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 | Aug 31, 2016
“How long should my presentation be?” It’s one of the most common presentation questions I’m asked by sales and marketing professionals as well as CEOs and business leaders. I won’t offer the “right” answer, but I’ll give you a good one. There are few right answers...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2016
VIDEO: How To Triple A Product’s Value In Under 2 Minutes returned to my journalism class at Northwestern University empty-handed. My instructor had assigned a small event to cover and I was quite bored. I left early and told him, “There was no story.” “There’s always...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jul 28, 2016
When it comes to inspiration, I often say that passion is everything. A leader simply cannot persuade without it. I write articles offering specific techniques to help you package your ideas more clearly and persuasively, but I can’t teach passion. When you have...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jul 26, 2016
Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention is earning high marks for its “emotion.” The word—“emotional”—appears in about half a million links to articles about the speech. There are several ways that speakers can incorporate emotion into their...
by carolynkilmer@gmail.com | Jun 29, 2016
VIDEO: What Expert Presenters Do Differently The CEO of a large company lost the audience—his top salespeople—in the first two minutes of his presentation. I was there to witness it. Slides were out of place and financial data was wrong. “Sorry guys. I threw this...
