The Disney Documentary Unveils Creative Minds At Work To Create What Others Thought Was Impossible
If you're one of more than 150 million people a year who visit a Walt Disney theme park or take a Disney Cruise, then you've experienced the results of Disney's Imagineers--one of the most creative teams on the planet. Imagineers are the artists, designers,...
LeBron James Controls His Social Media Posts To 54M Followers And So Should You
LeBron James, the NBA superstar named the ‘athlete of the decade’ by USA TODAY, is also a powerhouse on social media. Under the handle @kingjames, LeBron has 54 million followers on Instagram alone. He has another 44 million on Twitter and 22 million on Facebook....
3 Essentials Elements Needed To Craft And Deliver A Great Presentation
The ability to craft and deliver great presentations is a skill that you can--and must--build if you hope to stand out in an increasingly competitive workplace. According to Chris Anderson, the guy who runs TED Talks, "Presentation literacy is a new superpower than...
Harvard Business Review’s Best Management Tips of 2019
Harvard Business Review’s Best Management Tips of 2019 The Harvard Business Review featured Carmine’s “5 ancient rhetorical tips for giving a persuasion presentation.”READ ARTICLE
Five Ways To Be The Most Interesting Person In The Room
Use the science of human psychology to leave a positive impression. A lot of people get anxious about mingling at the company holiday party. Some people feel as though they can't relax because they always have to be "on." Others feel like they should approach...
Strong Speaking Skills Will Take You From Good to Great Monster.com asks Carmine Gallo how to be more confident, eloquent, and engaging.READ ARTICLE
Keeping your dream alive in the midst of naysayers – a lesson from Tyler Perry
There's an amazing exit sign on an Atlanta highway. It points to Tyler Perry Studios, the massive movie and television complex that celebrated its grand opening this past weekend. The sign next to it points to Sylvan Road, the same street where Perry lived in his car...
How To Look And Sound Confident
In this article for Harvard Business Review, Carmine identifies 6 habits that great speakers share. You’ve crafted the message and created the slides for your next presentation. Now it’s time to wow the audience. How you look and sound are going to make a big...
Four Advanced Presentation Speaking Techniques That Will Make You A More Effective Communicator
Microsoft Chief Product Officer, Panos Panay, unveiled new products on Wednesday that generated a lot of buzz. The products including Surface tablets, laptops and the company's new smartphone, the Surface Duo. But it was the first five minutes of the presentation that...
Five Words That Define Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Career
Bob Iger, the chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most admired chief executives. A lengthy story in the New York Times from earlier this week referred to him as "Hollywood's nicest CEO." In his new book, The Ride of a Lifetime, Iger lays...
Eight Simple Tips To Nail Your Job Interview Courtesy Of This Billionaire Investor
Stephen Schwarzman is co-founder and CEO of Blackstone, one of the world's leading investment firms. His investments in hundreds of companies around the world have earned Schwarzman a net worth over $18 billion. Schwarzman has conducted thousands of job...
This Inventor Raised $17 Million By Embracing His Toughest Critics
I often agree to meet with entrepreneurs, investors, and CEOs for no other reason than to learn something new. This week, I had lunch with an entrepreneur and inventor who raised $17 million in a fundraising pitch and later sold his medical-device company for more...
The Importance Of Carefully Crafting A Mission Statement
I learned a new term this weekend: Yoga babble. It’s a phrase that explains something I hear all too often when it comes to corporate mission statements. I just didn’t have a good way of describing it—until now. What is yoga babble? “It’s as if my yoga instructor went...
Leaders Who Spark Action Focus On The Power Of Words
A day after I finished reading a new book about American revolutionary war writer, Thomas Paine, a 16-year-old Swedish activist named Greta Thunberg gave an impassioned speech at the United Nations on the topic of climate change. Her angry, tearful speech went viral,...
The One Skill That Helped This Iconic Producer Sell His Ideas To Hollywood
An entry-level clerk delivers documents to studio heads and learns the magical secret to making friends and influencing people. He doesn't just succeed; he becomes one of the most iconic movie producers of our time. It sounds like a script, but the story is real...
Bill Gates’s Success Is Due In Part To The Contents Of A Tote Bag
Bill Gates made his fortune in the world of operating systems and computers, but it’s an “antiquated” system that he credits for his knowledge. Gates carries a tote bag full of books “everywhere he goes.” Books are so critical to Gates’s life, the tote bag plays a...
6 Tips On Creating A Compelling And Motivating Mission From The Jet Blue Chairman
“Most people want to know they’re working toward a goal that is concrete, important, and lasting,” says Joel Peterson, the chairman of JetBlue Airways and a Stanford business school professor. I caught up with Peterson recently to talk about the new, expanded edition...
Three Apple-inspired Ways To Communicate The Gist Of A Product In One Sentence
Apple's press release for the new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro runs about 2,000 words. At the end of Tuesday's keynote, Tim Cook summarized the products in just 17 words. Cook said the smartphones are "the most powerful and most advanced iPhones that we have ever built...
How Iconic Hollywood Film Producer Brian Grazer Uses Human Connection To Continue To Grow
Thirty-five years ago, Brian Grazer learned a valuable tip for pitching ideas. The secret sent his career soaring. Once you learn the tip, your pitches–and your career–might never be the same. Grazer, the co-founder of Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard,...
Harvard Business Review Features Carmine’s Ideas
In this article, Carmine says that great speakers make presentations look effortless because they put a lot of effort into making them great. Steve Jobs was the most astonishing business speaker of his time. Bill Gates once called him a “wizard” who “cast spells” on...
Serena Williams’s 3-Step Tutorial On Peak Performance
If you get nervous before a big presentation, it might be comforting to know that the world’s greatest athletes share the same feelings before taking to their stage. In her Masterclass on tennis, Serena Williams, the winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles,...
The ‘Inverted Yield Curve’ In Simple Language from the Professor Who Discovered It
On the morning of Wednesday, August 14, an unusual event took place in the bond market. Longer-term interest rates fell below shorter-term interest rates. It caused quite a tizzy in the financial markets. You won’t find ‘tizzy’ among the 2,500 words in the Dictionary...
Migrant Farmworker Turned CEO Talks About The Pivotal Moment As A Youngster That Defined His Path
As one of thirteen siblings in a family of migrant farmworkers, Bobby Herrera woke up at 5:00 a.m. to harvest the fields for onions, potatoes, and sugar beets. "Growing up, I thought it was normal for every kid to work ten hours a day, six days a week," Herrera told...
The Art of Persuasion Hasn’t Changed in 2,000 Years
In this exclusive article for Harvard Business Review, Carmine reveals the ancient formula of persuasion. Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century. The ability to persuade, to change hearts and minds, is perhaps the single greatest skill that will give you a...
The Leadership Lesson Lee Iacocca Learned After Giving Hundreds Of Speeches
The articles about Lee Iacocca’s death at the age of 94 have understandably focused on the tangible outcomes of his executive actions: introducing the Ford Mustang, saving Chrysler, launching the first U.S. made minivan, and many other notable achievements. We...
You Don’t Have To Be The Four Seasons To Create 5-Star Experiences For Your Customers
It's easy to tell the difference between a three-star and a five-star hotel. But when I quiz my audiences on the difference between a four-star and a five-star hotel, fewer people get the correct answer. Some people say a five-star resort must have a golf course, an...
This Simple Presentation Hack Will Make Their Slides Instantly Memorable
Your audience is overwhelmed with data, numbers, and statistics in their daily lives. When they're watching your presentation, they certainly don't want to be bombarded by another barrage of numbers. But in most cases, you can't avoid meaningful statistics that...
Learn How To Inspire Others With Tips From Award-Winning Speechwriters
Every year, Vital Speeches of the Day distributes awards for best speechwriting. Named the Cicero Awards for the Roman statesman who called rhetoric a “great art,” the awards recognize the speechwriters and speakers who inspire their audiences. While most of the...
Legendary Investor Offers Five Essential Pitch Tips
Scott Kupor, the managing partner and CEO of famed venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is behind some of the biggest names in the startup world. The firm's portfolio of investments includes multi-billion dollar ‘unicorns’ that have gone public or are...
Tim Cook Told Stanford Graduates Two Words To Help Them Find Their Life’s Purpose
On Sunday, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave the commencement speech at Stanford University--the same stage where his former boss Steve Jobs appeared 14 years earlier. Jobs gave Cook some mighty big shoes to fill. He'd transformed the world of computers, phones, music,...