Ever been to a lecture or a seminar where information came at you so hard and fast you thought, “Stop! I can’t keep up!” It’s a common experience for most people. The ability for our brains to process information is pretty extraordinary, but it has limits. We experience information overload the way a lot of…
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How to encourage people to accept the facts – a scientific method
It’s a very common challenge – how to encourage people to pay attention to, and make decisions based on facts and not myths, rumours and misperceptions.
Does Prime Minister Justin Trudeau say “umm” too much? Does it really matter?
Umm, yes it does eventually but not nearly as much as many people might suggest. An article in the National Post today is highlighting a verbal tic the Prime Minister has within his speech patterns. He says “umm,” often. There’s video of one response to a reporter on YouTube in which he says it 50…
Doing a media interview by phone
Interviews by phone – for the last three decades (my entire time in media and communications) this is the most common type of interview. There are a few reasons for that. Print journalists have never had enough time to meet enough people in person; these days they’re rarely allowed out of the office. Most radio…
