The Tyranny of the Or…

Your best speech title What’s the best speech title you ever came up with? Whilst you’re thinking about it I’ll carry on. My best title was… “The Tyranny of the Or” “The Tyranny of the Or” is a concept discussed in the book “Built to Last” published by the Stanford Business School. In the Authors words…   “The tyranny of the or moves people to believe that...

All your life…

Fear of impromptu speaking When I tell people that I’m a member of a Speakers Club at which we give speeches for fun, they look at me as though I’m a few fries short of a happy meal. When I tell them that some of the speeches are impromptu, they look at me with the eyes of a man who has been to the edge… and looked over. If public speaking makes people slightly uneasy, then impromptu...

The Coolest Voice on the Internet

A guy a voice and a video “Like fine wine trickling out of a decanter.” That was my initial description of Randy Cantrell’s voice. As soon as I heard it, I knew that I had to share it with you, so I contacted Randy. I contacted him one Friday night and received his video early on Saturday morning – now that is service with a smile. With a voice like that, I assumed that Randy would be...

Online Video: Un Art… Une Technique

Meet Mr. Video If you want to know how to add power and dynamism to your blog, visit Marcus Sheridan, Ingrid Abboud or Danny Brown. If you want to have a little banter and get involved with the blogging community try Melanie Kissell, Theresa Bradley-Banta or Barbara Swafford. For WordPress security John Hoff, for stunning WordPress themes Nick Roach and for how to turn the technique of online...

Oh Mr Darcy….

Colin Firth’s Oscar acceptance speech What a great occasion, the 2011 Oscars Award Ceremony, attended by the great and the good and there standing out like a varicose vein in winter, “The King’s Speech“. Best film, best director, best original screenplay and of course best actor, Mr Colin Firth. From Darcy’s wet shirted enticement to stirrings in his abdomen…...