When was the last time you went to a conference and took twelve pages of detailed notes?
Here’s a truism: I am spoiled. As part of my role at Twist Image, I go out and speak to about sixty groups every year. In short, I get to see it all (and I feel v…
So, what do you think of my thought leadership?
Ugh. Really? When you speak or write in a forum that has audience and attention, the people who are giving you the platform have to sell you. In that, you have to be able to sell yourself to those people…
Over the past 5 years I’ve given a few hundred presentations in front of crowds from 10 to 1,000. I also make sure to attend other speakers’ presentations, sometimes to delight and sometimes to horror. Despite that experience, I’m far from a perfect speaker. But I am passionate, knowledgeable and continuously trying to optimize my [...]
Whether it’s a boardroom or a convention center, it’s common (and normal) to have stage fright.
Volumes of books have been written about overcoming stage fright. These include books that have been written by psychologists, neuroscientists, performance…
Why didn’t they have commencement speeches like this when I was growing up?
In the past couple of years, it seems like more and more amazingly powerful commencement speeches have been making their way online. The Steve Jobs one still gets its fair sha…
What are the tools that can help you give an unforgettable presentation?
After several years of speaking in public, I’ve had to develop my own system to ensure that each and every presentation goes off without a hitch. And yes, there are some great to…
Dear Tom,
It has been a while since we last did an event together, but I was just thinking of you yesterday and I felt compelled to write you this note. I don’t think I ever told you this, but over a decade ago, I took a job as a Director of Marketin…
Watch this video…
Brutal (and funny)… I know.
I was unaware of the book, Habitudes For Communicators, so Dr. Tim Elmore gets high marks for not only cutting through the clutter, but for creating something so funny (because it’s true). What’s sca…
Brands and popular individuals have done a great job of mucking up their reputation via Social Media.
It’s something that is not going to end anytime soon, either (sadly). Whether it’s a Weinergate or Kenneth Cole choosing a bad time to promote a new …
Is there a sure-fire way to be successful using Twitter?
Business books, Blog posts, magazine articles, tumblr feeds, newspaper articles, TV news segments and yes, even tweets, have been written about what it takes for both individuals and brands to b…
Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and Managing Bandwid…
There’s no doubt that technology brings with it some scary things.
The scariest of them all is of the uncertainty. Human beings are creatures of habit and any introduction of anything new typically raises an eyebrow (at least) or pitchforks (more oft…
Motivation is a strange beast.
In April 2007, I was asked to be a speaker in a full-day conference that was billed as a day of “motivation and leadership.” The event featured speakers like former President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton…
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Dear Seth Godin
Dear Seth,
It was great to see you this week at The Art of Marketing event in Chicago. You’re not only kind with the audience, but you’re kind with your time and it’s always a pleasure to both see you speak live (I tweeted out that, "I could watc…
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