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1. Being in a car with a driver who is texting 2. Presenting to a room of 50 people It should be #1 that generates the heart palpitations, sweaty palms, shallow breathing, shaky limbs of fear! And yet, why doesn’t the very real life risk of texting while driving...
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As you can see from our previous post, Charlotte and I attended Edward Tufte’s Presenting Data and Information workshop. When it was over, we talked about what worked and what didn’t so that we could add to our repertoire of presentation tips and tricks. We bounced...
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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...
