9 Public-Speaking Lessons From The World’s Greatest TED Talks
Forbes.com article posted on March 4, 2014 Depending on your perspective, 2006 was either a really bad year for public speaking or the start of a world-changing transformation. In that year the famous TED conference began streaming 18-minute presentations from the...
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Last Minute Addition To Her TED Talk Sparked A Movement
Millions of women are being encouraged to “lean in” and to pursue their goals thanks to Sheryl Sandberg’s book and non-profit organization by the same name. As the Facebook COO, Sandberg’s now famous 2010 TED talk, Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders, helped to launch...
From T-Shirt Salesman To Mega Producer: Mark Burnett Shares Five Keys For Personal Transformation
Here is the link to the posted article. “I've never done something only for the money—ever. If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do well at it,” producer Mark Burnett told me in a phone interview this week as he was preparing for the release of his new movie, Son...
The Magical Number That Will Amplify Your Next Presentation – Entrepreneur.com
The following is the third in a series, "Talk Like TED," in which communications coach/author Carmine Gallo applies tips, techniques and insights to help entrepreneurs and business professionals sell their ideas more persuasively. These ideas are inspired by the TED...
TED Talks Are Wildly Addictive For Three Powerful Scientific Reasons
Ideas are the currency of the 21st century. You can have brilliant ideas—truly revolutionary ideas—but if you cannot persuade others to act, those ideas don’t matter. Today, thanks to the world-famous TED conference, independently organized TEDx community events, and...
Apple Store Model Boosts Health Care Enrollment In Connecticut
Ask a person who their role models are and you’ll learn a lot about their character. You will also learn how successful they are likely to be. In September I wrote this column about Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace (Access Health CT) and how it was...
Why TED Talks are Impossible to Resist – Entrepreneur.com Article
Here is the second article in a series for Entrepreneur.com. These articles are based on my new book, Talk Like TED. Join my list and receive tips and articles on presentations and public-speaking. Right now, list members receive a special offer if you order the book...
Want to Sell Your Ideas? Tell Engaging Stories – Entrepreneur.com Article
Here is the first article in a Talk Like TED serious that I am doing for entrepreneur.com. These articles are based on my new book, Talk Like TED. Join my list and receive tips and articles on presentations and public-speaking. Right now, list members receive a...
5 Must-Have Presentation Tips For Pitching To Angel Investors
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make when pitching to angel investors is bombarding them with data and boring PowerPoint slides instead of inspiring and engaging them. This is one of the key lessons I learned as I followed a Forbes.com reader and...
8 Innovation Secrets From Steve Jobs
8 Innovation Secrets From Steve Jobs Article Steve Jobs is one of those entrepreneurs who seems universally either loved or hated, but not many will argue with his ability to innovate in the technology product arena over the years. He was instrumental in creating...
Veterans: Recruiters want to hire you but they will need your help
Companies want to hire military veterans. It’s the right thing to do and it’s good for business. Intel hired the equivalent of more than one veteran every day in 2012 and is committed to being the high tech workplace of choice for America’s heroes. “From an employer...
Five remedies to protect you from the pessimism bug
According to a recent TIME Magazine poll, the percentage of Americans who identify themselves as “optimists” has plummeted from 79 percent in 2004 to 50 percent today. Count me among the optimists. In 2004 Facebook was the brainchild of a group of Harvard friends and...
‘If you see something, say something’: How communication training keeps you safer in the sky
The crash of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport has put aviation safety back in the spotlight. It’s far too early to tell definitively what happened in the crash. What we do know for certain is that this is the safest period for U.S aviation in...
Public Speaking: Two proven ways champions raise their game
After Inbee Park won the United States Women’s Open this weekend she credited experience (she has won three major titles in a row) and weekly sessions with a mental coach. As a result, Park was calm, relaxed, and thoroughly enjoyed her final round. It struck me that...
How ‘Shark Tank’ Star Barbara Corcoran Reinvented Herself After A Public Speaking Disaster
As producers for Shark Tank conduct a nationwide search for candidates to appear on season five of the ABC television show, they are inviting entrepreneurs to make the ultimate pitch, selling themselves and their ideas to a cast of investors—‘sharks’—including real...
The Single, Simplest Way To Radically Improve Your Customer’s Experience
When I stepped off the shuttle bus on a recent trip to Oregon’s Bandon Dunes golf resort I immediately realized why it’s ranked as the #1 golf resort in America—its people. Golfers visit from all over the world for the spectacular views and links style challenges on...
10 Presentation Techniques You Can (And Should) Copy From Apple’s WWDC Keynote
I look forward to Apple keynote presentations and product launches because, as a communications specialist, it’s hard for me to find a better role model for creating, designing, and delivering a presentation. The keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference...
Ten Presentation Techniques You Can (And Should) Copy From Apple’s WWDC Keynote
I look forward to Apple keynote presentations and product launches because, as a communication specialist, it’s hard for me to find a better role model for creating, designing, and delivering a presentation. The keynote at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference...
The NSA’s Truly Appalling Misdeed: Bad PowerPoint
An alternative title to this column could be, “Everything bad about PowerPoint I learned from the National Security Agency.” Like many Americans I've been reading about the top-secret program (PRISM) whereby the NSA and the FBI are tapping directly into Internet...
Bill Marriott: The Four Most Important Words Employees Need To Hear From Their Boss
In a recent New York Times interview, the executive chairman and former CEO of Marriott International, J.W (Bill) Marriott, offered this advice to leaders: The four most important words in the English language are “What do you think?” Marriott speculated that some...
The #1 Skill College Grads Should Have Learned In The 5th Grade
Many college students will graduate this year without adequate instruction in the one skill that might prove to be the most valuable in their careers. The good news—there’s still plenty of time to learn it and plenty of resources available to do so. The #1 skill is...
‘It’s Important To Tell Our Story:’ 5 Ways Apple’s Tim Cook Stayed Cool Under Fire
Which of these statements is accurate: Apple’s Web of Tax Shelters Saved Billions Apple Paid $6 Billion in Taxes, Largest Corporate Tax Payer in U.S. Both are accurate. The first headline is from the front page of The New York Times today and the second is from Apple...
How Warren Buffett And Joel Osteen Conquered Their Terrifying Fear of Public Speaking
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett was “terrified” of public speaking. He was so nervous, in fact, that he would arrange and choose his college classes to avoid having to get up in front of people. He even enrolled in a public speaking course and dropped out before...
Seven Customer Service Lessons I Learned in One Day With Richard Branson [Video]
It’s rare to find a leader who elevates the experience for employees and customers to such a degree that other brands benchmark against his or her company. I recently had a unique opportunity to spend a day with one such leader, an entrepreneur and billionaire who has...
Delivering a PowerPoint? Your Audience Will Tune Out After 10 Minutes
Your audience will check out of your next PowerPoint presentation after about 10 minutes. I know your presentation is engaging, I know you’re a wonderful speaker, and I know that your slides look really cool, but neuroscientists now know that the human mind gets bored...
Successful Retailers Learn That Fewer Choices Lead To Higher Sales
Successful sales professionals in any field realize that they can improve the odds of making a sale by offering their customers more than one option of a service or product. But how many choices should you offer? This week I've been invited to be the keynote speaker...
Presentation Skills: The 10-Minute Steve Jobs Performance That Revolutionized The Music Industry
In a 10-minute presentation on April 28, 2003, Steve Jobs reinvented the music industry and persuaded millions of music lovers to pay 99 cents a song. Ten years ago Apple launched the iTunes Music Store and completely changed how we acquire and enjoy our music. For 99...
What Kid Rock Can Teach You About Creativity And Innovation
My wife recently bought tickets to Kid Rock. “They were only $20 each,” she said. Twenty bucks? Has he fallen that far? I wondered. As it turns out, the five-time Grammy nominee is doing just fine. In fact he announced the low ticket price to make a statement and to...
Teaching America’s Top Scientists to Communicate the USA TODAY Way
Few topics are more complicated than nuclear weapons. If the world’s leading scientists in the field can be taught to communicate more simply, anyone can. Over the past few years I've been invited on several occasions to work with scientists at America’s leading...
Motivate Staff by Inviting Participation
How many times have you heard that great leaders are great listeners? Everyone, it seems, equates leadership to listening. I interviewed more than two dozen inspiring leaders for my book, Fire Them Up, and I learned that extraordinary leaders go well beyond listening...