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Why Entrepreneurs Must Learn To Speak In Public

Leslie Ungar explains why speaking in public is crucial to the success of your company.

The Word of the Year is “Purposeful”

We all lived through the 2012 Presidential Election. If there is one thing everyone should be able to agree on is the role communication played. My word for communication during the election, the season, and the year is PURPOSEFUL. So …READ MORE

We Can Set Requirements for Cars and Not Guns

I am not a member of the NRA – obviously. I am not a member, I don’t get them and I don’t get why american allows the NRA to have so much power. since the 1950′s when the government started …READ MORE

What C-level People Can Learn From Jimmy Haslem

Jimmy Haslem gets it. He is a new owner, in a new town, with a crummy team. but he gets it. From what he did in one day CEO’s and C-level types around the world could learn a bevy of …READ MORE

When a standing O is a standing OK

Today Jim Tressel got a standing O in the end zone at the horse shoe. a standing ovation. in many ways, you could say that he was responsible for last season’s crummy record, this year’s team not being able to …READ MORE

Why i like Jimmy Haslam more than the game today

for much of the Brown’s nation today was a good day. a day that saw the brown’s lead the entire first half of the game. a game that every time it appeared that the Browns would lose, they were out …READ MORE

Five Lessons Learned from Jim Tressel Interviews

I was fortunate to have two 30 minute one-on-one interviews with Jim Tressel. I would like to share five lessons learned. 1. A Label Does Not Define I find the Jim Tressel “effect” fascinating. While Ohio has been a swing …READ MORE

Why Obama won and why Mitt lost

frankly, i am glad obama won. i did not want my right to choice taken away. i could make the argument that obama won for two main reasons. and anyone that knows me knows I like things in three. so …READ MORE

2 roads in sports

yesterday the mike holmgren cleveland browns press conference was a prototype example of what not to say to fans when you are on your way out of a 40 million job. two weeks ago the terry francona press conf was …READ MORE

So what did we learn from the third debate?

1. debating or leading is more than spouting facts and figures. the speaker has to be able to conect the dots for the audience as to why statistics or places are important. 2. debating is about different ideas. so one …READ MORE