Message focusing: Six-word story

One of our clients is an executive at an international bank, so he presents to global management quite often. To be able to give his message using a few well-chosen words, instead of dozens of data-heavy charts and graphs, would be revolutionary. We took one of his...

What do I do with my hands? (Eric Takaha video)

One of the most common questions we hear when people go onto the stage is, “What do I do with my hands?” Believe it or not, that question is actually more common than “Where’s the nearest escape route?” 😉 Watch Franklin Templeton’s Eric Takaha’s hands in this...

Money is especially emotional

One of the best arguments for how people make decisions based on emotion, even when (perhaps especially when) they are making decisions about money… Especially after expenses, most actively-managed funds perform worse than their benchmark. If you listen to many...

The wrong question

All day long, I am surrounded by people who are fluent speakers of English, or nearly fluent speakers of English. One of the main questions people ask me is how can I speak better English? I tell them, if you are a fluent or near fluent speaker of English, then asking...

Method actor approach to communications

Michael Bierut describes not only the method we use, but why we use it, so well I read it and thought, “Yeah, that’s me!”… http://99u.com/workbook/51901/the-method-actor-approach-to-design