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Lebron James saying reporter is retarded!! -Media Training
This is Lebron and DWade following the game 3 loss to the Celtics, obviously they are trying to keep it between themselves, but Lebron clearly mumbles “She’s Retarded” after she asks the question.
Public speaking moment of the day: LeBron James confronts his heckler in Detroit
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Public Speaking Skills, tip of the day, Training Community on February 14, 2011
by Mike Bako -At this point in his career Lebron James has heard it all from opposing fans. The boos, the cheers, the cursing and through it all he has continuously preformed at a high level. At times it almost seemed like he used it as fuel to reach even greater heights.
So why did he decide to verbally confront a fan in Detroit over heckling that he was receiving? It certainly was not the first time he had heard it from the Detroit crowd. What was different this time was that his small children were nearby and he did not want them hearing the curses coming out of the fans mouth.
Are Celebrities Abusing Twitter?
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Communications, media relations, Social Media, Video on January 12, 2011
50 Cent and LeBron James are big fans of Twitter, but are their tweets potentially harmful to their image?
Disastrous public relations, thy name is LeBron James
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial on January 12, 2011
As if announcing his decision to not resign with the Cleveland Cavs on live TV was not enough of a kick in the stomach, Lebron James went on Twitter last night to mock his former teams historic 55 point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Makes me wonder what, if anything, is going on inside of James’ head.
The tone he took while writing the Tweet was the most bizarre part. Going to great lengths to speak about karma coming back to bite Cleveland. Karma? Karma for what? Booing you when you returned to Cleveland to play against the hometown team you left?
Fox Names Most Despised Stars of 2010
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, Communications, Crisis Communications, Student Speak, Teaching, Workplace on December 8, 2010
Most of the names on the list are predictable: Mel Gibson, Heidi Montag, and all of the Kardashians. Prediction, the negatives surrounding many of these celebrities will destroy their careers and they will become rightfully obscure within a few years. Others, like Tiger Woods and Lebron James, will be able to rehabilitate their images by focusing on the unique talents that gained them fame in the first place. To see the full list, go to FoxNews.
Lebron James is booed in Cleveland
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, celebrities, Crisis Communications on December 3, 2010
OK, Lebron James has already sullied his image and is one of the most unpopular athletes in the country who hasn’t brutalized dogs. But he apparently isn’t the only one determined to have an awful reputation. The fans in Cleveland last night weren’t exactly paragons of class and refinement. Cleveland is a city of mass unemployment, crumbling infrastructure, high crime and mediocre schools and this is what they get worked up about? Lebron James is really the worst thing to ever happen to Cleveland? I’m starting to feel like James was smart to want to get out of a town that seemingly has so little going on that they would obsess over this. More at Sports Grid.
Lebron James in Cleveland Press Conference
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, celebrities, Communications, Media, Presentation Skills Training, Social Media, Video on December 1, 2010
Advice for Lebron James, Should Hillary Clinton resign? Answers to these and more viewer questions.
Cleveland has an answer for LeBron’s question
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language on November 6, 2010
By Mike Bako
Lebron James made his decision and it was to leave Cleveland in his rear view mirror for the sun of Miami. Lebron had his say when he left Cleveland live on ESPN then followed it up with a recent Nike ad that poked fun at his image and at the entire media hysteria that has been surrounding him since he left. Now the citizens of Cleveland are having their voices heard with a well produced video response to James’ Nike ad.
The venom that Cleveland has for James comes through in the ad but so does the passion that they have for their hometown. If the entire rebuttal would have been a slamming of James then it would have come across as even more sour grapes but instead montages of voices are heard extolling the virtues of the city, the hard work that they pride themselves on and the passion that they have for working together.
This could be a good example for political candidates in the future who go negative with their ads. Negativity will only take you so far if you do not highlight your own passions and accomplishments. With that being said, Lebron left Cleveland in his rear view mirror and now it is time for them to let Lebron go, focus on cheering on their hometown team and stop playing the victim.
Lebron stars in new Nike Commercial. Is it effective?
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, celebrities, Communications, Media, media relations, reputation management on October 27, 2010
Nike unveils a new commercial featuring Lebron James. The striking thing about it is that it restates many of the nasty things people have said about James over the last year. And it shows James doubting himself. These two things make for riveting TV because they are so rare. I don’t know if this ad will sell more sneakers, but in an era when people only want to talk about social media and Foursquare this and Tweet that, James and Nike have people talking about a TV ad again. That alone is an accomplishment. See for yourself.
Jim Gray, the Reporter, Often Becomes the Story
Posted by TJ Walker in Body Language, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Media Training, News, Presentation Skills Training, Social Media, Social Speaking on August 18, 2010
by The New York Times
Two incidents in the past six weeks are serving to mold the public’s jaded view of the reporter Jim Gray. 
What Lebron James did not learn from Tony Hayward
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Body Language, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Media Training, Meeting Planners, Pitching, Presentation Skills Training, Social Media, Social Speaking on August 17, 2010
by Mike Bako
I guess Lebron James was too busy deciding which mansion to buy in Miami to have paid much attention to the news over the last few months. If he had, he would have seen the steady stream of bad sound bites coming from the mouth of former BP CEO Tony Hayward and he would have known not to say something so inflammatory as “We hated Cleveland…” in the September issue of GQ magazine.
By now we all remember that Hayward wanted the oil spill to end because he “wanted his life back”. He was vilified for being callous and selfish in the face of so much devastation. That quote was played over and over again on TV and radio to the point that no one remembers the first part of his statement was “We’re sorry for the massive disruption it’s caused their lives. There’s no one who wants this over more than I do.” It is a prime example of someone who could not stay on message, got himself in trouble for it and provided more reasons for his critics to be angry with him.
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