Rob Biesenbach
Communications pro, actor, author
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Recent Posts
- 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
- The Secret to Being a Better Editor (Plus 5 Essential Tips)
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 (50)
- 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
- No atheists in fox holes? Wolf Blitzer finds the answer in Oklahoma youtu.be/rIDrmYyfWe8 8 hours ago
- @TomKolovosTKO @WGNNews Nice job, Tom! I've been rocking the orange/red pants for a year now. 19 hours ago
- Death at the Grand Canyon: How a Story Can Save Lives bit.ly/17YKLwE Latest blog post #storytelling 22 hours ago
- Regarding Apple and taxes, don't hate the player, hate the game. Reform the system. 22 hours ago
- If Mad Men episodes were created by committee, last night's show would never have been seen. And that's why committee suck. 1 day ago
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Tag Archives: Joke
Comedy Is Serious Business
Humor can be most effective when it surprises you — when it comes from an unexpected source or during an otherwise serious occasion. (If you’ve ever gotten the giggles during, say, a funeral, you know what I mean.) This weekend … Continue reading
Are You Funnier Than Mitt Romney?
“Quick, I need a joke for this speech!” No you don’t. The last you thing you need is to shoehorn some tired, contrived quip into your presentation that has no relevance to your material. All for the sake of “breaking … Continue reading
