In the second presidential debate, leaving aside who won the battle of the ideas – the person who won the battle of the words, body language and voice, consistent with a commander-in-chief and [...]
In the first Obama/Romney debate, leaving aside who won the battle of the ideas – here are my thoughts on who won the battle of the body language, speech and words – consistent with that of [...]
Christopher Edley Jr, one of Barack Obama’s Harvard Law School teachers, said this about Obama. “It was outside of class when he would come by my office to chat that I really got a [...]
In the 1920’s, legendary producer and director George M Cohan was coaching a young Spencer Tracy (Tracy went on to win two Oscars and had nine Academy Award nominations) in the rehearsal of one [...]
While Barack Obama’s political star has dimmed since his 2008 U.S. presidential election victory, his oratory and personal communication skill is still a benchmark of excellence, and one to [...]
Barack Obama expertly mixed gravitas and inspiration in his State of the Union address this week. Obama’s perennial gift is the extra 1/2 second and 2/3 of a second, pause gaps he takes [...]
This week as Barack Obama walked around the White House grounds with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – what struck me (even after umpteen viewings of him) is his sheer grace and