The ESTEEM Program (Engineering, Science, Technology Entreprenuership Excellence Master’s) is a one-year Masters of Science Program. It has been developed as a joint program of the College of Science, College of Engineering and Mendoza College of Business. The objective is to provide Science and Engineering graduates the skills required to take science and/or engineering inventions and translate those inventions into commercial ventures while strengthening their science and/or engineering skills.

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Dr. Kai Fu Lee, former Preseident of Google Greater China and founder of Innovation Works, says it best,”This book, The Power Presenter,  is an excellent exposition into what makes a great communicator, and how to become one, starting from the inside.  Using the very persuasion techniques it teaches, this book applies plain language, fun examples, and convincing demonstrations to lead the reader to absorb and internalize the concepts, and gain the skills and confidence to truly become a power presenter.”

The Power Presenter is expanding its reach. GetAbastract, the World’s Largest Library of more than 5,000 Business Book Summaries, has recommened The Power Presenter to the readers of Mint.

Mint is a national business newspaper published by HT Media in India. This one-of-its-kind newspaper has an exclusive agreement with the Wall Street Journal to publish Journal-branded news and information in India. Mint is today the second-largest business newspaper in India with presence in the key markets of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Pune and Kolkata.

Jerry frequently travels abroad for speaking engagements and coaching sessions. His most recent trip was to Cairo for Ideavelopers.  Ideavelopers is an Egytptian integrated finance venture developement and incubation firm that partners with technology entreprenuers to greatly increase their odds of success.

On the Ideavelopers website, you will find links to a wealth of online resources that range from informative to educative to news to advice as well as to a variety of documents and whitepapers that they publish regularly.

Jerry worked with a number Ideavelopers portfolio companies, coaching the group on the Power Presentations Core Program.

Among the companies were:

The book’s Chapter 10, “What Every Speaker Can Learn from Barack Obama,” was of particular interest to the publisher because of the popularity in Japan of President Obama’s public speaking skills.  Since Obama took office,  there have been many articles in the Japanese press about how the Japanese are learning English from him. Many of their lessons have come from the 2008 release of the international best-selling book “The Speeches of Barack Obama,” which sold nearly a half million copies in only 3 months and an audio CD of his speeches, which has sold over 200,000 copies.

To further leverage the Obama phenomenon, Wave Publishers has asked Jerry to write a new preface to The Power Presenter for Japan, and to include an analysis President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech today. Here is a preview of the new preface:

The Nobel acceptance speech was noteworthy for its clear structure, or the use of an overarching roadmap. Flow Structure is one of the seven steps of story development in Chapter Four of The Power Presenter, “How to Prepare Your Content.” In the Nobel speech, Obama chose two Flow Structures: Problem/Solution and Chronology. The problem was the seeming dichotomy of the award of a peace prize to the head of a state engaged in two wars; the solution was his definition of a “just war.” He then supported his definition with a chronological history of past wars and future steps toward peace.

Earlier this week, Jerry Weissman presented to a group of senior financial executives at the Financial Executives International(FEI) Silicom Valley Chapter Dinner Meeting at the Palo Alto Hills Country Club.

FEI provides exclusive peer networking for chief financial officers, controllers, treasurers, tax executives and finance and accounting professors in academia. Its membership base is 15,000 strong with chapters throughout United States and Canada.

Other speakers in 2009 included Joshua Bolten, formerWhite House Chief of Staff; Ronnie Lott, NFL Hall of Famer; and, Tom Campbell, former US Congressman.