I've been frustrated all this week by the BBC website's erratic policy on deciding which of their video clips can be embedded on other sites and which ones cannot. The clip I've been unable to post here - of Tony Blair's Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman on Monday night - will be available for a few more days on iPlayer. MORE >>

If you've been reading my blog for a while, you may have seen a post I wrote in 2008 about Wayne Pacelle, the President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. He visited The Ellen Show to talk about Proposition 2, the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act. We can be cruel or we can be kind. And I say we need to be kind." MORE >>

Props help warm up the audience. They can be used as a substitute for notes. They help focus attention on the points you are trying to make along with illustrating them for you. They make better connections than your words with the visually oriented members of your audience. They create interest, add variety, and make your points more memorable. MORE >>

A sales person who had worked for an important client of mine left the company to pursue other options. Shortly after leaving he approached me asking me to refer him to another client. At that point, I stepped out of the communications (but apparently, he contacted B, they met and it was not a match made in heaven.). Fast forward. What should I do? MORE >>

NAGC Communication School ~ June 5-8, 2012 ~ Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Virginia.   . Register for the NAGC 2012 Communications School by April 30 and you’ll automatically be entered into a drawing to win a Speechwriting Seminar ($995 value) conducted by award winning speech-writing coach and author, Joan Detz. MORE >>