1. April 29, 2009

    Public Relations Basics: Confidence is the Key to Public Speaking

    Recently I attended an interesting investment conference at Columbia University. The occasion brought together some of the world’s most respected money managers and financial industry professionals. I marveled at the fact that men and women who represented over $100 billion stood on stage at one point. I was more impressed, however, by the way the speakers and panel participants conducted themselves. Confidence is the key to public speaking, a major part of any public relations strategy. And confidence in public speaking was the message that Leon Cooperman drove home at the conference. (Read more…)

  2. March 25, 2009

    PR Glass Ceiling Persists

    I had hoped that it would be a celebratory dinner for two reasons. A good friend of mine was turning 40, and unbeknownst to all the other dinner guests, he was also about to hear whether he had been promoted to a corporate-level position within his relatively large company. (Read more…)