Tactical concession

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An early entry for Most Brilliantly Opportunistic Press Release of 2011 comes from Volvo, who bounded onto the news cycle yesterday and pedalled away gracefully, securing a mountain of press coverage. Coaching negotiators, I meet plenty of people who like to fight for every inch of every contentious issue. In many cases, that’s what they think… Read more »

When content is irrelevant

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My critique of Busting the Mehrabian Myth last week prompted an interesting Twitter discussion with Martin Shovel, its author, where he summed up his view thus: “It’s a simple point: quality content matters more than performance”. As a loyal Arsenal fan, I’ll eschew the tap-in and try something a bit fancier. I could easily show… Read more »

Busting the Mehrabian Busters

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We’ve all seen the pie chart. We’ve all heard the numbers. We’ve all wondered “100% of what?”  So it’s no surprise that 47,000 people have watched Creativity Works’ Busting The Mehrabian Myth on Youtube – more than showed up at Old Trafford this season for Manchester United v Wolves. The humorous video seeks to debunk… Read more »

Present.Me technical difficulties

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Thursday 21:00 GMT. Some users may be experiencing issues with recording and playing of presentations on the site. Our engineers are looking into the problem. I will update as soon as normal service is resumed. Thanks for your patience. Friday 01:00 GMT. The site is back up and working correctly. In the course of a… Read more »