How to wind up “Pursuing Other Interests” and “Spending More Time With Your Family”
Early in my career, someone told me, “Don’t put anything on paper that you wouldn’t want to see on the front page of the morning paper.” Make that on paper or on videotape. The San Francisco 49ers’ PR honcho is now Exploring Exciting New...Taking our ball and going home
Never get into a pissing match with people who buy ink by the barrel, the saying goes. In other words, you can’t win an argument with the media because, well, they’re the media, and they get to frame the argument. But maybe there’s another option:...The broadcast journalist’s new tool: Skype
CBC Radio is wonderfully, fantastically open to freelancers. But one of the harder aspects of working with them is their understandable reluctance to use phone interview clips. Little wonder: phone conversations sound awful, and nearly always have some irritating...No comment
Andrew Coyne has shut down the comments section of his blog: I don’t like to be in the censorship business, or picking and choosing which comments to allow and which to reject, and I don’t have the time to monitor hundreds of comments every day. I...Know your audience
Previously, we talked about how speakers (or their staff) need to negotiate a reasonable speaking time with their hosts. It’s part of going into every speaking engagement with your own agenda: a clear idea of what you want to accomplish, and the circumstances...
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Public speaking and speechwriting: the essential guides
Looking for advice on public speaking, speechwriting and leadership communications? Here are some of my most comprehensive posts, on topics that people ask me about most often.
