by Bruce Turkel | Nov 21, 2018 | Branding, Building Brand Value, Keynote speaking
American mythologist Joseph Campbell was best known for his theories on the power of stories and myths. Campbell’s theory of the “monomyth” held that all great myths and stories throughout history are simply variations of one powerful meta-myth. Campbell’s...
by Bruce Turkel | Mar 14, 2018 | Branding
Metaphors and allegories are often great ways to make complicated examples simple. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave,” the philosopher used the idea of prisoners chained to a wall and seeing only the shadows of other people to express the concept of actual...
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,...
by Bruce Turkel | Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Each week that I post these articles I’m careful to include embedded links to the different subjects I talk about, so that while you read the blog posts you can click on the links (highlighted in blue) to learn more about the individual people or companies...