I Will Follow
Walk away, walk away, walk away, walk away, I will *click!* (From U2’s new Ping-enabled iTunes page.)That ghost-blogging thing again, Twitter/POTUS edition
Why is it considered perfectly kosher for Jon Favreau or another White House speech writer to help craft lines like “I know this historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty…” and the rest of what came out of the President’s mouth...Buckets o’ feeds: an approach to staying on top of social media content
Like a lot of folks in the social media space, I follow a lot of blogs, Twitter feeds, YouTube accounts, and other content. According to Google Reader, I average 537 articles a day. I don’t just skim them, I actually have a pretty well-defined system for organizing,...How John Allison writes Bad Machinery
Before I start writing I will have had a theme in mind, a central protagonist or a location. I’ll do research , draw a lot of sketches of characters, kind of get a feel for the shape of the project and get excited about it before I have to have any structure at...Tod Maffin’s 10 things he wishes he knew when he started as a pro speaker
I’ve been lucky to have been speaking professionally since 1997 (when I was nearly chased off stage by the audience of teachers for suggesting the model of classrooms segregated by ages was outdated). Along the way, I’ve made my share of mistakes on the circuit. Here...
Why, yes — I’d LOVE to speak at your event
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.
