So I was happy to get a tip from Thorsten Happel in Germany about this cool remix below called Typefaces Give Us Signals. Watch it below or on Vimeo. Typefaces give us signals from erik spiekermann on Vimeo . Typomania Below is the original video made for the BBC nearly 25 years ago from which the audio clips from  Eric Spiekermann  were remixed to create something more appropriate for our time. I'm a big fan of  Eric Spiekermann (see this older post on Helvetica ). Although elementary, the video below is still good stuff even

TALK ABOUT A TOUGH CROWD! If you think it's hard keeping adults engaged, try standing in front of a class of 12 year-olds. And to discuss effective presentations? The only thing many of them were interested in (at least regarding PowerPoint) was how to do fancy transitions and flaming bullet points.

Like the other day, I was sitting at the bar in O’Hare, totally engrossed in the latest Mitch Rapp book, where Mitch is yet again defying the pansies in the U.S. Anyone who reads this blog knows that I don’t like talking to people at airport bars. Normally, Normally, I’m a pretty social guy . . . but airport bars are my down time.

Tags: step up your speaking contest where to find u This morning, the Eloquent Woman's Facebook page reached 250 fans--not bad for a little under a week. It's just the latest of several places you can access this blog's ideas, information and inspiration on women and public speaking. Check out these easy ways to get your Eloquent Woman tips--and become a fan: Want to post a mini-Eloquent Woman on your website?

Nick Morgan looks at three US Presidents’ speeches in times of great tragedy.  He There is much for us all to learn, though we may not be political leaders, in Nick’s analysis . ...Tags: Tags: public speaking speeches Fort Hood tragedy U He defines what is needed at these moments and analyses the speeches in terms of those needs.  The The latest instance, of course, is Obama’s response to the Fort Hood events.  There

It’s unfortunate that she cannot attend and we will miss working with her, but this creates a great opportunity for us to give away her FREE SEAT to another lucky winner!   Tags: Uncategorized contact us contest Encore free powerful presentations raffl I just got an email from our contest winner and because of a work emergency she is unable to attend our Encore! Elegant Skills for Powerful Presentations Program next week on September 29 and 30, in Palo Alto, CA.

I love seeing posts like this one on Twitter, where I post under the name dontgetcaught , and where you can see updates from the Eloquent Woman blog. There's a growing community of women on Twitter who are looking for advice, tips and information on public speaking, getting on programs at conferences and more. If you want a different early-alert system to my posts on women and public speaking, try Twitter...and

Do you have any favorite quotations about women and public speaking --by men or women? Here's one of mine: History has many themes. One of them is that women should be quiet. (Kathleen Kathleen Hall Jamieson, in Eloquence in an Electronic Age) I'd love to compile your suggestions for a future project on the blog.

Hustle is back.  0160; Raw and rough-around-the-edges.  0160; Grace, charm and elite at-ease are out.  0160; We over-50 are in the front lines of the transition back to breaking a sweat.  0160; See, we have outgrown adolescent self-consciousness and the need to be cool. 

1849     US Department of the Interior was created (first known as the Home Department)  1931      “Star Spangled Banner” became the US national anthem (117 years after it was written) 1970     Nuclear nonproliferation treaty was signed by the US, the Soviet Union and 41 other nations From February 28 through March 6: 1845     The first time that a presidential veto was overridden by Congress