In speech class, I have my students read poems – to work on diction, vocal variery, verbal punch. Many/most of my students don’t know the poetry. Did you know that practically none of today’s students have ever even heard Casey at the Bat? Astonishing! One of the poems I have them read is If by… Read More Diane Lane (Penny Chenery), Secretariat, Kipling’s “If”, and Ebert — Perfect
Here is one list of top books: the finalists for the “Business Book of the Year.” The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs oversee this particular award. Read about it here. This is from the Financial Times article: Books that investigate and explain the financial crisis dominate the shortlist for the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman… Read More Business Book of the Year
Way, way back in my graduate school days, we studied the work of Chaïm Perelman (and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca). They wrote the book The New Rhetoric (my copy is buried in storage). Perelman developed this idea of a “universal audience.” To oversimplify, he argued that every communication moment, every attempt at persuasion, had two audiences –… Read More Who Is Your Audience? – It’s Always Bigger Than You Count On; It’s Practically Universal
