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
- How safe are the bridges you travel over? Bridgehunter.com rates them bit.ly/12BamG7 via @PaulConstant 8 hours ago
- Enjoyed this look at one writer's process (Austin Kleon) bit.ly/12B8Svt (Except for hating writing!) via @copyblogger 9 hours ago
- Pretty cool interactive book promo from @mitchjoel. Better experience than a video trailer ctrlaltdeletebook.com 10 hours ago
- Last year, @kickstarter raised more money for businesses in the arts than the NEA. ctrlaltdeletebook.com via @mitchjoel 10 hours ago
- @msebastian Congratulations on the new position with @AdAge! 10 hours ago
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Category Archives: Writing
Three Simple Ingredients for Successful Stories
Stories can do amazing things for you. Telling the right story can help you nail a job interview, win over a customer, rally a team, motivate employees and many other things. But what exactly is a story? A colleague of … Continue reading
Wing it Like Dr. King: 5 Lessons for Public Speakers
On this day of speeches, I’m reminded of something I wrote a couple of years ago about how Martin Luther King essentially winged major parts of his I Have a Dream Speech: When Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a … Continue reading
The Table Read: A Critical Element in Speechwriting
Whenever I’m involved in a big conference with multiple speakers I make the point that “it’s all one speech.” That is, it’s one big message and each speaker is telling a different part of the story. In real life, of … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Presentations/Speeches, Review & Approval Process, Writing
Tagged Public speaking, speechwriting
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Frankly, One Word’s Missing from 2012′s Worst
‘Tis the season for best and worst lists, and this one, of 2012′s worst words, is pretty good. Some of these words have been bugging me since long before 2012, so I think ascribing a timeframe is a bit arbitrary. For … Continue reading
Three Things Every (Real) Story Must Have
The ancient art of storytelling is one of the most powerful forms of communication. If that’s news to anybody on the planet I would be absolutely shocked. Yet I see story after story about the science of storytelling. How we … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Storytelling, Writing
Tagged Romeo & Juliet, Storytelling, writing
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Tweeting in a Time of Frenzy
I honestly don’t know how some social media “stars” keep up with it — tweeting, blogging, Facebooking constantly throughout the day. I’m fortunate to work for myself, and on days when I’m not in meetings or on a hot deadline, … Continue reading
