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(Seattle) Presentation Camp – Tommorow!

Posted on April 3, 2009 in On Tour, Public Speaking, Seattleby Scott Berkun

Last call for presentation camp – a brand new unconference event for people interested in pitching, presenting and public…

(Seattle) Presentation camp schedule up!

Posted on March 25, 2009 in On Tour, Public Speaking, Seattleby Scott Berkun

Saturday April 4th Kathy Gill and I are running the first ever Seattle presentation camp, an unconference for people…

The top 100 speeches of the 20th century

Posted on March 10, 2009May 19, 2016 in Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

As research for my bestselling book on Public Speaking, I listened to dozens of famous speeches. I found a…

Stupid things presenters do (and how to stop them)

Posted on March 8, 2009 in Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Duncan Davidson has a nice post listing several annoying habits some conference presenters have. Duncan of course notices these…

How to visually capture a talk or presentation

Posted on March 4, 2009 in Creative Thinking, Public Speaking, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

One of my favorite things at Adaptive Path’s MX event this week was how they had designers assigned to…

Does public speaking matter in 2009?

Posted on March 4, 2009 in Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

I find YouTube fascinating from a “how much things change yet stay the same” perspective. We love to talk…

Telling stories about telling stories

Posted on February 18, 2009 in Creative Thinking, Public Speaking, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

Krishna makes an interesting point on his thought clusters blog about professions that involve getting paid for talking about…

Presentation camp – SF, March 21

Posted on February 18, 2009 in Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

The first ever foo camp style event on public speaking is taking place on March 21st in San Francisco.…

My next book… details inside

Posted on February 16, 2009 in Public Speaking, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

For the last few months I’ve been working on the next book. In fact, since the last book, I…

Big news: on CNBC next Monday (updated)

Posted on May 29, 2008October 12, 2012 in On Tour, Public Speakingby Scott Berkun

Last year CNBC put together a 5 hour series on the business of innovation. They’re doing it again this…

The mystery of the front row

Posted on September 27, 2005November 17, 2017 in Public Speaking, Teaching/Trainingby Scott Berkun

Wherever lectures happen, regardless of the size of the venue, most of the front row will be empty. Even…

Lessons learned: radio interview

Posted on May 26, 2005October 12, 2012 in On Tour, Public Speaking, Writing Wellby Scott Berkun

Ok – here’s my notes from my first radio interview experience. I was on air for about 15 minutes…

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