Confessions now in Paperback
Confessions of a Public Speaker has reached the sweet milestone of being republished in Paperback. It’s now cheaper, smaller,…
Category: Public Speaking
SCRUM for Weddings?
I once wrote that Everything is Project, and its true. Recently Gregory Heller gave an ignite talk, at Seattle…
Great talk: How to Solve a song
Here’s my favorite talk from last month’s Seattle Ignite 12 – How to Solve a Song, by Karen Cheng.…
Seattle Ignite #12: the recap
Last night was the 12th Seattle Ignite and they celebrated their 4 year anniversary. How awesome. I had the…
How much to charge for speaking?
Question from the mail-bag: I’m an excellent speaker but there isn’t high demand for my talks yet. I’ve been…
How to speak to a bored audience
In a series of posts, called ask berkun, I write on whatever topics people submit and vote for. This…
Ira Glass live: review
I saw Ira Glass, of This American Life (TAL) fame, speak recently in Seattle at Benaroya Hall. Years ago…
The Four Minute Presentation
We’re very proud, in this day and age, of our capacity for consuming information. We often brag (or lament)…
In Defense of PowerPoint
Every few months there’s another article on the evils of PowerPoint, but it’s a poor craftsman that blames their…
Ignite: How speakers prepare
I’m a huge fan of helping people speak – I’m the speaker coach for Ignite Seattle, and did an…
Should the web be allowed in class?
There’s a fantastic discussion on metafilter about whether college students should be able to use the web during class…
Philosophy: Everything you need, in 5 minutes
I’d always wanted to do a talk about my curious path through the world of philosophy. I’ve studied philosophy…
Should you pay for an outside speaker?
A potential client asked me – we’re not sure it makes sense to pay a speaker to come to…
How to convince anyone of anything
[This topic was requested with a slightly different title: How to make a convincing argument.] The word argument itself…
Obama, Palin and teleprompters
I saw on CNN today more about Sarah Palin’s use of handwritten notes on the palm of her hand.…
The importance of what you say
My latest essay for Forbes.com is now up – it’s called the importance of what you say. Many are…
The toughest room I had this month
After a month of promoting Confessions as hard as I can, and doing more than 30 talks or media…
Why you need a public speaking book
While on tour in SF this week I ran into some folks who read my earlier books. They were…
Q&A from webcast on public speaking
We had about 500 people in the webcast today about the new book, Confessions of a Public Speaker –…
CNN covers Confessions
Nice article in CNN & Fortune about the new book. Beat stage fright at work