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We discuss this in class every term. Here is one author's list: 1. To communicate bad news, complaints or criticism 2. When you are seeking information that is not simple and straight-forward 3. When you are seeking approval on something that is involved or controversial 4. When
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We all remember the opening lines of our favorite TV shows. Well, idea-sandbox recommends that we find inspiration in them for our elevator speech. It can be challenging to boil down what you do into a short blurb... For inspiration, I suggest paying attention to the 30-second narrations
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Julie Roehm got a call from her boss's assistant at 12:15 p.m. on Dec. 4. J. John Fleming, then chief of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s marketing department, wanted a word with his senior vice-president. Walking to Fleming's office at the Bentonville
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Marissa Mayer is Google's vice-president of search products. She is the last stop before engineers and project managers get the opportunity to pitch their ideas to Google's co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Eight teams consisting of directors, managers, and engineers answer to her.
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This is a commercial site appropriately called Elevatorspeech.net. Check out their Case studies and entertaining videos. These items provide a good overview of what an elevator speech is and what it is for [Hint: what do you do? and why would anyone care?]. Full disclosure: I hold no stock
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An elevator speech is as essential as a business card. You need to be able to say who you are, what you do, what you are interested in doing and how you can be a resource to your listeners. If you donʹt have an elevator speech, people wonʹt know what
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.. or why "business people speak like idiots." They are selling a book, plugging their bullfighter freeware, and their blog does not have spam blocker... but they definitely have the right spirit. You can copy and paste text in a service that will determine its"bull level"
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Or, decode this: "It is my desire to develop and generate the revolving scheme to filter to the consuming public in." Yes, there is more where that came from.
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The power of the spoken word , especially when well-delivered and articulated, is immense; and this archive of speeches is an excellent tool to delve into the subject of rhetoric.
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Studies show that the mere act of shaking hands makes people twice as likely to remember you, and with just a few quick pumps, you can say a lot about yourself: Too much oomph, and you appear domineering. Come on too soft, and exude incompetence. Fret too much, and you&
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During our discussion on hot and cold media, some of you observed that however much more we are "in contact" with people (email, text messaging, instant messaging, etc.), we seem to be less connected. Well, a recent study confirms this. We're networking on myspace.com, sharing
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From the McLuhan website (in reference to an earlier post): Actually, the title was a mistake. When the book came back from the typesetter’s, it had on the cover “Massage” as it still does. The title was supposed to have read “The Medium is the Message” but the typesetter