Introducing … public speaking.
May 4, 2012 Leave a comment
I think I just found the new intro for next fall’s lecture.
Ask the Esquire Guy’s Unconventional Guide to Public Speaking
letting someone else have your way
May 4, 2012 Leave a comment
I think I just found the new intro for next fall’s lecture.
Ask the Esquire Guy’s Unconventional Guide to Public Speaking
February 6, 2012 Leave a comment
Interesting that Sheryl Sandberg is a trending meme on women, leadership, and high tech, at least according to a NYT Business Day story last week. She is making the case for gender equality even as she is poised to become a billionaire at Facebook where she was hired after meeting Mark Zuckerberg in 2007 at a Christmas party.
She makes her case at TED Women in a presentation titled Why we have too few women leaders, but even more useful is this short on “authentic communication.” (Her style helps explain why she has become such a star.)
In case you wondered about her bio? Harvard and HBS, McKinsey, economist at the World Bank and later chief of staff for Lawrence H. Summers, where she proved herself.
January 2, 2012 Leave a comment
What are the apps that will help diplomats as well as international relations majors alike in understanding the world? (Hint: They don’t come from the State Dept, at least not yet.)
We’ll assume that you are already reading feeds and mags on Flipboard, watching documentaries and important films on Netflix, and reading longform articles on Instapaper and keeping track of things on Evernote. Also, you should store and share via Dropbox. Other expected installs: Skype, Kindle Reader, Facebook, Yelp, and Twitter.
With an eye toward the iPad as a power tool for content consumption, analysis, and even now more involved in production–here are some picks:
December 13, 2011 Leave a comment
The long shot and the current front runner square off in Lincoln Douglas-style debate in New Hampshire. Here’s to more discussions like this:
The former Ambassador to China played well-informed pundit on the future of Chinese politics, arguing that the next generation of Chinese leaders who will be taking power are “a hubristic nationalistic generation” who had no experience of earlier decades of political turmoil. “They’ve been terribly informed by 30 years of massive economic growth,” he said.
And here’s a great Huntsman thought for all teachers of AP Comparative Politics courses crafting essay questions. The Chinese, he said, are “the greatest long-term strategic thinkers in the world.” Americans “are the best short-term tactical thinkers in the world.” Discuss.
via Gingrich and Huntsman ‘debate’ in New Hampshire – PostPartisan – The Washington Post.
December 8, 2011 Leave a comment
This is how a single speech–by a youthful member of a non-governmental organization–can frame an issue and challenge the power of an entire government. Forget the concern that small states may not have as much relative power; in a multilateral forum, even a simple representative can shape the narrative and thus influence the outcome.
A Middlebury College junior confronts the chief American envoy at the global climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, demanding an “urgent path” to a legally binding treaty. She draws a standing ovation but is then ejected from the room.
November 14, 2011 1 Comment
It’s not every day that an undergraduate makes a scholarly discovery—especially about a prominent historic figure like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. But that’s what happened two years ago when William Murphy, then a freshman at Wake Forest University, stumbled upon a little-known speech by the young civil-rights leader during John Llewellyn’s “Great American Speeches” class. Now, as the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial is dedicated in Washington, The Chronicle talked with Mr. Murphy about what he found.
The perception that we know the ‘famous’ speeches of the past is constantly being challenged and revisited.
October 24, 2011 12 Comments
Great question for the season of debates. Listen to Kathleen Hall Jamieson, David Gergen, Jon Meacham, and others weigh in for Do Good Debaters Make Good Presidents? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com.
October 12, 2011 1 Comment
If you were the candidate from a third party, here are seven suggestions embedded in the speech you should give to address the United States’ major problems in a solutions-oriented way. (Think of this as a position paper for a US politician):
We can make this an era of opportunities, not threats. But only if we think differently. When the changes reshaping the global economy are dramatic, incremental responses won’t suffice. We need a bold agenda equal to the scale of our challenges.
I believe that it will take seven big domestic initiatives to get America back on track. Bear with me if I go a little deep on the details, because that’s the only way for you to see what I mean.
via The third-party stump speech we need – The Washington Post.
October 1, 2011 3 Comments
The most important semi-annual meetings where Latter-day Saints learn from the church’s highest leaders melds an oral presentation style in what will be later reviewed by its members–both aurally and in written form. Using the public speaking rubric which talks were more effective in communicating these key messages? What aspects of organization, delivery, and non-verbal oratory seem to work?
(Admittedly, this may be a new way to think about these meetings–and are likely not the most important takeaway. Even so, use of a TelePrompTer, language translation and broadcasting requirements ensure that prior practice will be part of most talks. Also, this question is more for your own personal thinking–and doesn’t count as your required course post for the week.)
September 22, 2011 2 Comments
Skip Modern Family and get your geopolitical fix by watching the UN General Assembly, ongoing this week. Ongoing speeches, important global issues, and the latest negotiation drama. Your guide to ongoing GA events here, and all of the UN here.
Live streams via UN Webcast, ABC News, HuffPo. Also, the UN News Centre produces “Backstage buzz” with some behind-the-scenes look to give you a better sense of being there.
And from The Lede, what kind of movie would the UN GA session be? Action thriller? (Only the clips over 50+ years) Drama? (Rarely). C-Span sponsored presentations? (Yep). But still, the importance is elevated by the drum pounding in this GA short, produced by a couple of 20-something junior staffers, including one from Columbia School of Journalism:
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