wasn’t a hoax, that there was a holocaust, and that the moon is not, I fact, made of green cheese.
Sound bite of the Day “We’ve become a nation of wusses” Ed Rendell
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on December 28, 2010
This sound bite is continuing to get good play. Here is more of what the Pennsylvania Governor said:
“We’ve become a nation of wusses…China…is kicking our butt in everything…Chinese residents would have marched to the stadium…and done calculus all the way down!”
That is funny! It’s forceful, absolute, not whishy washy and is sure to endear Rendell to NFL fans who were surely disappointed about the big game being canceled due to snow.
Potential downside to Rendell politically: Family members of anyone who was killed on the highways during the blizzard are sure to be sore at Rendell for a long time.
The Seven Key Speaking Rules Sen. Bernie Sanders BROKE while giving the most-talked about speech of 2010
Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Keynote Speaking, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills on December 12, 2010
Sen. Bernie Sanders gave an 8 hour and 37 minute speech on the floor of the Senate and has since become an Internet sensation and a hero to liberals/progressives as his speech has become the most discussed of 2010. Bernie did it HIS way, but he also shows how many of the so-called rules of speaking are based on fallacy.
Rule number one: be short and concise.
New Gates Study: Students Can Accurately Rate Their Teachers’ Effectiveness
Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Great Lectures, Keynote Speaking, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills, Teaching on December 11, 2010
A new study out shows that students who rate their teachers as effective actually make greater measurable improvements over the school year. It turns out that students really are the best judge of speakers. Boring, ineffectual teachers are not liked by students and therefore little learning takes place. But this goes far beyond the classroom and into the work world too. Most business people don’t “like” executives for simply being funny or glib speakers, they like them because they actually say and do helpful, useful things. Being an effective speaker isn’t an “extra” when it comes to being an effective teacher or business leader; it is essential to the whole cause.
More at the New York Times.
President Obama calls Republicans hostage takers- VIDEO analysis of press conference
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Technology, Video, Workplace on December 7, 2010
Are you’re a social media addict? Check out this hilarious spoof of Social Media Addiction.
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, blogging, Body Language, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Great Lectures, Humor, internet marketing, podcasting, Video, Workplace on December 6, 2010
Sound bite of the day: Charlie Rangel “I’m not going t be judged by this congress.”
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on December 3, 2010
Sorry Charlie, but yes, you will.
GOP Insider backlash continues against Sarah Palin
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Foreign Languages, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on December 2, 2010
Now Ed Rollins has ripped Sarah Palin a new one. Rollins was Reagan’s campaign manager and he isn’t taking too kindly to Palin’s comparisons of herself to the Gipper. Does this hurt Palin among GOP faithful? No; it actually helps her solidity her base with the Tea Party and other outsiders. Rollins is a Washington Insider who’s been around forever. Worse, he’s a CNN commentator, in other words, he consorts with the enemies in the eye of conservative Republicans. More from Rollins at Mediaite.
Mike Huckabee finally finds way to get in media headlines without standing next to Sarah Palin
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Body Language, celebrities, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on November 30, 2010
You have to feel sorry for poor Mike Huckabee. No one ever seems to mention him anymore now that all political news is devoted to Sarah Palin 100% of the time. But Huckabee finally found a way to get a little bit of the spotlight back. He called for the execution of the WikiLeaks guy. Now that’s the way to muscle your sound bite into the story! More at Mediaite
Is Murdoch looking for liberals?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Great Lectures on November 30, 2010
Hmm… we’ll see. But it does look like Rupert’s new digital daily is NOT trying to be another Wall Street journal, Fox news or New York Post. The new online daily will attempt to be centrist and will have a wide range of opinion writers. I’m still skeptical that this site will have anything to make it standout from, well, wsj.com, nypost.com, foxnews.com or, for that matter nytimes.com. So it will have all of the staff overhead of a big-time newspaper but with none of the ability to charge full-page paper ad rates. The economics don’t look pretty. Couldn’t Rupert possibly funnel excess cash/profits from his MySpace investment? Not a good idea.
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