Leadership by strolling around
Speechwriter Tim Hayes reminds us that good leadership is both more involved than we might imagine, and less complicated.
The greatest speech ever delivered, destroyed by PowerPoint
A new version of the Gettysburg Address begins, “I’m Abraham Lincoln. Hi.”
The physical demands of a speechwriting job
Job description says you don’t have to be athletic, but you do have to be able to sit still and stare at computer screen for hours on end.
Big enough to succeed: A fierce argument for big business
Address by Allan Freeth, CEO, TelstraClear; delivered at TUANZ Telecommunications Day, Wellington, New Zealand, April 20. 2010
“It is the blood that brings us here today”
Address by STEPHEN T. BANKO III; delivered at the dedication of a Purple Heart Memorial, Buffalo, N.Y., May 1, 2010
U.S. Joint Forces Commander: ‘PowerPoint makes us stupid’
God bless the Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine Corps, the Joint Forces Commander, who said earlier this month that “PowerPoint makes us stupid,” and added that the program …
“Let’s make conferences just like the Internet!”
Join a debate on the nature of the future of conferences.
What would make a historian lie?
Garrison Keillor’s answer is as good as any: Ambition, fueled by childhood resentment.
Short-Term Demands Versus Long-Term Responsibilities: One Corporate CEO’s Search for the Balance
Address by INDRA NOOYI, Chairman & CEO, Pepsico; delivered at the Economic Club of Chicago, April 12 2010
How to abuse PowerPoint to its full potential
Comic Don McMillan has his audience laughing at hideous yet common mistakes made presenters in “Life After Death by PowerPoint.”