by Rob Cottingham | Jul 20, 2012 | Speechwriting
A post about posting (on walls) at events – part 1 | Conferences That Work: Recently I’ve been frustrated and baffled. No less than three venues (two hotels and a conference center) in the last month have informed me that I was not allowed to post anything on the walls of the room I was … Keep reading →
by Rob Cottingham | Jul 18, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting
There are several relatively painless ways to fix a tic. My favorite is to get someone, a friend, to count the tics over some specified period of time, like a speech, and then charge the offender an agreed-upon sum for each offense. Usually a dollar is enough to get the malefactor’s attention. And you’d be … Keep reading →
by Rob Cottingham | Jul 16, 2012 | Everything Else
We’re at a really amazing point in human communication, and while digital technologies are being used in some trivial and/or mercenary ways, they’re also connecting us in fascinating, unexpected ones. There’s a lot of unexplored territory here, and... by Rob Cottingham | Jul 12, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting
10 Ways to Prepare for a TED-format Talk It’s kind of reassuring to know that even a public-speaking icon like Nancy Duarte can run over time (even if it did take a nasty chest cold to make it happen). But reading through these tips, it’s hard to imagine much short of a ferocious virus … Keep reading →
by Rob Cottingham | Jul 12, 2012 | Speaking, Speechwriting
How to Prep for a Presentation, by Clay Johnson Maybe it comes with doing a lot of thinking about which information is and isn’t important. But Johnson’s determination to do a superb job of something he considers very important shines through in this piece: Fewer things generate a higher return on investment for time spent … Keep reading →