May 28, 2009 by admin
At the invitation of The Zagreb School of Economics and Management and Mate, the publisher of the Croatian and Serbian editions of Presenting to Win and In the Line of Fire, Jerry continues his tour. This stop, Bled, Slovenia. Jerry’s lecture series focused on Delivering Your Presentation Effectively, and includes his techniques on developing your story, connecting with your audience, tools of the trade and crisis management. This Bled lecture was sponsored by Cisco Systems, Poslovna akademija Finance, and SAVA-SCHÄFER d.o.o., and delivered to business leaders from these organizations. Stay tuned for more photos from Tuzla, Bosnia and Podgorica, Montenegro.
May 27, 2009 by Jerry
In previous blogs you’ve read advice about presentations drawn from other communications media, among them television interviewing (Oprah Winfrey and Edward R. Murrow), writing (Mark Twain), film directing (Mike Nichols), and singing (Frank Sinatra). Today we turn to music again and to the acclaimed classical pianist Murray Perahia for inspiration. Along the career path to his acclaim, Mr. Perahia was fortunate to have been helped by several giants of classical music; the most influential of whom was his teacher, the legendary pianist, Vladimir Horowitz. But, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal, “One thing Mr. Perahia seems not
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May 22, 2009 by Jerry
A new book called The Art of Conversation states its case very clearly in its subtitle: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure. Social chitchat is author Catherine Blyth’s main focus and she ranges, as the Publishers Weekly blurb notes, from “small talk to pillow talk, from riotous raconteurs to crashing bores, from flattery to false smiles.” But Ms. Blyth goes beyond the frivolous to touch on some of the more substantive aspects of human communication, one of them is at the origin of interpersonal exchange. She looks back at how parents relate to infants, and says, “‘Goo-goo’ is the
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May 21, 2009 by admin
The Zagreb School of Economics and Management and Mate, the publisher of the Croatian and Serbian editions of Presenting to Win and In the Line of Fire, invited Jerry for his second tour of Eastern Europe The first stop on the tour was at the Zagreb School of Economics and Management, where Jerry lectured students and faculty on key techniques from his latest book, The Power Presenter. The lecture included video clips, among them, the famous Kennedy-Nixon debate. Dean Duro Njvaro (left) and his staff flank Jerry (center) Stay tuned for more photos from Jerry’s next stop on the tour: Bled, Slovenia
May 20, 2009 by Jerry
Other forms of communication have provided valuable sources of advice for our blogs about presentations. The most recent inspiration came from Broadway and Hollywood director, Mike Nichols. Today we turn to a legendary television pioneer. Edward R. Murrow, the celebrated broadcast journalist, had a distinguished career at CBS that started in the early days of radio in 1935, and culminated in the golden age of television in 1961. George Clooney’s excellent 2005 film, Good Night, and Good Luck, brought Murrow back to the forefront of public consciousness, but I didn’t need any reminders. My own career at CBS began after
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May 19, 2009 by admin
Jerry’s latest book, The Power Presenter, has recently been listed in Wirtschaftsblatt, a popular Austrian business newspaper, as #6 on its top 10 list of business books published in english. The WirtschaftsBlatt is Austria´s only daily business newspaper. It provides its office and stock exchange readers with current, relevant and useful information about the Austrian and international business events daily.
May 18, 2009 by Jerry
In a prior blog about my presentation at the Commonwealth Club, you met Bill Peacock, a member of board of the club’s Advisory Council. At the event, Bill shared an anecdote about his days as a classmate of Elizabeth “Liddy” Dole at Harvard Law School. But Bill has other noteworthy aspects of his career; one of the most significant being his position as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, where he helped spearhead the Army’s “Be All That You Can Be” campaign. That slogan, which ran for over twenty years—until it was replaced by the far
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May 15, 2009 by Pearl
In earlier blogs, we’ve offered you presentation advice from Mike Nichols, Mark Twain, Oprah Winfrey, and Fred Astaire. Today’s advice comes from Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios. Jobs’ commencement speech to the class of 2005 at Stanford University has become a classic, with over 2.5 million views on YouTube. Jobs knew exactly how to inspire the graduates. Wearing jeans and sandals underneath his robe, Jobs began his address by revealing that he had dropped out of college; and that that day was the closest he had ever been to graduation. What better way
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May 13, 2009 by Jerry
A recent Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle had as its theme, “Roughly Speaking,” which played out in answers of words containing either “er” or “um.” When spoken, those two sounds are known as “fillers” or “unwords,” because they have no meaning. Unwords are the bane of any speaker’s existence because they produce a perception of uncertainty. Barack Obama, whose superior speaking skills undoubtedly contributed to his ascent to the presidency, is known to lapse into unwords whenever he departs from his trusty teleprompter and speaks extemporaneously—as in a press conference. This lapse has drawn much spoofing, much of it
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May 11, 2009 by Jerry
Ben Schott, whose self-portrait you see here, is a London-based writer, who is also a contributing columnist to the New York Times with a blog called, “Schott’s Vocab.” Schott describes his blog as “a repository of unconsidered lexicographical trifles—some serious, others frivolous, some neologized, others newly newsworthy.” In a recent column, Schott invited “co-vocabularists to exorcise their linguistic pet peeves and vocab vexations by posting a comment.” Three hours after his invitation went online, there were more than 650 comments, and a day later that number doubled. Many were comments on comments, and many cited the same peeves, but
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