by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 9, 2017
How the billionaire Warren Buffett uses a classic rhetorical technique to make the complex simple. Last weekend, 40,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders descended on Omaha, Nebraska, to watch Warren Buffett and his partner, Charlie Munger, hold court. The two...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 5, 2017
People who excel at giving presentations or public speaking take specific steps to improve. A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave us a glimpse into how successful leaders think. His advice: “Don’t be a know-it-all; be a...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | May 3, 2017
In his surprise TED 2017 presentation, Pope Francis relied on a proven rhetorical technique used by great writers and speakers. The TED conference teased its audience with a “surprise guest” and they lived up to the billing. When Pope Francis took to the...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 21, 2017
Social psychology explains why we never grow tired of hearing about an entrepreneurs’ rise from poverty. In Pour Your Heart Into It, Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz wrote, “The more uninspiring your origins, the more likely you are to use your...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Apr 7, 2017
Neuroscience proves that changing minds requires more pictures than words on PowerPoint In the time it takes the average person to read this article, Instagram users will have uploaded 140,000 photos. Facebook users are uploading 300 million photographs every day....
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Mar 31, 2017
Condense your key message to 140 characters or less and it’s more likely to stick. “If you can’t fit your idea on the back of an envelope, it’s rubbish,” Richard Branson once told me. The Virgin Group founder is on to something. In fact,...
