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...
by danarubin | Oct 4, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ The field of cyber security needs more women, and the Girl Scouts needs a new mission: A perfect match. Only 11% of the world’s information security workforce are women. What a wonderful opportunity for the Girls Scouts of the USA. With 1.8...
by danarubin | Oct 1, 2017 | Public Speaking, Speech Coaching, Speech Writing
by Dana Rubin_____ Next week One Day University, an adult education program “starring the country’s best professors,” is coming to my part of the world – Westchester County, NY. I’m a big fan of One Day University. Who wouldn’t want to go back to...
