Type: Book Title: Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story See all customer reviews Product Description: Today everyone – whether they know it or not – is in the emotional transportation business. More and more, success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move partners, shareholders, customers, and employees to action. Simply put, if you can’t tell it, you can’t sell it. And this book tells you how to do both. Historically, stories have always been igniters of action, moving people to do things. But only recently has it become clear that purposeful stories – those created with a specific mission in mind – are absolutely essential in persuading others to support a vision, dream or cause. Peter Guber, whose executive and entrepreneurial accomplishments have made him a success in multiple industries, has long relied on purposeful story telling to motivate, win over, shape, engage and sell. Indeed, what began as knack for telling stories as an entertainment industry executive has, through years of perspiration and inspiration, evolved into a set of principles that anyone can use to achieve their goals. In Tell to Win, Guber shows how to move beyond soulless Power Point slides, facts, and figures to create purposeful stories that can serve as powerful calls to action. Among his techniques: *Capture your audience’s attention first, fast and foremost *Motivate your listeners by demonstrating authenticity *Build your tell around “what’s in it for them” *Change passive listeners into active participants *Use “state-of-the-heart” technology online and offline to make sure audience commitment remains strong To validate the power of telling purposeful stories, Guber includes in this book a remarkably diverse number of “voices” – master tellers with whom he’s shared experiences. They include YouTube founder Chad Hurley, NBA champion Pat Riley, clothing designer Normal Kamali, “Mission to Mars” scientist Gentry Lee, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, former South African president Nelson Mandela, magician David Copperfield, film director Steven Spielberg, novelist Nora Roberts, rock legend Gene Simmons, and physician and author Deepak Chopra. After listening to this extraordinary mix of voices, you’ll know how to craft, deliver — and own – a story that is truly compelling, one capable of turning others into viral advocates for your goal. Features: ISBN13: 9780307587954 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! See the details
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Continue reading …The British soldiers’ deaths bring to 44 the number of Nato troops who have been killed in Afghanistan in May Two British soldiers have been killed in a bomb blast while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said. The troops from 42 Commando Royal Marines were killed by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province on Friday. The deaths take to 368 the number of British military personnel who have died since operations in Afghanistan began in 2001. A British soldier from 1st Battalion the Rifles was killed on Monday by a bomb while on a patrol in another district of the province. A spokesman from the MoD said the two marines had been on patrol in the Loy Mandeh area when they were killed. The spokesman for Task Force Helmand, Major Rolf Kurth, said: “It is my sad duty to inform you of the death of two Royal Marines from 42 Commando Royal Marines in the Loy Mandeh area of the Nad-e Ali district of Helmand province. “The two Royal Marines were on patrol, disrupting insurgent activity when they were killed by an explosion caused by an IED. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and friends in their time of grief.” Their next of kin have been informed. The soldiers’ deaths bring to 44 the number of Nato troops who have been killed this month in Afghanistan. The recent violence is part of a spring offensive by the Taliban, who have stepped up roadside bomb and suicide attacks, as well as assaults on outposts in mountainous and rural areas. Afghanistan Military Ben Quinn guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …President Obama is getting a warm welcome in Poland, the last stop on his European tour. He is meeting with Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski to discuss clean energy, and security issues like Afghanistan. (May 28)
Continue reading …AMSTERDAM — Witnesses to slaughter, Dutch troops assigned to protect the Muslims of Srebrenica 16 years ago say they find satisfaction but little relief from the trauma and shame after the arrest of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general who overran their unit. Nowhere outside the Balkans did the 1995 Srebrenica massacre have such a profound impact as it did in the Netherlands, which sent ill-prepared troops in blue U.N. helmets into the Bosnian morass. More than a quarter of the nearly 400 soldiers serving with the Dutch U.N. battalion required medical or psychological treatment after they returned home. The massacre also became a major political scandal that brought down one…
Continue reading …Still from ‘Lindsay Lohan.’ a film directed by Richard Phillips Sailing through the busy canals of Venice, Italy next month will be a giant mobile video screen featuring the work of more than 80 artists; the week-long, water-going version of a New York City cab elevated for the biggest and baddest biennial in the world. Presented by Moscow’s Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, and running (or sailing) concurrently with the opening week of the 54th Venice Biennale, COMMERICAL BREAK is curated by Neville Wakefield and will include contemporary painting bigwig Richard Phillips’ first foray into film, Lindsay Lohan. The short film, which features the famously-troubled blonde mega-celebrity in all manner of brooding, bikini-clad swimming and sunning scenes; a portrait of the star that vividly evokes the decades-old cinematic tropes of sexy fragrance ads, in keeping with the floating exhibition’s theme of navigating commercial and creative combinations. It’s also apropos of the setting next month in Venice, when tourists and art-makers share the streets for the Biennale’s five-month stretch. (via GagosianGallery) Reminiscent of classic bombshell swimsuit moments — á la “10″ starring Bo Derek — the film is the quintessence of convention, to the point of banality. (And that’s the point). Viewers should expect as much from Phillips’ filmic debut as they should from a Calvin Klein Obsession ad, but with a much better soundtrack. San Franciso’s Tamaryn provides the score for the minute-and-a-half film, whose epically lush, shoegazey track “Cascades” ripples over each cascading wave caught on film. Lohan is less significant for being a pretty insignificant piece of work, and more so for what it will bring to Wakefield’s smart, floating show.
Continue reading …Gay activist/sex columnist Dan Savage has been honored across the liberal media elite as an anti-bullying activist. Will any of his media-elite fans notice his latest column that repeatedly asks a recently retired 69-year-old conservative Canadian Member of Parliament to perform oral sex on him…in front of a camera crew? In his latest “Savage Love” column , published in alternative weekly newspapers in hip cities across America, Savage insisted anyone who insists homosexuality is a choice and not an unavoidable genetic trait is a “choicer” and part of “just another group of deranged conspiracy theorists,” like 9/11 truthers and birthers. Here’s the complete attack (warning: graphic sexual bullying follows). THE CHOICER CHALLENGE: Last week, the leader of British Columbia's Conservative Party, John Cummins, told a radio interviewer that gay people shouldn't be covered by the BC Human Rights Act because being gay is “a conscious choice.” Like truthers (9/11 was an inside job!), birthers (Barack Obama was born in Kenya!), and deathers (Osama bin Laden is alive and well and living in West Hollywood!), choicers would appear to be just another group of deranged conspiracy theorists who can't be dissuaded by science or evidence or facts. And John Cummins isn't the only choicer out there. We have lots of choicers right here in the United States (Tony Perkins, Rick Santorum, “Stephen Colbert,” et al.). But what if the choicers are right? What if being gay is something people consciously choose? Gee, if only there were a way for choicers to prove that they're right and everyone else is wrong… actually, there is a way for choicers to prove that they're right! I hereby publicly invite—I publicly challenge—John Cummins to prove that being gay is a choice by choosing it himself. Suck my dick, John. I'm completely serious about this, John. You're not my type—you're about as far from my type as a human being without a vagina gets—but I have just as much interest as you do in seeing this gay-is-a-choice argument resolved once and for all. You name the time and the place, John, and I'll show up with my dick and a camera crew. Then you can show the world how it's done. You can demonstrate how this “conscious choice” is made. You can flip the switch, John, make the choice, then sink to your bony old knees and suck my dick. And after you've swallowed my load, John, we'll upload the video to the internet and you'll be a hero to other choicers everywhere. It's time to put your mouth where your mouth is, John. If being gay is a choice, choose it. Show us how it's done. Suck my dick. Savage is basically offering this “challenge” to anyone who challenges him. In Canada, the liberal CBC treated the John Cummins comments as strange and unpopular. Reporter Chris Brown insisted only 23 percent of Canadians agreed in a poll that homosexuality is a choice instead of genetic. The story began much like a U.S. network report, in disbelief at socially conservative views: CHRIS BROWN: On Vancouver’s rainbow-draped Davies Street, people know a thing or two about being gay. MAN ON STREET:
Continue reading …Gil Scott-Heron passed away in NYC earlier today. The soulful spoken-word artist, best known for 1970′s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” experienced a resurgence in popularity with last year’s I’m New Year , his first new album in 16 years. Jamie xx produced a remix of the album that was released earlier this year. Scott-Heron Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Stereogum Discovery Date : 12/04/2010 12:21 Number of articles : 7
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