2025.15: Skip the Jokes - Johanna Rothman

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I'm partway through the reorganization and threading of more specific ideas for writers and consultants. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for April 18, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute […]

Invite CE Shreekant Patil, Speaker and Coach on Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Digital Marketing, Academics, Business

CE Shreekant Patil is an established Keynote Speaker, Motivational Speaker, Business Coach and Industry Expert for Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Digital Marketing, Academics, Business

This Simple Trick Could Help You Hear Better in a Noisy Room

Have you ever had trouble taking in information in a noisy environment? A new study suggests that tapping your fingers in a steady rhythm could help you 'tune in' through the noise.

2025.14: Make Every Presentation Valuable - Johanna Rothman

My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. I'm finally past the introduction. (Insert maniacal laughter here.) Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of Writing in Public with Johanna Rothman for April 11, 2025, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This […]

The Columbian Orator Taught Nineteenth-Century Americans How to Speak

For strivers like Lincoln, guides to rhetoric had a special currency in the nineteenth century.

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