Category: Presentation Skills
Jon Stewart & PowerPoint. Heaven on Earth.
In what may be the best anti-PowerPoint rant I’ve seen yet (THANK YOU @nchsmith for sending it my way), Jon Stewart takes a moment to examine the US Military’s strategy in Afghanistan via the PowerPoint slide presented to General McChrystal when he took over 10 months ago.
My favorite part of Stewart’s rant is when he [...]
Empowering Women in Public Speaking
Social Media guru JD Lasica interviewed me a few months back at Girls In Tech’s Santa Cruz retreat about the topic of women and public speaking. This is a subject near to my heart, and I’m on a mission to make sure women become more prominent players in the conference speaking circuit. So please enjoy, [...]
In Search Of: The Real Mark Zuckerberg
In the wake of this week’s F8 Conference, where Facebook gathered an ungodly number of frothing developers to talk about the fate of the social web, we got to see another example of Mark Zuckerberg on stage.
As Kara Swisher has so infamously joked, Mark is not exactly known for his on stage antics, so much [...]
Greed is Good : Why Gordon Gekko Doesn’t Need My Help
I was in Safeway tonight, and nearly wept with joy at the sight of Gordon Gekko’s smug face staring back at me from the cover of Vanity Fair.
Michael Douglas as Gekko is one of my favorite villains of all time, having delivered one of my favorite speeches of all time. Given that Wall Street 2 [...]
For over 15 years, Bronwyn Saglimbeni has worked with clients to improve their public speaking and media relations skills, challenging them to bring out more of themselves in their communications. Bronwyn is known for her playful, irreverent approach to coaching, combined with her knack for delivering "tough love" in a way that allows executives to achieve true breakthroughs.