Rob Biesenbach
Communications pro, actor, author
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Recent Posts
- 11 Deadly Sins of Public Speakers and Presenters (Pt. 1)
- How a Story Can Save Lives
- 5 Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
- 5 Lessons from The Great Gatsby School of Writing
- The Art of the Bad Apology (And a Lesson from Bill Clinton)
- To Be a Better Writer, Accept Edits with Grace (5 Steps)
- Sterling’s Gold: 7 Lessons for Success from Mad Men
- The Myth of Body Language
- I’m Not Angry
- 3 Quick Tips for Presenters and Public Speakers
Categories
- Audience (29)
- Book (17)
- Communication (44)
- Crisis Communication (3)
- Editing (13)
- Emotion (14)
- Grammar & Usage (11)
- Language (16)
- Leadership (11)
- Listening (7)
- Management (7)
- Media Relations (4)
- Messaging (2)
- Obstacles to Communication (5)
- Presentations/Speeches (51)
- Promotion (1)
- Proofing (1)
- Quotes (5)
- Relationships (2)
- Review & Approval Process (13)
- Show, Don't Tell (20)
- Social Media (8)
- Storytelling (27)
- Uncategorized (5)
- Using Humor (9)
- Video (7)
- Visual Communication (6)
- Web (11)
- Working with Lawyers (7)
- Writing (36)
My Other Stuff
Tweets
- The 11 Deadly Sins of Public Speakers and Presenters (Part 1) bit.ly/197B0LV Latest blog post #publicspeaking 1 hour ago
- @biespitz @SpinSucks Bring Gini in -- she'll be glad to tell them! 2 hours ago
- @SpinSucks Yup, that was the killer soundbite! Seems people have been mistaking channels for strategies for years! 2 hours ago
- Saying "social media strategy" is like saying you want a "telephone or typewriter strategy" bit.ly/18kBhJW @spinsucks 3 hours ago
- How to look authentic when communicating? Practice, practice, practice onforb.es/18kAJUz @Forbes 3 hours ago
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Category Archives: Web
When the Job That Got Away Is Better Off Gone
Sometimes you get passed over for a job or a project and you regret it. Other times you realize it was the best thing that could have ever happened to you. The other day I got an email from a … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Review & Approval Process, Web
Tagged client from hell, Request for proposal, RFP
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Why You Shouldn’t Steal Stuff off the Internet
It’s easy to forget in our lawyered up society that some lessons are timeless and based on basic rules of fairness. Like the matter of intellectual property and what is and is not “free” on the Internet. I was reminded … Continue reading
Posted in Presentations/Speeches, Visual Communication, Web
Tagged fair use, intellectual property
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When Presenting, Always Have a Backup for Your Backup
It was three minutes to the hour and 260-plus people from around the country were waiting online for me to begin a webinar. And after an hour of wrestling with technology, I still wasn’t close to being logged in. My … Continue reading
Are the Rules Different for Women?
Yesterday I had the privilege to speak to about 270 Georgetown University alumni, offering them some of the top lessons from the book — how to connect with an audience, tell better stories, express yourself visually and stand out in … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Presentations/Speeches, Web
Tagged Georgetown University, women in the workplace
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Facebook Timeline Feeds Corporate Narcissism
Facebook Timeline for brands is the latest hysteria-inducing development in social media. Its introduction has been accompanied by the usual how-to articles screaming TEN THINGS YOU MUST KNOW and FIVE HIDDEN TIMELINE SECRETS THE EXPERTS WON’T TELL YOU and YOU’RE … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media, Storytelling, Web
Tagged Facebook, Facebook Timeline, Social media
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Pinterest is Like Dessert, Google+ is Like Vegetables
Google+ is the weirdest social network there is. When it was launched last summer the Internet world was atwitter (so to speak). Afraid of being left behind, people rushed to get on board the new new thing. So it grew … Continue reading
