by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 3, 2017
When two astronomers bump into each other in the hallway, one doesn’t say to the other: “We’ve discovered seven Earth-sized planets in the Goldilocks Zone just 40 light years away.” The astronomers might say: “The transiting configuration of seven temperate...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 19, 2017
Every year Bill and Melinda Gates write a newsletter to update the world on The Gates Foundation and its work in the areas of poverty, education and global health. The letters provide excellent examples of how to communicate complex subjects. The 2017 Annual Gates...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 16, 2017
You’ll rarely find the words “celebrity” and “statistician” in the same title, but Hans Rosling was both. Rosling passed away at the age of 68. His now famous TED Talks made Rosling a worldwide sensation, but his commitment to uncovering the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 6, 2017
“I had been terrified of public speaking. I couldn’t do it,” billionaire Warren Buffett admitted on an HBO documentary that chronicled his life. Buffett conquered his nerves by enrolling in a public speaking course. He knew that if he couldn’t speak in public, it...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2017
Each and every day people around the world watch hundreds of millions of hours of video on YouTube. It’s a staggering statistic. One hour of new videos are uploaded to YouTube every second. People simply love video. It’s likely that the people watching your...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jan 25, 2017
view video from the Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars tasting room I recently had the opportunity to spend time with San Francisco 49ers football legend Dwight Clark. “It’s funny, Carmine. I caught five hundred and six passes in my career with the Niners, but everyone...
