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Leading media training practitioner TJ Walker shares his insights regarding media and presentation training issues affecting news makers and the larger world of executive and personal communication. Please check back here for regular updates. For home email delivery, please send your email here: TJ's Insights.
04/19/2010: How Should I Encourage the Audience to Participate (if at all?)
04/16/2010: Teacher's Union Prays for N.J. Governor Christie's Death
04/15/2010: Oprah Winfrey Does Not Need to Tell All in Response to Kitty Kelley's New Book
04/14/2010: Obama's Supreme Court Nominee Must be able to Talk the Talk
04/13/2010: Conan O'Brien and TBS - How Corporate Communications Should be Done
04/12/2010: How Do I Deal with Prespeech Jitters?
04/09/2010: Michael Steele in the Hot Seat. Again!
04/08/2010: 5 Minutes to Prepare for your next Presentation
04/07/2010: Should I Be Introduced Before Giving a Presentation or Not Introduced at All?
04/06/2010: Tiger Woods press conference today: big step for the golfer and the pitchman
03/31/2010: TJ on The CBS Early Show - Fear of Public Speaking
03/30/2010: Ask for Action & Tiger Woods Press Conference Preview
03/29/2010: CBS Clip & Speech Practice Tips
03/26/2010: Preview Interview: Public Speaking Fear on CBS
03/25/2010: How to do a Quick Media Interview Rehearsal
03/24/2010: The Top 10 Speaking Blunders Contest from TJ Walker
03/23/2010: Can You Spot 10 Mistakes?
03/22/2010: Tiger Woods First Interview Since Thanksgiving Crash
03/19/2010: Foot in Mouth Biden & Bad Speech, Good Q and A
03/18/2010: Build Your Library - TJ on CNN HLN talking about Woods Return
03/17/2010: Notes as a Roadmap - AND - TJ via Skype in Sacramento
03/16/2010: Top 5 Mistakes CEO's Make When Delivering Bad News
03/15/2010: Speaking about your Posture - Plus Tiger's Return?
03/11/2010: Glenn Beck Apologizes and Six Crucial PR Lessons from TJ Walker
03/10/2010: Now it's Your Chance to Submit a Job Interview Video to The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
03/09/2010: President Obama's Healthcare Address
03/08/2010: TJ Walker Ranks the Best and Worst Speeches At The Academy Awards
03/05/2010: How to deal with technical difficulties
03/04/2010: Sarah Palin on The Tonight Show
03/03/2010: Who Will give the BEST and WORST Acceptance Speech?
03/02/2010: Warren Buffett - King of the Sound Bite
03/01/2010: Disarming the Distrations and Jay Leno
02/25/2010: What if I’m asked a question I can’t answer?
02/24/2010: ABC News Budget Cuts and The Rise of Citizen Journalists
02/23/2010: A Video College Essay?
02/22/2010: Avoiding Bad Public Speaker Stereotypes - Plus Reaction to Tiger's Press Conference
02/18/2010: Tiger Woods Apology Tour Starts on Friday
02/17/2010: Obama Administration Changing Communications Strategy
02/16/2010: Attack Your Way to the Headlines - Just Like Kevin Smith
02/15/2010: What You Can Learn From Honest Abe
02/12/2010: How to Handle YouTube Critics and Lawyers
02/11/2010: What happens if your speech gets snowed out?
02/10/2010: Eye Contact, Cheat Sheets for Sarah, and a Media Crisis
02/09/2010: 10 Rules you need to follow when using technology with a presentation
02/08/2010: Sarah Palin Writes Cheat Sheet on Hand
02/05/2010: Scott Brown Handles Nude Photo Flap
02/04/2010: President Obama--YouTube Star!
02/03/2010: Let Your Body Breath
02/02/2010: Test Your AV Equipment -- and Obama Debates House Republicans
02/01/2010: Michael Jackson's Son Presents at The Grammy Awards
01/29/2010: Grading Obama's State of the Union Address
01/28/2010: Obama & Steve Jobs - Big Day for Speeches - How Did They Do?
01/27/2010: What Obama Needs to Say in His State of the Union Address
01/26/2010: Obama Mocked for Using Teleprompter at Elementary School
01/25/2010: Pope asks priests to take it to You Tube
01/22/2010: John Edwards Media Crisis - What You Can Learn
01/21/2010: Senator-elect Scott Brown's for President?
01/20/2010: Did Poor Speaking Skills Cost Martha Coakley the Senate Race?
01/19/2010: What you can learn from Robert Downey Jr
01/18/2010: Golden Globe Award Analyses
01/15/2010: George Clooney Speaks Out For Haiti
01/14/2010: Sarah Palin Makes Her Fox News Debut
01/13/2010: McGwire's Swing at Honesty, VideoConferencing, Looking thinner on camera
01/12/2010: How Did Sen. Harry Reid Handle His Media Crisis?
01/11/2010: Michael Steele Gets in Trouble for NOT Lying
01/08/2010: Speak - Don't Talk About Speaking
01/07/2010: Can old dogs learn new tricks?
01/05/2010: Last chance on new year's business gifts
12/29/2009: Ask Questions for Better Presentations
12/28/2009: Answer One Question at a Time
12/23/2009: The Rise of Diane Sawyer
12/22/2009: Full body communication
12/21/2009: Bad presentation advice
12/18/2009: Live and Taped Interviews
12/17/2009: Lessons from a scandal
12/16/2009: Wall Street Executives in Hot Water
12/15/2009: Fat Cat Bankers & Advice About Asking from TJ Walker
12/14/2009: What is important to the Media?
12/11/2009: How did Obama's Speech go?
12/09/2009: Arguing is not communication
12/08/2009: Is Tiger Destroying His Brand?
12/07/2009: PowerPoint - #1 Sleep Aid : Animated Reenactment of the Tiger Woods Crash
12/04/2009: Don't be Afraid of Large Audiences
12/03/2009: More on Tiger Woods - and advice for your Media Crisis
12/02/2009: Tiger Woods - Did he crash his image?
12/01/2009: Body Language, Praise, & Criticism - Media & Presentation Tips
11/30/2009: Tiger Woods Crashes his Car, and his Image?
11/27/2009: Black Friday Opportunity - Best Workshop
11/25/2009: Paula Deen Attacked by Ham – Plus, Q&A tips, more Videos, and Speech Advice
11/24/2009: Short Media Messages
11/23/2009: The best way to begin your speech
11/20/2009: The #1 Secret when Speaking & Presenting
11/19/2009: Crying to Get What You Want - Is it a Good Thing?
11/18/2009: Sara Palin: Managing your Sound Bites | Plus More Presentation & Leadership Tips
11/17/2009: Sara Palin is Back!
11/16/2009: TV Interview Strategy: Just the Facts
11/13/2009: When Warren Buffett Speaks, People Listen - Learn Why
11/12/2009: Lou Dobbs Resigns! Carrie Prejean's blunders on Larry King, & Obama on Fox
11/11/2009: Was this Obama's Best Speech Ever?
11/10/2009: Extreme Speaking Fear (And Some Extreme Remedies)
11/09/2009: Should Obama boycott Fox? and Building Your Core Speech
11/06/2009: Does Oprah Plan to Move Her Talk Show?
11/05/2009: Fear of Public Speaking: Text and Video to help
11/04/2009: Steve Martin's Sound Bite of the Day | 7 Tips To Prepare For A Television Interview
11/03/2009: Tips for a Job Interview via a Webcam
11/02/2009: Love Him or Hate Him, Why Newt Gingrich is a Media Master
10/30/2009: What Do Right Wing Michelle Bachman & Left Wing Alan Grayson Have in Common?
10/29/2009: Speaking: Alan Grayson Crying, and WSJ Video: How to ask for a Raise
10/28/2009: What is your point? Lieberman threatens to filibuster, and handling media bias.
10/27/2009: It's only a matter of time before you bomb!
10/26/2009: Women Earn 77% of What Men Make - Plus ESPN gets trashed
10/23/2009: Cat Calling to Public Speaking Success
10/22/2009: Pros and Cons of Michelle Obama going on Leno's Show
10/21/2009: Number One Mistake when Ending a Media Interview
10/20/2009: NY Times Fires 150 - TJ looks at the future of Media
10/19/2009: "Balloon Boy" media disaster - What we can learn
10/16/2009: Old dog and Mike Huckabee
10/15/2009: And Wait. . .
10/14/2009: Bloomberg vs Thompson NYC Mayoral Debate Analysis
10/13/2009: From Sales Pitch to Sales Miss & Bush and Clinton - What should we expect?
10/12/2009: Sarah Palin, Michael Moore, Jay Leno, and The Enemy Within
10/09/2009: Obama's Olympic Pitch
10/08/2009: Gloomy Employment Data
10/07/2009: David Letterman Crisis Management Lessons and much more
10/06/2009: Dealing with Tough Criticism
10/05/2009: An Unpredictable Audience, Job Interview Tips and Obama Olympics
10/02/2009: Old Solutions For New Problems
10/01/2009: The Alan Grayson Technique
09/30/2009: Using Humor, Gordon Brown, and Debates
09/29/2009: What Destroys Communication - PowerPoint?
09/28/2009: William Safire Dead and Planning Your Ad-Lib Speech
09/25/2009: Audience as Equals
09/24/2009: Are You Too Busy to Prepare for the Media?
09/23/2009: Sarah Palin's Comeback
09/22/2009: A Two Word Solution
09/21/2009: TJ Walker WSJ Interview - How Much Obama is Too Much?
09/18/2009: The Clock!
09/17/2009: What do Jimmy Cater, Linda McMahon, and Joe Wilson have in Common?
09/16/2009: Using Notes, Bold Action-Oriented Words, and more Videos
09/15/2009: Confess Nothing
09/14/2009: Are You Tossing Money Away?
09/11/2009: Your "Canned Speech" - Making it great
09/10/2009: President Obama's Healthcare Speech - Analysis
09/09/2009: Sales Pitch Tips, Obama's Speech Preview, and more
09/08/2009: Make the Most of Your Conference Calls
09/04/2009: The Rule of Three (Messages)
09/03/2009: Faster, Faster, and Faster!
09/02/2009: You're the Star – Focus on YOU! | Presentation and Media Tips
09/01/2009: It's in the details...
08/31/2009: Draw Your Speech
08/28/2009: Improve Sales with a Handout!
08/26/2009: Learning from the Reporter's Perspective
08/25/2009: Tell 'em 3 Times - Good or Bad Advice?
08/24/2009: Dispense with the Chewing Gum
08/19/2009: Aggressive Public Speaking & How to Get Over Your Speaking Nerves
08/18/2009 Sweating & Worrying During Speeches
08/17/2009: Large Audience Advantage
08/14/2009: How To Look Guilty on TV
08/12/2009: Top Speaking Stories Video - Facial Expressions - Asking
08/11/2009: Tight and Simple - Your Message
08/10/2009: Don't Write Questions
08/06/2009: What are you really saying?
08/05/2009: Should you use special effects in PowerPoint?
08/04/2009: Even Your Eyebrows Count!
08/03/2009: Your 4 Goals for Getting What You Want
07/31/2009: You and the Spotlight
07/29/2009 Using Notes is NOT Cheating -Media & Speaking Strategies
07/28/2009: Power of the Negative Messages
07/27/2009: The Speech of Your Life
07/24/2009: Preacher Presenter Pros
07/23/2009: The Benefits
07/22/2009: Tips to Incorporate Stories and a Ronald Reagan Video Example
07/21/2009: Ask about the Room?
07/20/2009: How to Save Prep Time
07/17/2009: Getting Quoted off the Other Guy
07/16/2009: Improve Your Credibility
