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Steve Jobs- more furious than passionate. So what?
In my last post I talked about the pointlessness of passion. And here are a few speakers who were brilliant with no...
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Bullshit Bingo- Ed Miliband’s bargain basement speech
Here’s a lovely trashing of Ed Miliband’s conference speech last week. It’s by the elegantly uptight Martin Shovel and if you haven’t...
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How original are you?
My occasional and much admired colleague, Charles Crawford, shows how using metaphor to make a powerful point, but gently, is an art...
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Clegg's conference speech: 1 plus & 2 minuses
I know my Spanish, French and US friends will forgive me for this, but here’s a lovely post from Max Atkinson- Rhetoritician...
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Great Speech 1- We shall fight them on the beaches
Winston Churchill’s finest hour as a leader came in the dark days of 1940-42. His belligerence and oratory stood out in the...
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Steve Jobs. Great presenter? Hmmmm.
A great post from Stefan Lindegaard, on his excellent blog 15inno, from Denmark. It’s Steve Jobs again. Stefan shows a great clip of ‘God’...
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Malcolm Gladwell- Storyteller par excellence
If you want a great example of how to create interesting and relevant ‘keynotes’ from the unlikely combination of sources as varied...
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Richard Keys & Andy Gray- a warning to us all
What a row! 2 of the UK’s best known sports pundits have, or about to, been fired for being indiscreet while wearing...
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Vlad the Impaler- using a soft quote to wound
You’ve got to love Vladimir Putin haven’t you? OK, Probably not. And maybe have some sympathy with him? OK, definitely not. But...
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