by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 18, 2018
During a recent conversation with legendary Cisco CEO, John Chambers, he leaned closer to me and said, “My hands sweat to this day when I talk about it.” It is growing up with dyslexia. Chambers can speak confidently to an audience of 10,000 people with presidents or...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 9, 2018
Communication skills are “dramatically more important” today than they were twenty years ago. That’s according former Cisco CEO, John Chambers, whose track record is nothing short of astonishing. In his twenty years as CEO, Chambers grew the networking company from...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 5, 2018
Seven minutes is all it took for a cyber attack to cripple thousands of companies in 2017. That’s according to a new Symantec marketing campaign which references the NotPetya malware attack that struck thousands of companies. The ads suggest, of course, that if the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 5, 2018
When I was working as a full-time business news anchor and reporter, I began to notice a trend. The CEOs who had strong public speaking skills and who were better television guests made a habit of soliciting feedback after their performance — from everyone. They...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Dec 2, 2018
Most people have a hard time digesting highly technical information because they simply don’t speak the language of the scientists delivering the content. And that’s why the scientists behind the 1,600-page National Climate Assessment took a simple step to help people...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Nov 24, 2018
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has invested $5 billion in research, but you won’t see that statistic in its new print and TV ads. Thanks in large part to the ACS, the nation has seen a 26% reduction in cancer rates since the early 1990s. Once again, you won’t hear...
