When I interviewed June for the book, I wanted to hear how TED.com prepared their speakers for only 18 minutes. The old axiom on public speaking is simple: The shorter the talk, the more trouble people have. Brevity is platinum in the world of public speaking, and I wanted to hear if June had secrets [...]
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Communication All-Stars: Govenor Scott McCallum, Aidmatrix
“When Scott McCallum, former governor of Wisconsin, became CEO and president in 2005, the organization had a perception problem. Recalls McCallum, “The most difficult issue is technology itself. Even the word technology tends to be cold. It’s not a feeling word. So the problem we have is taking the word technology and the purpose of [...]
Communication All-Stars: Big Jon Platt, EMI
“I knew the urban field so well that when someone came to me, I knew how the rest of the conversation was going to go. With all genres reporting to me, I had to become a good listener again.”
–Big Jon Platt, pp. 11-12, Mastering Communication at Work
He created the most successful urban publishing business in [...]
Communication All-Stars
Nothing is more powerful than listening to someone who loves what they do and hearing them describe how they build trust.