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Cigar PEG 2011 Presents Pirates of the Podium
TJ Walker Interactive
JULY 11, 2011
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Tony Hayward: I peg him as a King Lear
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
JULY 25, 2010
BP head Tony Hayward is reported to be on his way out. After the last of the jeers has died down and he resumes private life, I predict he will become one of the King Lear types. He will spend his remaining years perceiving himself as more sinned against than sinning. That stance would make for a great satiric monologue drama, either on Broadway or "SNL." " Tags: Current Affairs
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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 97)
Manner of Speaking
AUGUST 25, 2011
The round pegs in the square holes. Steve Jobs - American Businessman, Inventor and Co-Founder of Apple Inc. Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 97)
Manner of Speaking
AUGUST 25, 2011
The round pegs in the square holes. Steve Jobs (1955-2011) American Businessman, Inventor, Public Speaker and Co-Founder of Apple Inc. Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
The one thing you can do to be a better speaker.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 31, 2010
If your product is a square peg and your client is a round hole, no matter how hard you push or insist, there will not be a good fit. Your client will look elsewhere until they find the round peg. If there's one thing that will make you a better speaker.
The one thing you can do to be a better speaker.
Speak Schmeak
DECEMBER 31, 2010
If your product is a square peg and your client is a round hole, no matter how hard you push or insist, there will not be a good fit. Your client will look elsewhere until they find the round peg. If there's one thing that will make you a better speaker.
Sales pitch strategy
The Presenter's Blog
MARCH 11, 2013
We verbalise it with phrases such as “a square peg in a round hole” when we want to denote a situation that doesn’t work. Match your character to the customer. Audiences like to believe that presenters see, hear, and feel the world as they do.
Don't distract: Contract!
Speak Schmeak
JUNE 6, 2011
But speaking entirely without contractions sounds unnatural and will certainly peg you as reading straight from a script, in addition to becoming a distraction for the audience.
Teleseminar: Magcloud - magazine printing on demand
Ian Griffin - Professionally Speaking
MAY 28, 2009
I was recently invited by Dick Bruso of the Writers and Publishers Professional Expert Group (PEG) of NSA to deliver a one-hour teleseminar on Magcloud. Back in August 2008 I wrote a long review of the Magcloud print-on-demand publishing solution from HP Labs. Since then I’ve helped produce a number of editions of Professionally Speaking for our local National Speakers Association (NSA) chapter as well as a magazine for my wife’s College Admissions Counseling business.
Don't distract: Contract!
Speak Schmeak
JUNE 6, 2011
But speaking entirely without contractions sounds unnatural and will certainly peg you as reading straight from a script, in addition to becoming a distraction for the audience.
Sitcom Pilot Script – Some Traps and How to Escape
Pro Humorist
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
I also need to spend some time thinking about my sense of humor and if I’m trying to put a square peg in a round hole, and trying to do something that’s unnatural. Here are a few sitcom pilot scripts traps I’ve experienced myself, and some potential ways to escape. This is not an exhaustive list of traps by any means. And I am writing from the perspective of a first-time sitcom pilot script writer.
Don't let the confidence-suckers get you down
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
So if friends and family have knocked them down a peg, it's not like their performance is going to suffer as it might if they were being asked to put on a show themselves. At the Emmys last night, there was a similar thread running through several of the winners' speeches.
Famous Speech Friday: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: "If your dreams do not scare you."
The Eloquent Woman
MAY 31, 2013
Instead, she pokes fun and prompts smiles throughout, not to make light of her nation or its challenges, but to take the mighty down a peg or two.
Famous Speech Friday: Elizabeth Warren on The Daily Show in 2009
The Eloquent Woman
AUGUST 21, 2015
With the recent end of Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, now-Senator Elizabeth Warren took the time to share on Facebook her first appearance on the show six years ago. At the time of the 2009 interview, she was chairing a congressional oversight panel on the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).
Does simple=stupid in speaking? Why Congress's report card isn't bad
The Eloquent Woman
MAY 30, 2012
I think we also try to bring good speakers "down a peg" by mocking them for being clear and simple.
Don't let the confidence-suckers get you down
Speak Schmeak
SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
So if friends and family have knocked them down a peg, it's not like their performance is going to suffer as it might if they were being asked to put on a show themselves. At the Emmys last night, there was a similar thread running through several of the winners' speeches.
How good a speaker is Ram Charan?
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Forbes pegs him at #13 on its list of the world’s 50 most essential management gurus. Ram Charan once was the best-kept secret in the business world. Only the CEOs of companies like GE, Verizon, Novartis, Dupont, Honeywell, KLM, and Bank of America had heard of him.
Over-60, Want to Lose Weight? Have your car stolen
Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
I pegged him as one and blogged/blog obsessively about it here as well as my other two sites here and here. About 10 weeks ago my 2003 Ford Escort was stolen. The agita and more to the point the walking, chasing after the bus, and carrying items like kitty litter and Diet Pepsi have left me 15 pounds lighter. At my post-60 age category, that's an amazing feat. Of course, I look and feel better.
Head to Mouth Disconnect
Speak and Deliver
MARCH 19, 2013
Stories that you have force - the square peg in the round hole - simply because it moves you, so you HAVE to share it. It sounded SO profound in my HEAD! It looked SO funny on PAPER! But.But.it FLOPPED! Yeah, that'll happen. Head to mouth disconnect. In fact, it happens a lot.
7 times you should turn down a speaking gig
The Eloquent Woman
APRIL 5, 2010
I've had a few speaking invitations pegged to a specific topic, then found out it had changed after I accepted--without hearing directly from the organizers.
Win by Telling Great Stories with Peter Guber
Public Speaking Advice and Commentary
APRIL 11, 2011
Guber tells the story of presenting former President Reagan and former President Mikhail Gorbachev with Tiffany-designed jackknives and reminding them of playing mumblety-peg as boys. Peter Guber has written a masterful additional to the storytelling library shelf with his book, Tell To Win.
From the vault: 7 times to turn down a speaking gig
The Eloquent Woman
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
I've had a few speaking invitations pegged to a specific topic, then found out it had changed after I accepted--without hearing directly from the organizers.
Derek Draper – another psycho-therapist who talks too much and listens too little?
Max Atkinson
APRIL 15, 2009
Given that being a good listener is presumably essential if you’re going to be any good at helping people with their problems, I’ve often wondered if psycho-therapy and counselling are occupations that, for some mysterious reason, attract square pegs into round holes. I recently posted a note about Derek Draper breaking a basic rule of turn-taking in conversation (‘one speaker at a time’), illustrated by a video of him and Paul Staines being interviewed by Andrew Neill.
From the vault: Balancing technical & non-technical for mixed audiences
The Eloquent Woman
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
If the room is packed with Nobel laureates, but the decision-maker is not, peg your remarks to the leader. (Editor's note: I've updated this post, one of the most popular ever on the blog, because this question just keeps coming up. Here, your balanced formula for presentations.)
The Biggest Lesson You'll Ever Learn About Stage Fright to Become.
The Shy Speaker's Guide to Succes on Stage
JUNE 27, 2010
Despite the deluge of resources and information, and your ability to do more and progress further, a round peg may not always fit a square nut – meaning that not every skill, suggestion and strategy can serve to fulfill/match one’s needs, abilities and potential all the time.
Observational Humor — Case Study #84
Humor Power
JULY 8, 2012
He had a hook…and a peg leg and eye patch. Here’s another Observational Humor monologue and an analysis of what makes the humor work. THE SET-UP (What happened and what was said during the meeting before the monologue was delivered.). The club had five guests that evening. The President announced that we would be serving cake at the end of the meeting. A speaker talked about wine. He suggested that we might have wine with the cake.
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