http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en Rhetoric for executives Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:36:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2011/04/kill-the-babies/ http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2011/04/kill-the-babies/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:28:43 +0000 Ellen Hermens http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/?p=157 Of course not real ones, but the ones in speeches. Babies still are being loved, cared for and cuddled. I talk about stories a speaker loves when they disturb a speech. But how is it possible personal stories disturb a speech? I myself train people to use personal stories.]]> http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2011/04/kill-the-babies/feed/ 0 http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2010/05/the-chicken-eagle-or-the-moral-of-the-story/ http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2010/05/the-chicken-eagle-or-the-moral-of-the-story/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 12:26:46 +0000 Ellen Hermens http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/?p=136 Or the moral of the story There is a popular story about an eagle which had been raised among chickens as a chicken behaving just like one of them. He doesn´t fly. He picks on the ground to find his food and does all what a chicken does. In the end when a naturalist brings [...]]]> http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2010/05/the-chicken-eagle-or-the-moral-of-the-story/feed/ 0 http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/06/simply-explained-so-your-granny-understands-a-great-example/ http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/06/simply-explained-so-your-granny-understands-a-great-example/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:09:27 +0000 Ellen Hermens http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/?p=114 At the weekend I attended a demonstration in Munich - against censorship in the web. This is where I experienced the great speech of Michael Jäger . Thank you for this great example. Michael Jäger presented in a passionate and enthusiastic way. He explained the situation so well and simply as if he explained it [...]]]> http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/06/simply-explained-so-your-granny-understands-a-great-example/feed/ 0 http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/04/does-your-speech-have-a-purpose/ http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/04/does-your-speech-have-a-purpose/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:28:17 +0000 Ellen Hermens http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/?p=108 So many times I observe speakers who tell a great story – only I miss the purpose in their speech. Especially recently I observed this: as top executive I am regularly the district representative on conferences of the European Toastmasters. Those conferences host the contests for the winners who compete at the European championship. How [...]]]> http://rhetorikblog.speech-coach.de/en/2009/04/does-your-speech-have-a-purpose/feed/ 0