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Edward Tufte (ET) is Professor Emeritus at Yale University. He is the author of four books on visual display, including the most recent, Beautiful Evidence. ET was recently appointed to the Obama Administration’s Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board. ...
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During a public speaking forum, I was asked to describe the differences between men and women public speakers. I was taken aback by this question and drew a genuine blank. Since then, I have been paying attention to see if there is a difference worthy of note. I do...
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One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes is the one where Elaine’s boss calls her into his office to discuss her edits to a manuscript and asks her to explain all the exclamation points. In a halting, hesitant response, she tells him that the writing lacked “a certain...
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The art exhibition, “Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection” is completing it’s two year tour this spring. The collection features more than 200 of the brooches former Secretary of State Albright wore as symbols of her diplomatic messages. She wrote, “I found...
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I was meeting with a new client last week to get an idea of what she was hoping to achieve from our work together. She said quite simply, “I want to be more inspiring and I have to be more persuasive. The first part is for me and the second part is for my job.” ...
