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Max Atkinson's Blog
http://maxatkinson.blogspot.com
Comment, analysis and practical advice on public speaking, presentation, conversation, communication and the media, especially in the areas of politics and business.
- Added on: Dec 1st, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Max Atkinson
- Listed in: Education Politics
- Tags: communication media speeches politicians presentation politicics
Recent Posts
Dubai: the beginning of the end of feudalism?
How much of any presentation, speech or lecture ever gets remembered for more than a few minutes, let alone for 45 years? If all the lectures I attended as a student are anything to go by, the answer is 'not much'. But there was one point made in on...
Sounds of silence
When I worked in an Oxford college, a sure fire way to generate silence over coffee or lunch was to give the same one-word answer to either of the following questions: Q1: "Where are you going on holiday?"Q2: "Where have you been on holiday?"A1, A2: ...
Christmas competition: What did Santa say before \'Ho-ho-ho\'?
As we're going away tomorrow in search of some sunshine, I don't expect to be posting much until the end of November.Needless to say, I'm hoping that regular readers will come back when blogging resumes.Meanwhile, here are two things to keep you occu...
Authors versus publishers in the digital age
As many of you will know, there's quite a debate going on about Google's plan to make every book ever published available online.Although publishers are making a lot of noise about it, they've stayed remarkably quiet about another wheeze they've been...
Hypnotic eyes
After thanking Tony Benn earlier today for his lifetime contribution to my career, I was not intending to post anything more about him for quite a while. But, having invited comments about the yesterday’s video clip on Twitter, replies came in ...
The enormity of my debt to Tony Benn - without whom ...
Writing the last two posts on Tony Benn has reminded me of the enormity of my debt to him, and I think it's time I went public on recording my thanks to him.I'm not just talking about the rich source of videotaped data his speeches supplied for the r...
