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Executive Conferences! Take a Survey!
March 9, 2010, 6:40 pm
As you may know if you follow this blog, Weber Shandwick took a deep look at where executives of the world’s most admired companies spoke in 2009 compared to earlier years. The analysis �(Five Star Conferences) showed that executives are ramping up their speaking engagements in an effort to get their messages out and narrate [.

Debbie Weil's BlogWrite for CEOs
Test: posting this from Gmail
March 9, 2010, 1:39 pm
Please ignore this. I am going to delete it. When I post from Gmail I get some weird formatting issues on Posterous. Multiple are inserted in the middle of sentences. It is driving me crazy. I’ve put in a help request but wanted to test one more time.

TEDTalks (video)
TEDTalks : Gary Lauder's new traffic sign: Take Turns - Gary Lauder (2010)
March 9, 2010, 7:39 am
Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for helping drivers move along smoothly: a new traffic sign that combines the properties of "Stop" and "Yield" -- and asks drivers to be polite.

Six Minutes: A Public Speaking and Presentation Skills blog
What is Pathos and Why is it Critical for Speakers?
March 8, 2010, 10:26 pm
American psychologist William James wrote: The emotions aren’t always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action. Emotions — whether fear or love, pity or anger — are powerful motivators for your audience.

Debbie Weil's BlogWrite for CEOs
The Value of Twitter for Real-time Crowdsourcing
March 8, 2010, 7:07 pm
Last night I was watching the Academy Awards along with 40 million some odd other people and who knows how many Twitterers. In the midst of critiquing the dresses and hairstyles of the actresses (yes, that is what women do - I couldn’t decide if I liked Sandra Bullock’s long, straight hair) I realized I needed an eye-popping 125 X 125 animated GIF for an ad to appear on Mashable.

Debbie Weil's BlogWrite for CEOs
What's New in the 2010 Updated Edition of The Corporate Blogging Book [Kindle]?
March 8, 2010, 12:07 pm
Glad you asked. This is my first bold step into Publishing 2.0 . As the publisher of this new e-book edition I’ve had a blast commissioning a new cover as well as working with e-book guru Joshua Tallent who formatted the manuscript for Kindle.

reputationXchange.com
One Report, Imagine That
March 8, 2010, 10:05 am
"Integrated reporting is now the holy grail in corporate public disclosure,"� says John Elkington, co-founder, SustainAbility. Well, the time has arrived for corporate reporting that integrates financial performance and non-financial information such as environmental, social and governance issues.

Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
Current Speakers and their Books—X: Bishop T. D. Jakes
March 8, 2010, 9:39 am


Vital Speeches of the Day
We want to know: How (in the world) do you figure out where to place your speaker?
March 8, 2010, 8:48 am


TEDTalks (video)
TEDTalks : Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide - Tim Berners-Lee (2010)
March 8, 2010, 8:27 am
At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.