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Wall Street Journal reviews Confessions
November 25 2009
Really great, high profile review here – check it out Mr. Berkun’s book is packed with tips on how to reduce anxiety and how to speak in public with greater effectiveness. They range from common sense—arrive early, make sure you have [...] read moreConfessions keynote from Web 2.0 expo
November 24 2009
Here’s the keynote from last week – I’m talking about storytelling, twitter, and making connections. The comments up on youtube are quite harsh – apparently IE sucks, and I’m dumb as hell. read moreThe challenge of visible twitter at conferences
November 24 2009
Last week I gave a keynote at Web 2.0 expo NYC, and as you can see in the photo below, one of the interesting things this year was the twitter feed for the conference was placed on stage behind the [...] read moreWebcast: Confessions of a Public Speaker (free!)
November 12 2009
I’ll be doing a free web-cast about the new book, Confessions of a Public Speaker, on Dec 2nd, 10am PST. Details below. Please help spread the word! Confessions of a Public Speaker Wednesday, December 2, 2009 // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ eDate [...] read moreWhy conferences must talk about failure
November 12 2009
The web failed to let me know about this one before it happened, but last week The first ever FAILCON event took place, where 400 people met to talk about and learn from failure. The only other thing like it [...] read moreElliason does it again (amazing art)
November 11 2009
One of my favorite living artists, Elliason, has a new project open in Copenhagen (He’s the guy who did the waterfall project in NYC, which I saw and wrote about). I saw his weather project at the Tate museum in London [...] read moreResearch help: A web challenge!
November 11 2009
Hi guys. I’m working on a keynote for next week’s Web 2.0 Expo conference in NYC, at the Jacob Javits center. It turns out I was at Internet World in ‘97, at the same venue, trying to get people to [...] read moreNovember 11 2009
Here are this week’s links: Behind the scenes at Pixar – it’s not all fun and games. Intensity works both ways. What to do when they mix up your talk - Great story of things going wrong at a tech conference – [...] read moreStephen Colbert fights the closeminded
November 10 2009
I don’t watch either that often, but while I do prefer the Daily show to Colbert, the later is a fascinating show both for it’s absurd level of satire, but also its deconstruction of punditry. In this recent interview in [...] read moreConfessions now shipping from Amazon.com
November 07 2009
In a nice surprise, the book is in stock at amazon as of tonight – didn’t expect this for another few days. You can get the book right now! Yay! If you’ve already read the book on safari or preview, you [...] read moreFirst review of Confessions is in
November 06 2009
Mike Riley at Dobb’s Journal posted the first review I’ve seen of Confessions on a blog. Here’s an excerpt: Scott’s recollections and revelations are highly accurate and frequently entertaining. In summary, Confessions of a Public Speaker is a book for anyone faced [...] read moreNovember 06 2009
Things went well at Refresh Boston last night. Good sized crowd (I’m told it was their biggest ever), great questions and lots of interest in the book. Thanks to everyone who came, tweeted, blogged and flickrered – it all helps [...] read moreBoston Book Tour Report: Days 1 & 2
November 05 2009
5 lectures down, 3 more to go. The week started with my featured talk at UI14, where I got to present from the new book about presenting and pitching (You can see some amazing sketch notes of my talk from Jason [...] read moreDo you listen to audiobooks? Advice wanted
October 29 2009
I’m in talks now with O’Reilly Media about producing an audiobook for Confessions of a Public Speaker. I’ve never done one of these things before, and the few I’ve heard were mixed bags. Here are some questions: Do you prefer to have [...] read moreWhat’s wrong with TV: a theory
October 29 2009
In the pet theory department, I’m convinced I can explain why TV news is so bad, and how it happened over the last 30/40 years. My argument dovetails nicely with Postman’s Amusing ourselves to death, which I highly recommend. Here we [...] read moreMultimedia
Webcast - Confessions of a Public Speaker
December 02, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free For leaders, managers and anyone who speaks and expects someone to listen, Scott Berkun shares an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. Loosely based on his third book, Confessions...
Webcast: How progress happens: the down and dirty truths and secrets that make innovation possible
March 19, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Talking about innovation is easy--making change happen in organizations is ridiculously hard. But there are things we can learn from the history of technology, political revolution and change, and there...
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