5 Minutes to Communicate

Public Speaking (Braveheart & ID4)

Public Speaking (Tony Robbins)

Here's Tony Robbins again, whose was the 'model' for the Public Speaking class held yesterday. More videos coming soon.

Tony Robbins on TED

Recently shown (briefly) at a PDP session with HotCat on Communication Skills.

The Power of Story

A story is about a: fundamental conflict between subjective expectation and cruel reality... an imbalance and opposing forces (a problem that must be worked out, etc.).

A good storyteller describes what it's like to deal with these opposing forces "...calling on the protagonist to dig deeper, work with scarce resources, make difficult decisions...and ultimately discover the truth."

Can not a presentation on a technical or scientific topic be a story — with plenty of data and information along the way — about a long journey of discovery, of trial and error? Read more from Robert McKee.