Recently, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked if the fundraising prowess of two ambassadorial nominees was the reason Obama nominated them. He said no. Then he was asked if their fundraising played in a part of the decision, and his response was, “Frankly, I was not part of this decision-making process.” Many commentators,…
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I’ve conducted media and presentation training in scores of countries around the world and I am always stuck by how people believe that citizens of their own country are uniquely bad at public speaking. People uniformly believe that their fellow citizens are all awful and that it is somehow genetic. If only our people could
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New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters recently went on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program at 6 in the morning. At 7:15, the hosts turned to Peters to ask a question only to discover he wasn’t on the set any longer. Next they asked “did he say a single word?” It turns out that he did speak
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Bill Cosby’s problems aren’t going away. As recently as a couple of weeks ago, Temple University issued a statement that it was standing by Bill Cosby. No more. Even though I have come to conclude that Bill Cosby has drugged and raped scores of women over the last five decades, I do like to strategize
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