At first blush, professional presentations don’t appear to have much in common with, of all subjects, sexual wellness. If that’s your first thought about it, before I draw the connection, I’d like to introduce you to Gina Gutierrez, a young woman in the business news. A former high-tech brand manager, Gutierrez is a winsome, […]
The famous Lemon Drop cocktail is a deceptively strong martini, made with fresh lemon and vodka. Any vodka drink that tastes more like lemonade than vodka is one to be wary of, but I recently, and uncharacteristically, polished off a few. The occasion was my daughter-in-law’s birthday, a few hours after a driver in a […]
During his popular, one-man comedy Defending the Caveman, actor Rob Becker went mute. He couldn’t remember the lines of a show he’d written and performed hundreds of times. Apologizing to thousands in the audience, Becker exited the stage. Days later, recovered, he successfully returned to do the show. This is an extreme example of a […]
After “Joseph” pitched his new company, a chorus of potential investors tossed questions out like excited birds chirping in a zoo aviary. But no one in the throng asked the “right” question. Instead, the group of smart, seasoned executives were led down a rabbit trail by a sly speaker. The clue was right there on […]
There’s a scene in the current movie On the Bases of Sex relevant to anyone making a presentation. It’s the story of struggling young attorney Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s game-changing court case before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, a court one-step below the US Supreme Court. When she took the case, Ms. Ginsburg was a […]
