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The Daily Show is Now the Most Watched Late Night Program Among Young People
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, CEOs/Financial on March 2, 2011
What is the lesson here? If you want to communicate to young people you must infuse entertainment into your substance. It doesn’t matter if you are giving a new business pitch or a quarterly sales presentation, you need to engage your audience with more than just straight forward facts.
Is Jon Stewart the new Edward R. Murrow?
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial on December 27, 2010
That is the debate on the front page of the New York Times today. Is it a fair comparison?
Yes, to the extent that, like Murrow and eventually Cronkite, Stewart is the only liberal media figure able to sell liberal ideas to the mainstream public.
Olbermann, Maddow and other cable talking heads don’t seem to be able to reach young people or independents the way Stewart can; that’s why he has political influence and they don’t.
Jon Stewart Mocks Congressman for Using Cute Dog Visuals
Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, media relations, PowerPoint, Presentation Skills Training, Professional Speakers on December 23, 2010
Visuals can make or Break any presentation. Jon Stewart mocks Congressman Joseph Crowley for using Leona Helmsley’s dog in a visual for a speech against tax cuts fro the rich. Stewart’s point is that the dog is too cute and lovable.
Lesson: make sure your visuals don’t conflict with your message or confuse your audience.
Did Jon Stewart have Twice the Crowd of Glenn Beck at his DC Rally?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Keynote Speaking, Media, media relations, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, public relations, Public Speaking Skills on November 1, 2010
Crowd estimates for rallies in DC are such a contentious affair that the National Park Service (disclosure: a client of mine) wisely deiced to get out of the game years ago. But from a number of sources it appears that Stewart had more than twice the crowd of Glenn Beck? How significant is this?
Well Stewart had a whole network behind him, plus other shows (Colbert) and has numerous allies in the media. Beck had pretty much just himself, and will still able to get a huge crowd. When you factor in all variables, I call in a draw. More at Perez Hilton.
So what did Jon Stewart’s Rally for Reason mean?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Humor, Media, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, Professional Speakers, public relations, Public Speaking Skills on October 31, 2010
Jon Stewart’s big Day
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills, Social Media on October 30, 2010
We will be watching it here and blogging on the rally. Please let us know what you think too.
Jon Stewart is Askmen.com’s Most influential Man for 2010
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Government & Politics, Media, media relations, public relations, reputation management on October 28, 2010
Something tells me President Obama still wouldn’t change places with Stewart (though after Republicans take over the House, Obama might be tempted to). On the one hand, polls like this are a silly media institution. What they really are measuring is this “Of people who are famous and on TV a lot, who do you generally find likable and who seems to have an idea of what is good and bad in the world?” By that standard, I can see why lots of men picked Stewart. And this is a proud day for Stewart. After all, it’s really hard to be funny, and it’s really hard to talk about politics with a point of view without making people hate you or fall asleep. Stewart walks on a lot of land minds here regularly and he does it brilliantly. More at AskMen.com
President Obama appears on the Daily show with Jon Stewart
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Government & Politics, Media, Media Training on October 28, 2010
So how did Obama do? I don’t agree with those who claim it’s below a President to go on a comedy show. The bridge was crossed in ’92 when Clinton went on Arsenio Hall’s show. I give Obama a B- for his appearance. He made a strong, positive defense for why his health care initiative was a major accomplishment that helps 30 million people. But he was weak at defending his specific economic actions. Finally, he just isn’t tough or mean enough at defining his opponents in a negative light. Reagan was able to do it, and still appear to be a gentleman. You can watch the Daily Show here and judge for yourself.
Jon Stewart, the new Jesse Jackson???
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Government & Politics, Keynote Speaking, Media, media relations, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, public relations, Public Speaking Skills on October 27, 2010
Jon Stewart and his team are readying themselves for their big Rally to Restore Sanity this weekend. Whether Stewart realizes it or wants it, he has become the dominant spokesperson for Liberal America. And not just in a funny, ha-ha, way, but in a serious, philosophical, policy, political sort of way. It will be fun to see how he carries off his speaking duties next Saturday. Speaking to hundreds of thousands of people outdoors at a live event is a little different from speaking to 30 people in a taped session at a TV studio. Stewart may have unleashed a new genie that might not want to go into its bottle next week. Senator Franken, do you need a new colleague?
large Speaker Rally in Washington, DC for Democrats
Large rallies are big in DC this year. Glenn Beck got a huge crowd last month. The Democrats rallied today and soon will be Jon Steward. However, it should be noted, the ability to draw large crowds doesn’t correlate with winning elections. More here
Is an Appearance on Oprah still worth money in the bank???
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Authors Corner, blogging, Communications on August 4, 2010
Have you noticed that some old broadcast media models just aren’t working anymore? I don’t mean financially—that story has been covered. I mean that if you do happen to go on a broadcast network TV news program with quantifiable ratings in the millions to promote your latest book or go on a syndicated radio show on 300 stations with an audience of hundreds of thousands, that the media exposure just doesn’t translate into the hard sales and a boost in name ID the way it once did? I have.
We have obviously come a long way since Dr. Joyce Brothers appeared on the game show $64,000 Question in 1955 and was instantly famous then and forever after.
So who won the Jim Cramer versus Jon Stewart Debate on Comedy Central?
Posted by TJ Walker in CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Media Training, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, Public Speaking Skills, Speaking Competition on March 14, 2009
They both did. Cramer “won” by showing up, taking his medicine, and making it harder for Stewart to keep making (justifiable) attacks. In the long run, Cramer didn’t do any further damage to his already shaky image and he probably enjoyed being in a bigger limelight than usual. Since Cramer has been exposed as a hyperbolic conman in the past, his reputation couldn’t be lowered more in the eyes of most investors.
The Comedy Central host, however, was the big winner. Stewart proved to be as funny as David Letterman, as economically insightful as Paul Krugman, as fearless as Ed Murrow, and as consumer-centric as Ralph Nader (the good, early Nader). And Stewart crammed more tough economic and political questioning and reporting into one 15 minute interview than CNBC or even NBC’s Meet the Press does in a month of Sundays.
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