On Wednesday, I present a synopsis of Douglas Brinkley‘s biography of Walter Cronkite. The book, simply titled Cronkite (Harper, 2012) took me a summer to read, as it is over 1000 pages long. It was worth it. I presented it at a bonus program for the First Friday Book Synopsis, and for several associations and… Read More Reflections on Brinkley’s Biography of Cronkite
We had a terrific session this morning at the First Friday Book Synopsis in Dallas. Karl Krayer presented his synopsis of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt, and I decided to make some upgrades to the way I blog and tweet. It looks like I’ve got some research, and some work,… Read More Every Nation for Itself & The 4 Disciplines of Execution – Books for our September First Friday Book Synopsis
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” Winston Churchill “You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: victory.” Winston Churchill “And that’s the way it is.” Walter Cronkite —————- Many famous people are buried beneath Westminster Abbey. But, at Westminster Abbey, there is one plaque, prominenty on… Read More From Winston Churchill and Walter Cronkite – Your Communication Tips of the Day
Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere… So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm… Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ——– We all know the story. Here’s the account from Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point:… Read More The Parable of The Great Networker – Paul Revere (and a little bit of Walter Cronkite)
…we will become a trivial people, incapable of coping with complexity, ambiguity, uncertainty, perhaps even reality. We will become, in a phrase, a people amused into stupidity. Television has become the command center of our culture. The light entertainment is not the problem. The least dangerous things on television are its junk. On television all… Read More News as Profit Center; News as Amusement – Not Good News for an Informed Citizenry (insight from Ted Koppel and Neil Postman)
I’ve posted before about my deep appreciation for Neil Postman. I find myself going back to his writings time and again. This morning, I gave a presentation titled: Amusing Ourselves To Death: or, Where Have You Gone, Walter Cronkite? It reflected greatly the thoughts from Postman’s book, Amusing Ourselves to Death. Here are a few… Read More Amusing Ourselves To Death: or, Where Have You Gone, Walter Cronkite? –- Wisdom from Neil Postman
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