by Bruce Turkel | Mar 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
Many people who make speeches and presentations think speaking is about communicating facts. Because they’ve read books on public speaking or have listened to the old three-step plan for making a presentation, “Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, tell...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
I was at the Qwest Center in Omaha last week, getting ready to make a presentation to a great group of meeting professionals when the phone in my pocket buzzed. The text message was from my friend David: “@ meeting w/5 directors & 20 lawyers. Thought would be good...
by Bruce Turkel | Feb 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
The power of euphemisms is something that most people don’t think about at all but we marketers obsess over. I was in a board meeting and discussing new ideas when the guy at the head of the table commented on the concepts. He started with, “You know, it’s...
by Bruce Turkel | Jan 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Technology has changed everything. And in last week’s blog post, The Five Rules for Creative Success in 2011, we talked about the five factors we’ll need to deal with in order to manage for results in the brave new world: 1 The Future Started Yesterday – Online...
by Bruce Turkel | Dec 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Depending on when you started reading this blog it may or may not be obvious to you that it’s an experimental and constantly evolving work-in-progress. When I started the blog in August of ‘06, I had no idea what I was doing. I knew that I wanted to begin a dialog and...