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Fall in Love Again

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

Friday, I was running late to an event. I reached into my car, grabbed my overcoat, slipped my left arm into the left sleeve, and began a hasty walk across the parking lot. I reached back to slip my right arm into the other sleeve. I kept reaching back and trying to stick my hand into that sleeve, with no…

How to Use the Cutting Room Floor to Eliminate Audience Confusion

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Michael Davis | 2 Comments

Since the Academy Awards are nearly upon us again, this is an excellent time to discuss one of the most difficult tasks for a movie director. How to take hours of scenes, and cut them down to a 2-hour movie. Many times, there are several hours of great material. The challenge is to determine what stays in, and what end…

Are You Ready When the Lights Go Out?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Michael Davis | 4 Comments

If you watched the Super Bowl last week, you may have noticed a slight twist to the game…the lights went out in the Superdome for 34 minutes. Although highly embarrassing for the NFL, it didn’t cause fans to leave the game, or people to rush home from their Super Bowl get-togethers. It’s the Super Bowl, after all, our greatest unofficial…

Are You Hypnotizing Your Audience?

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

If you had been sitting next to me in a recent sales meeting, you would have seen the manager, Tim, explaining sales concepts to his team. He paced from left to right, paused briefly, then turned and paced from right to left, paused briefly again, then repeated the process. After several minutes, Tim had settled into a rhythmic ‘cadence’, moving…

Don’t Sweat Your Subject Matter, Just Look Inside

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Michael Davis | 0 Comments

What’s trapped inside you is eating you alive- Charles Henderson Many times, speaking coaches are asked “what are good subjects to talk about; what is popular today?” On the surface, this sounds like a good question, but it’s not. Why? Imagine if you asked this question, and the answer you received was “The impending death of the personal computer in…