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Your worst speaking disaster? ($200 in prizes!)

Posted on June 22, 2009 in audiences, disastersby Scott Berkun

One of the goals of the book is to talk about things going wrong in public speaking. Few books…

Your worst speaking disaster? ($200 in prizes!)

Posted on June 22, 2009 in audiences, disastersby Scott Berkun

One of the goals of the book is to talk about things going wrong in public speaking. Few books…

The Worst Public Speaking Disasters

Posted on June 22, 2009March 7, 2018 in audiences, disasters, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

[Update: there’s now a follow up presentation, with summary, on Overcoming the Toughest Speaking Situations , slides and Q&A…

The speaking gig from hell

Posted on June 4, 2009 in disasters, this siteby Scott Berkun

As research for the book, I’ve been collecting stories of things going wrong. From hecklers, to equipment failures, to…

The myth of the tough crowd?

Posted on April 28, 2009November 28, 2015 in disasters, lecture fixesby Scott Berkun

Everyone talks about how this room or that room was “a tough room” or a “tough crowd”. What makes…

Things not to say when speaking at Microsoft

Posted on April 11, 2009 in disastersby Scott Berkun

I was invited to speak at Microsoft’s Asian Pacific Leadership conference last week, an internal employee only event, and…

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