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Loud and Clear: Six Tips for Communicating in a Way That Truly.

Strategy Driven

The same is true for any camera crews who might be filming your presentation. For example, Neil Armstrong used the six hours and forty minutes between his moon landing and first step to craft his historic statement. Use catchy words. Take time to carefully craft a few messages with catchy words.

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The Right Way to Rally Your Troops

Harvard Business Review

We weathered that storm, and John’s leadership set the bar for me on how to effectively engage employees to overcome a crisis. The second story comes from AOL CEO Tim Armstrong, who last month hosted a meeting and call to address the 1,100 employees of Patch, a unit that had been losing money and was about to face some layoffs.

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The Kony 2012 "Controversy"

Harvard Business Review

Instead of a film, they ended up creating a massive movement to save children from abduction into Kony's rebel army. We build institutes for leadership and the advancement of civil society on our campuses for it. Spending too much money on film and media. It's a film and media organization for Christ's sake.

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