Discovered: The Amazing Dr. Fox Video
To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of Confessions of a Public Speaker, here’s another post on public speaking.
One heavily referenced speech in public speaking history is the famous Dr. Fox lecture. In short, researchers hired an actor to pose as an expert, and he gave a meaningless, but complex sounding, jargon filled speech to a group of true experts. Result? The majority of them were fooled into thinking they’d learned something, despite there being no substance to the lecture.
The Blog in 2011: More Pictures, More Words
Clive Thompson’s latest column for Wired picks up on something I’ve noticed:
“I save the little stuff for Twitter and blog only when I have something big to say,” as blogger Anil Dash put it. It turns out readers prefer this: One survey found that the most popular blog posts today are the longest ones, 1,600 words on average.
John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs’ Success [Exclusive Interview]
John Sculley, Apple's ex-CEO, talks for the first time about Steve Jobs. Illustration by Matthew Phelan.
In 1983, Steve Jobs wooed Pepsi executive John Sculley to Apple with one of the most famous lines in business: “Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?”
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John Sculley On Steve Jobs, The Full Interview Transcript
Steve Jobs and John Sculley, the former CEO of Apple. The pair were dubbed the "dynamic duo."
Here’s a full transcript of the interview with John Sculley on the subject of Steve Jobs.
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