Books, Corporate, Pass-Along
How to Answer Any Question
Well-prepared speakers do not memorize answers to hundreds of potential questions. Instead, they prepare answers to categories of questions.…
November 14, 2012-
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Books, Pass-AlongWhy Goldilocks Didn’t Encounter Four Bears
Listeners like lists. But how many points should you include in the list? Three is the magic number. Comedians…
November 9, 2012 -
Books, BrailleTheories: An Introduction
My paternal grandmother, Clara Dean Oliver, died ten years ago this month. Among the many legacies she left her…
September 26, 2012 -
BooksThe 20 Best Nonfiction Books About Ideas
Given the choice, I would much rather read a book than watch a movie. That bias leads me to…
March 2, 2012 -
Books, Pass-Along
Secondhand Prose
“Alas,” wrote Henry Ward Beecher. “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore!” Mine is relatively strong…
February 28, 2012 -
Books, Pass-Along
Enquire Within Upon Everything
Darwin’s notebooks lie at the tail end of a long and fruitful tradition that peaked in Enlightenment-era Europe, particularly…
February 22, 2012
