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December 30 2009
Here are this week’s links: Terrorism on airlines is overstated - In a simple argument of reality vs. perception, terrorism on airplanes, even if there was an event every month, are so small in the spectrum of fatalities as not to... read moreWhat should I write about? You decide
December 29 2009
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve been writing about a wider and wider range of things. This is no accident. My ambitions with books and the blog are wide. I’ll always be writing about pm, design and innovation things, but will... read moreThe secret about innovation secrets
December 29 2009
The word secret runs rampant not only in business magazines, but also in self-help books. To our general disappointment, often the tips and advice described aren’t secrets, and never were, as no one, not even the people mentioned in the... read moreDecember 28 2009
Went through my list of stuff acquired this year. Turns out I read a lot of books. Here’s the best (purchasable) things I found in 2009: Thoughtless acts, by Jane Fulton Suri – This is a great book for any design, or... read moreEverything is a project, even this
December 23 2009
As often happens, when I meet people at a party they ask what I do, and I tell them, I write books. They ask what kind of books, and when I mention I wrote a book about project management they... read moreDecember 23 2009
Here are this week’s links: Reverse ignite – In a variation of powerpoint karaoke, where people are forced to present with someone else’s slides, Reverse ignite does it with ignite format presentations. Bike friendlyiest city in the world – Copenhagen –... read moreSpeaking in Portland, Jan 6 & 7
December 22 2009
I’ll be in Portland in a few weeks, early in 2010. Speaking at the Art Institute, hosted by CHIFOO, on Wed January 6th, at 7pm, about Confessions of? a Public Speaker. Bring your toughest questions and I’ll answer ‘em. It’s open... read moreWhat my office looks like right now
December 20 2009
In a desperate fit of end of year holiday boredom, as I’m self employed and don’t quite long for these weeks off as I used to, I decided it’s time to fix up my office. If I’m actively writing a book,... read moreDecember 19 2009
I have a huge quote file I’ve been keeping since 1990, and it’s about 300 single spaced pages of quotes I’ve collected over the years. I think the practice of typing these things in is good for writing. Unable to [...] read moreDecember 16 2009
Here are this week’s links: College student brings typewriter to lecture hall – Seems legit and not staged – the professor eventually asks him to stop. A better rating system – 5 point scales are the standard on yelp, amazon and elsewhere. [...] read moreDecember 16 2009
I rarely follow it 100%, but I do believe what people want for Christmas, or as gifts in general, are not consumer objects, but experiences and acts that require the giving of our time, not our money. Here’s my post from [...] read moreThe importance of what you say
December 16 2009
My latest essay for Forbes.com is now up – it’s called the importance of what you say. Many are surprised to learn that for centuries many of the great writers in history, from Emerson to Mark Twain to Peter Drucker, made [...] read moreDecember 16 2009
Sometimes information visualization goes wrong. We quickly confuse whizzy fun visuals with using visuals to make explaining things easier. Here’s a recent example. Michael VanDaniker used the open source data-viz toolkit Axiis, grabbed the data from w3schools.com for browsershare, and made [...] read moreThe toughest room I had this month
December 14 2009
After a month of promoting the book as hard as I can, and doing more than 30 talks or media appearances in the last talks in 4 weeks, I finally have some down time.? And what’s more fun in down [...] read moreDecember 10 2009
Here are this week’s excellent links and the only stuff I managed to read this week while on the road: On press reporting: MSFT and black screen of death -? Anyone who has an article written about them, or their work, [...] read moreMultimedia
Webcast - Confessions of a Public Speaker
December 02, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free For leaders, managers and anyone who speaks and expects someone to listen, Scott Berkun shares an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. Loosely based on his third book, ...
Webcast: How progress happens: the down and dirty truths and secrets that make innovation possible
March 19, 2009
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes. Cost: Free Talking about innovation is easy--making change happen in organizations is ridiculously hard. But there are things we can learn from the history of technology, political revolution and change, and there...
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