by Brian Burkhart | Jan 10, 2017 | Our Blog
In 2016, I crafted my first, and now annual, list of presentation trends; the styles and approaches in live communications that I expected to take shape over the next 365 days. Now, I’m no Nostradamus—but my predictions ended up being closer than even I could have...
by Tony Lenhart | Nov 30, 2016 | Our Blog
I recently heard the story of a man named V.K. Krishna Menon, the Minister of Defence for India in the 1950s. In 1957, he gave a speech at the UN to defend India’s position on Kashmir. It lasted eight hours. No joke. It holds a Guinness World Record. Menon...
by Maxx Parcell | Nov 16, 2016 | Our Blog
“Storytelling is not just the ones we make up. It’s not fiction. It’s everything happening all around us.” That’s what RYOT’s Gabe Lifton told a packed Edlis Neeson Theater as part of Chicago Ideas Week’s Future of Storytelling keynote event a few weeks back. If...
by Brian Burkhart | Oct 31, 2016 | Making Waves Podcast, Our Blog
The Old Our former podcast, Maximizing Opportunity, was a decent show with impressive guests—but it was also our very first attempt at a podcast. We had a lot to learn about producing a monthly show, so this time around we’re applying our learned lessons to an...
by Brian Burkhart | Sep 22, 2016 | Our Blog
This is a Code Orange, because I’m FRUSTRATED! I’m kind of sick and tired of what’s going on. At SquarePlanet, we meet all kinds of people doing all kinds of pitches. We’ve got people on Shark Tank… We’ve got all these...
by Molly Fletcher | Sep 21, 2016 | Our Blog
Public speakers, like others who perform well under pressure, didn’t get that way overnight. I saw this over and over again in two decades as an agent to elite athletes, coaches and broadcasters. I watched them perform as I represented them, and no one can deliver...