Category Archives: Writing & Social Commentary
PowerSpeaking Book
Introduction From passion to technology, from soul to strategy’it’s all here. In PowerSpeaking© : How [...]
Apr
So long, Rick
“So long, Rick” by Rick Gilbert Snot was running down her face. My mother’s eyes [...]
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Apr
Speaking Up
Speaking Up: Surviving Executive Presentations by Rick Gilbert You are a smart, high-potential middle [...]
Apr
I Have a Dream
“I Have a Dream” was The Greatest Improv in the History of Speech Communication Martin Luther [...]
Apr
Don’s Final Barbershop Song
Dear friend Don Schaller was just a few days from death. Don had been [...]
Apr
Don’s memorial
Saying Good-bye Saying good-bye to you Don is saying good-bye to a lingering sigh. [...]
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Apr
ADELE SCHEELE INTERVIEW
Interview with Adele Scheele, author of Skills for Success Imagine you are in a [...]
Mar
Storytelling
Good Storytelling Storytelling is hot. Management and leadership books abound with advice about how leaders [...]
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Dec
Blood on the marble floor
In my 40 year career as a speech coach and trainer, I’ve heard 100,000 speeches. [...]
Nov
A Bridge to the 21st. Century
The new east span of the Bay Bridge After watching this bridge take shape for [...]
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Nov
What CEOs and Robert Redford have in common
In the world of entertainment, Robert Redford is truly a “Big Dog.” About as big [...]
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Oct