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This one exercise in channeling a person’s imagination, however, was just the beginning. Cook proceeded to entertain the audience for the next hour and a half with animated personal stories about his first kiss, his time at school, and his American Sign Language students, among other anecdotes??all without saying a single word...
...debate over the journalistic integrity and relevance of blogs has too often relied on “marshalling anecdotes?? and has lacked quantitative evidence, said Ethan R. Zuckerman, a Berkman Fellow who was one of the developers of the site...
...somehow mold that into a speech that has life and lift.” Having a clear core message—“preferably one with news value”—and conducting thorough research are keys to a successful speech, Winston said. So are personal anecdotes??but “make sure they’re accurate, and don’t exaggerate.” Chuckles greeted her recounting of Al Gore’s botched attempt to appeal to a rural audience by claiming to have once been a farmer. That said...
...Kimball lecturing you while you were hogging the blocks during playtime. It never reaches the same level of enjoyability as other popular works of social science. After all, you never once had her tell you “Blink.” Perhaps the reasoning behind the anecdotes??which cover industries from gold mining and technology to automobiles and physics—is to convince CEOs and businessmen to take a chance with revealing some of their biggest secrets to the world community. By doing so, the authors argue, firms can allow others to help in the development...
...feel guilty if you don’t come back.”Erinn M.M. Wattie ’06, who has attended Pacelli’s classes twice a week since the beginning of the year, says she likes Pacelli’s “quirky, random anecdotes?? and the way he offers advice.“Gene is very attentive to everyone,” says Wattie. “He doesn’t just focus on the good people; he helps everyone modify the poses to their body types.”BENDING...