Rob Biesenbach
Communications pro, actor, author
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Recent Posts
- 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)
- Stop Misusing This Everyday Word!
Categories
- Audience (29)
- Book (17)
- Communication (44)
- Crisis Communication (3)
- Editing (13)
- Emotion (13)
- 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 (19)
- Social Media (8)
- Storytelling (26)
- Uncategorized (5)
- Using Humor (9)
- Video (7)
- Visual Communication (6)
- Web (11)
- Working with Lawyers (7)
- Writing (36)
My Other Stuff
Tweets
- Among the terrible things presidents have asked marines to do over the past decade, holding umbrellas ranks pretty low. 21 hours ago
- Even Bob Woodward has forgotten what Watergate is all about. He should read his book bit.ly/17GGLko via @TPM 1 day ago
- Walmart, Gap not looking good vs. competitors on Bangladesh worker safety accord lat.ms/12GKIzT @latimes 2 days ago
- American tries carrot instead of just stick to bag checkers bit.ly/19AbKuZ Early boarding for light packers 2 days ago
- More on Abercrombie: focusing on your market is smart (but saying stupid stuff aloud isn't) gu.com/p/3fqbe/tw via @guardian 2 days ago
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Tag Archives: Stress
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
PR Is Only As Stressful As You Make It
For years, “PR executive” has been listed high among the most stressful occupations — Number 2, in fact. Yes, I know — take that, neurosurgeons and air traffic controllers! This year, somehow, it dropped all the way down to Number … Continue reading
