Presentation Thinking™
By GhostRanch Communications
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Episodes: 170
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Mikey and Molly have been beckoned by the gods to become legendary storytellers — a call impossible to refuse. Join our heroes as they dive deep down the rabbit hole, documenting their findings as they scour all industries and disciplines in search of outside insights, inside outlooks, and, well, anything and everything there is to know about the making (and delivery) of better presentations. This is Presentation Thinking™
Brought to you by www.GhostRanch.com — b2b marketers' partners in Presentation Excellence
AND
www.StoryCamp.com — A soft skills symposium in Park City, July 23-24, 2025
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#171. TED Talkin’: Hayley Langsdorf on the power of doodling during meetings
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May 15, 2025 |
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#170. 3 truths about AI and design with expert Mike Parkinson
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May 08, 2025 |
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#169. Establishing “rules” of Visual Storytelling to avoid Death by PowerPoint
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May 02, 2025 |
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#168. Aristotle’s “Poetics”: Presentation Thinking Book Club
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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#167. TED Talkin’: Christopher Cummings on assessing risk and creating dark magic with communication
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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#166. What is Visual Storytelling? With Creative Director Allie Wilson
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#165. The evolution of soft skills, presentations & product management with April Thomas
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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#164. TED Talkin’: Will Storr’s take on the science of storytelling and everyone’s search for “Eudaemonic happiness”
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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#163. What Aaron Sorkin’s screenwriting Masterclass teaches us about storytelling everywhere
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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#162. Soft Skills Pay Bills: You’re Invited to Story Camp this summer!
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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#161. Elliott Rayner and the Science of Storytelling
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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#160. TED Talkin’: Drag queen Pattie Gonia is bringing joy to climate action (and presentations)
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#159. Delta CES Keynote: Taking presentations to new heights
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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#158. How to beat Imposter Syndrome (and more!) from PMM expert and career coach Collette Ramage
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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#157. Making messaging PUNCHY with Emma Stratton
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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#156. Understand the value of Product Marketing with Hattie the PMM
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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#155. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang adds innovation to presentation
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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#154. “Act like a shepherd”: The importance of messaging buy-in with Steve Earl
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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#153. TED Talkin’: Maintain motivation and get your goals done with Ayelet Fishbach
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#152. 2024 Wrapped: A Year-in-Review of Stories Beyond the Slides
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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#151. Presentations actually are all around: Post PMA-Summit presentation style breakdown
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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#150. How to be a better presenter—with Presentation Coach, Andrea Pacini
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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#149. Tom Fishburne on marketing & storytelling through cartoons
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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#148. PrezTHANKING: What we’re thankful for in the presentation community
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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#147. Connecting our Left & Right Brain for holistic presenting
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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#146. TED Talkin’: Malcolm Gladwell shares what he got wrong with The Tipping Point
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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#145. What GhostRanch learned from Presentation Summit
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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#144. Onsite event experience in Nashville with Sr. Designer Collin Herko
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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#143. TED Talkin’: DK gives the public speaking lesson you never had
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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#142. TED turns 40. How founder Richard Saul Wurman’s “horizontal” learning perspective helped it become what it is today.
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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#141. Best of Product Marketing (so far) on Presentation Thinking
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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#140. How to work for (and trust) yourself with Nick Lafferty
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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#139. Reflecting on 22 years of Presentation Summit with Rick Altman, Dr. Carmen Simon and Mike Parkinson
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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#138. Presentation Thinking ties the knot: How to officiate a wedding
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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#137. TED Talkin’: Why simple messaging is stronger, with Niro Sivanathan
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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#136. Enhancing events through video production—in conversation with Phil Platt of First Sight Media
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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#135. Lightning Talk Stories from GhostRanch’s StoryCamp 2024
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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#134. Short-form storytelling with filmmaker Asha Alaji-Sharif
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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#133. Andrea Tomingas and the art of “information organization”
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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#132. Rad ads, storytelling & the evolution of visual communication: In conversation with Art Novak
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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#131. TED Talkin’: Tom Fishburne and the power of humor at work
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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#130. Leveraging your voice as presentation power with vocal coach, Michelle Siracusa
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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#129. TED Talkin’: The tool Phil Waknell uses to make presentation magic
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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#128. From the stage to startups—Lorenzo Thione knows how to tell a story
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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#127. Jessica Malnik on remote work, presenting and starting your own business
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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#126. TED Talkin’: Karen Eber balances storytelling and data to improve leadership skills
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#125. Mac Conwell on perfecting your personal story and pitch
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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#124. Finding authenticity in visual storytelling with Mohamed Danawi
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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#123. TED Talkin’: Porter Gale wants you to always be networking
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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#122. Mike Raab on startups, storytelling and manufacturing serendipity
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May 30, 2024 |
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#121. Presentation Preferred RE-RELEASE: PIXAR’s “22 Rules of Storytelling” and How To Use Them
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May 23, 2024 |
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#120. Pitch (deck) perfect: a conversation with VC expert Tom Fowler
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May 16, 2024 |
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#119. What’s new in the event industry? Notes from ETL Vegas 2024
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May 09, 2024 |
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#118. In conversation with Julie Terberg—presentation design expert and makeover maven
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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#117. Paul Graham’s “Do things that don’t scale”—a presentation POV
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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#116. Does Guy Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 PowerPoint Rule still stand? (Micro episode!)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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#115. TED Talkin’: Alicia Syrett knows why investors say ‘no’
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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#114. Tamara Grominsky of PMM Camp on personal positioning
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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#113. TJ Schaid on becoming a trauma surgeon and presenter
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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#112. Get Comfortable with Grief: Marisa Renee Lee on speaking publicly about the personal
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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#111. Marcus Andrews on crafting a new category through Narrative Design
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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#110. Yeehaw! Mikey’s Road to the TED Talk continues in Austin
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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#109. Women Talk Design’s CEO Danielle Barnes wants you to present yourself
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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#108. Harvey Lee on leveraging personal experiences for professional growth
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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#107. How New Belgium Brewery raised the craft brew bar and created new categories
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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#106. Lessons in web design (and more) with Hype Legal Co-founder Micah Kohne
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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#105. TED Talkin': Yara Shahidi wants you to prioritize curiosity
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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#104. Presentation Book Club: April Dunford’s “Sales Pitch” wants you to put your “Differentiated Value” forward
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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#103. The Good Story Checklist (Best & Worst Films of 2023)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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#102. TED Talkin’: How Diana Nyad never gave up on her epic swim story
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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#101. Shark Tankin’: Takeaways from 3 investor pitches that landed big deals
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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#100. One hundred episodes. Countless lessons in storytelling, presentations and podcasting.
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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#99. 6 Tips & Tricks to Survive (and Thrive) SKO 2024 (with Ashima Bhatt)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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#98. Designer takeaways from the annual PowerPoint Party, Presentation Summit
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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#97. VP of Marketing Garrett Denney on broadcast media, presentation soft skills and SKOs
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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#96. Thankful Thinking
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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#95. Building strategic & successful webinars with Kaarin Howard
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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#94. TED Talkin’: Eat, Pray, Love & PRESENT
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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#93. Supporting startup stories at 1871 with Jenna Blaszczykiewicz
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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#92. Day-in-the-life: On-site presentation design with Tamara Jarvi
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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#91. Rebranding and lessons in shifting a story
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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#90. Breaking down the best of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 2023
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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#89. TED Talkin’: Ancient cave signs & the dawn of visual communication
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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#88. TED Talkin’: The power of Brené Brown’s “Power of vulnerability”
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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#87. All About Apple: How Apple’s presentations create an iconic story
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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#86. TED Talkin’: Catherine Molloy & (Sub)Conscious Communication
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#85. Road to the TED Talk: Mikey’s “Bump, Set, Spike” Keynote Debut
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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#84. Book Club: The Referable Speaker
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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#83. The 5 Deadly Sins of Presenting Creative Work (Presentation Book Club)
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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#82. Kerry Feuerman on the value of a great presenter
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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#81. TED Talkin: How David Christian fits “Big History” into a short presentation.
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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#80. Tips on Presenting LIVE (from Story Camp)
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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#79. TED Talkin’: Amy Cuddy’s “Power Poses” and the impact of body language
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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#78. UX Designer Daijah Reese on storytelling through user journeys
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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#77. Presentation Coach Andrea Pacini on presenting, confidently.
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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#76. Problems, Solutions and Slides—Oh My!
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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#75. Storytelling Through A Movie Score
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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#74. PIXAR’s “22 Rules of Storytelling” and How To Use Them
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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#73. What’s in a workshop? The making of “Presentation Design for the NON Designer”
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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#72. What makes Steve Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Speech so powerful?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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#71. Bringing a presentation party to life - Rick Altman on Presentation Summit
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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#70. Steve Earl on the Work BEFORE your Presentation Starting Line
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May 25, 2023 |
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#69. Shark Tankin': What presenters can learn from high stakes pitches
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May 18, 2023 |
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#68. How Brand Collabs are the ultimate Storytelling Hack
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May 11, 2023 |
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#67. TED Talkin’: How to avoid death by PowerPoint
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May 04, 2023 |
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#66. 40 Reasons Mikey Loves Being a Presentation Designer (and why you might consider a career here, too!)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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#65. Rain Bennett on Finding your Story Hub (and Spokes!)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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#64. The (Creative) Presentation Process with Chris Lynch
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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#63. Teleprompter Jill Richardson tells all
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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#62. TED Talkin’: How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie leverages personal stories to create a powerful impact
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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#61. Mikey’s first keynote speaker experience
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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#60. Leading with empathy - with CMO Jen Jones
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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#59. The tale of Superhero Product Marketing Leader, Esther Yoon
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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#58. The intersection of improv and storytelling with Jonathan Pitts
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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#57. Rukma Sen: On finding stories, public speaking & becoming a Google Product Marketing Manager
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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#56. What sticks out in a sea of Super Bowl ads? (with Creative Director Jeff Thomas)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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#55. Presentation Forecast for 2023
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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#54. Boris Hristov on directing the largest presentation skills event on earth
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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#53. Expert presentation advice - LIVE from Palm Springs
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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#52. TED Talkin': How Tony Fadell replaces habituation with innovation
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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#51. Find your Red Thread with Tamsen Webster
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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#49. Looking back on 2022 - The making of Presentation Thinking
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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#48. Presenting at your Alma Mater: How to engage & inspire
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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#47. Strategic Color in Presentations—with Color Commentator Lindsay Hadley
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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#46. TED Talkin’: A Simon Sinek presentation study
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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#45. Telling stories of everyday life in the Dominican Republic [English & Spanish]
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#45. Telling stories of everyday life in the Dominican Republic [w/ ENGLISH translation]
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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#44. Finding Neverland - Molly’s STORY Conference experience
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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#43. What can presenters learn from a NYT illustrator?
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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#42. Candid Canvas - A conversation with Designer Isabela Humphrey
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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#41. Making Numbers Count (Presentation Book Club)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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#40. “Rebirth” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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#39. Comedic Copywriter Lianna Patch on the intersection of copy, comedy & presenting with humor
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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#38. “The Tragedy” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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#37. Todd Henry on how to connect creative dots and win over an audience
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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#36. “Comedy” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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#35. “Voyage and Return” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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#34. How humor can help us: Humor, Seriously (Presentation Book Club)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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#33. “The Quest” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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#32. What GhostRanch learned at StoryCamp (and where we think it can go)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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#31. Pitch Perfect: The 8 Step Checklist for Flawless Presentation QA
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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#30. Richard Goring, BrightCarbon Co-Founder & Presentation Expert, wants to help you (and us) be better presenters.
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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#29. “Rags to Riches” - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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#28. "Overcoming the Monster" - 7 Basic Plots (Presentation Book Club)
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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#27. Stories from A Presentation Pioneer - Phil Charron of Think Company
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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#26. Your Story Is Your Strategy: What we’ve learned from Andy Raskin.
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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#25. "Editor Will" on Presentation Thinking, Podcasts & Story Pirates
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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#24. Nspire: Breathing Life into Pediatric Innovation
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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#23. Founder Series: Zuri Fertility’s pitch to help couples everywhere
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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#22. Founder Series: Inside InfernoGuard's Winning Pitch
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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#21. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Storytelling through art and life
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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#20. Finding our niche in the world of webinars
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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#19. Why do PIXAR movies make us cry? (Animator Matthew Luhn talks storytelling in business)
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May 26, 2022 |
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#18. Presentation Book Club: Made to Stick (Part 3)
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May 19, 2022 |
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#17. Presentation Book Club: Made to Stick (Part 2)
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May 12, 2022 |
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#16. What’s the shape of a great story? Nancy Duarte gives us the answers
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May 05, 2022 |
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#15. “Will you be sharing these slides?” Steve Sheets helps with the age-old Pitch Problem
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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#13. On-site Event Presentation Design: Notes from the road
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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#12. Prez Olympics - How to prep for your presentation like an athlete
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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#11. TED Talkin': You Are Contagious—now what to do about it?
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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#10. Presentation Book Club: "The Tipping Point," revisited.
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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#9. Founder Series: Spirit Sox USA's Lisa Riggs
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#8. The Artist's Way; A Presenter's Toolbox
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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#7. Presentation Skills in Non-Profit Places
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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#6. TED Talkin': Matt Abrahams tells us about "Speaking Up Without Freaking Out"
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#5. We Break Down Canva's How I Built This Episode
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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#4. Mini Masterclass: Daniel Pink on Sales & Persuasion
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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#3. The André with a Thousand Faces
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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#2. Mini Masterclass: Judd Apatow's take on pitching comedy
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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#1. Down the Storytelling Rabbit Hole We Go
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Nov 30, 2021 |