by danarubin | Dec 24, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin _____ Andrea Carpenter was moderating a panel at a real estate conference in Prague in the fall of 2016 when she got fed up. She was one of only three woman on a jam-packed program, and found herself wondering: why aren’t more women on stage? With...
by danarubin | Dec 14, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin _____ In Homer’s Odyssey, Telemachus returns home after traveling the world and tells his mother Penelope to be quiet and go back to her weaving – because “speech will be the business of men.” It’s the first recorded example, says classicist Mary...
by danarubin | Dec 2, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin _____ For nearly 30 years, the number of male and female student in US law schools has been about equal. Why then do so few female attorneys remain in the profession and maintain long-term, successful legal careers? Data shows women make up only...
by danarubin | Oct 10, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin _____ In his New York Times column, David Brooks asks – how do we really persuade other people to accept our point of view? It’s seldom through reason, logic or facts. Brooks champions a new book by Alan Jacobs, a cultural critic and literature...
by danarubin | Oct 6, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin _____ I am obsessed with obsessives. These are the individuals – the artists, the craftspeople, the virtuosos, the performers who work so hard to make their artistry look like a breeze. Jerry Seinfeld was one. Another obsessive perfectionist...
