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Communication Training
The first step to becoming a great leader?
Strong communication skills.
If you cannot communicate effectively, you will never be able to lead effectively. That goes for everyone — politicians, CEOs, litigators and professionals in every field. Until you learn to clearly communicate your goals, your vision and your expectations, you’ll never realize the respect you deserve or achieve the goals you aspire to.
An Innovative Approach to Communication Training
Put down the book. You won’t find the answer to becoming an effective communicator in it. In fact, you won’t find it in any one-size-fits-all approach to communication training.
You’ll find it in your intangibles.
At Princeton Public Speaking, we take those intangibles — your specific verbal and nonverbal qualities — and train you to become a more effective communicator. Our unique, one-on-one communication training approach is built around your needs. We encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and embrace a style that’s all your own, using positive guidance every step of the way.
Princeton Public Speaking Communication Training:
• Embraces your verbal and nonverbal qualities.
• Teaches you approaches and skills that best suit your personal style.
• Focuses on your strengths — whether they’re ones you know you have, or talents you’ve never even noticed before — to improve your communication style.
• Helps you overcome your weaknesses.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Spam -- vacapinta
But he certainly does well at communicating... that he's an evil asshole.
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:41 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:41 AM on November 29, 2010
I don't think he's an evil asshole. Seriously, there's clearly no attempt at concealing his identity or pretending this is anything but an ad for his company. I believe he simply managed to completely misconstrue what metafilter is (and, yes, ignore the multiple warnings about self-linking). I think utter cluelessness is more likely than malice here.
posted by dersins at 12:45 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by dersins at 12:45 AM on November 29, 2010
pee-pee speaking!
posted by special agent conrad uno at 12:45 AM on November 29, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by special agent conrad uno at 12:45 AM on November 29, 2010 [3 favorites]
The first rule of effective public communication:
Understand your audience.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:47 AM on November 29, 2010 [5 favorites]
Understand your audience.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 12:47 AM on November 29, 2010 [5 favorites]
I've got to say - pee-pee's previous comments give off a Turing Test vibe.
posted by thecjm at 12:48 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by thecjm at 12:48 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Your $5 will be put to good use, sir.
Have you thought of branching out into social media marketing training?
posted by benzenedream at 12:48 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Have you thought of branching out into social media marketing training?
posted by benzenedream at 12:48 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
No, actually, this is the new business venture for Visaly Borker, working under a fake name. Or it might as well be. This kind of "utter cluelessness" represents somebody who should not be allowed to speak in public, let alone instruct other people to do so. Seriously? Princeton? Why not just go all the way and call your little scam business Harvard?
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:49 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:49 AM on November 29, 2010
I think utter cluelessness is more likely than malice here.
I disagree. Note that he made exactly the three necessary comments before making his front page post, the three comments are one right after another, and they're pretty much just gobbledygook (as alluded to by xil in the first comment in this thread).
posted by RichardP at 12:50 AM on November 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
I disagree. Note that he made exactly the three necessary comments before making his front page post, the three comments are one right after another, and they're pretty much just gobbledygook (as alluded to by xil in the first comment in this thread).
posted by RichardP at 12:50 AM on November 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
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GLUG ';|\ "Matt is the co-author of “History’s Greatest Leaders and You,”"
I love that title.
posted by HopperFan at 12:57 AM on November 29, 2010
I love that title.
posted by HopperFan at 12:57 AM on November 29, 2010
Despite the fact that when this gets deleted, the thread will get a noindex tag, I feel compelled to say that Matt Eventoff is a baby seal killer with serious personal hygiene issues.
posted by killdevil at 1:02 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by killdevil at 1:02 AM on November 29, 2010
i want comic books and pie.
posted by artof.mulata at 1:06 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by artof.mulata at 1:06 AM on November 29, 2010
Love his CV on the website: "For over 15 years, Matt Eventoff has served as a communications strategist for Fortune 500 CEOs, political leaders in the United States and abroad, nationally- recognized litigators, public figures (celebrities, athletes) and leaders from various other industries."
So many clients, I am unable to name a single one that would wish to be associated with me!!!
posted by smoke at 1:08 AM on November 29, 2010
So many clients, I am unable to name a single one that would wish to be associated with me!!!
posted by smoke at 1:08 AM on November 29, 2010
Is this the place I can post the content of my dreams? well i was working at this restaurant and we got an order for a BLT without bacon or lettuce and the chef was all "OK ONE TOMATO SAMMICH COMING RIGHT THE FUCK UP" and I giggled like a ninny for an day.
posted by Throw away your common sense and get an afro! at 1:10 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by Throw away your common sense and get an afro! at 1:10 AM on November 29, 2010
I'm typing this quickly as I hope this thread is still alive when I post because I really, really would like to say, as confidently and self assured as I can must:
Fuck the fuck off both you and the reputation you have built.
posted by victors at 1:13 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Fuck the fuck off both you and the reputation you have built.
posted by victors at 1:13 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
The lesson for anyone running for office?
Unless you are by yourself in the comfort of your living room, someone is taking note of your appearance. If your shirt is soiled, suit is stained, shoes are dirty or heavily worn, clothing is heavily wrinkled, food is stuck in your teeth…a camera might be rolling, or shooting. Plan accordingly.
bwahaha - he's giving this secret knowledge away for FREE !!!!
posted by sgt.serenity at 1:14 AM on November 29, 2010
Unless you are by yourself in the comfort of your living room, someone is taking note of your appearance. If your shirt is soiled, suit is stained, shoes are dirty or heavily worn, clothing is heavily wrinkled, food is stuck in your teeth…a camera might be rolling, or shooting. Plan accordingly.
bwahaha - he's giving this secret knowledge away for FREE !!!!
posted by sgt.serenity at 1:14 AM on November 29, 2010
I took this course, only to be regaled week after week with a foul-mouthed and libellous tirade from one of the most unprepossessing persons it has ever been my misfortune to encounter. Not only was their invective peppered with some of the filthiest crudities ever to be given voice, it was delivered in a bizarre accent reminiscent of a lisping Scotsman doing a poor impersonation of Robert Mugabe. Nor was their peroration enhanced by the sickly stale-milk body odour that emanated from their every pore.
Since graduating I have gone on the achieve election as Member of Parliament for the Chiltern Hundreds and have been able to pursue my lifetime goal of cutting funding for child welfare programmes. As a political novice I can only attribute my success to the superior communication techniques I imbibed at the cheesy feet of the masters from Princeton Public Speaking, who put the 'bloody' into stump speech.
posted by Abiezer at 1:14 AM on November 29, 2010 [4 favorites]
Since graduating I have gone on the achieve election as Member of Parliament for the Chiltern Hundreds and have been able to pursue my lifetime goal of cutting funding for child welfare programmes. As a political novice I can only attribute my success to the superior communication techniques I imbibed at the cheesy feet of the masters from Princeton Public Speaking, who put the 'bloody' into stump speech.
posted by Abiezer at 1:14 AM on November 29, 2010 [4 favorites]
OR
Welcome to the house that Amazon Turk built.
posted by victors at 1:16 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Welcome to the house that Amazon Turk built.
posted by victors at 1:16 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'm still kinda messed up about that whole missile thing. WTF, epistemology?? It go so bad for a minute there, that I tried to convince myself that a single-shooter/magic bullet explanation wasn't that crazy. Maybe it did just flop out of Connolly's thigh onto a goddamn gurney. I mean, fuck it, right?
But that lead me to the evidence that Garrison was a disinfo stooge for Carlos Marcello and the New Orleans mob, which is incredibly parsimonious, in that it also explains that whole Oliver Stone thing, with a sweep of a Occam's Razor wielding mafioso.
I plan to explain all of this -- in public! -- at first opportunity. Thanks, pee-pee!
posted by zota at 1:20 AM on November 29, 2010
But that lead me to the evidence that Garrison was a disinfo stooge for Carlos Marcello and the New Orleans mob, which is incredibly parsimonious, in that it also explains that whole Oliver Stone thing, with a sweep of a Occam's Razor wielding mafioso.
I plan to explain all of this -- in public! -- at first opportunity. Thanks, pee-pee!
posted by zota at 1:20 AM on November 29, 2010
Wait, this could be a leaked p
posted by The Lady is a designer at 1:21 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by The Lady is a designer at 1:21 AM on November 29, 2010
Dr Mccoy: Sorry Kirk, housing is dead in America, its as dead as Mars.
Kirk: No..doc...is...there..anything..we...can...do?!
Dr McCoy: It would take an economic Genesis device but even that will be useless.
KirK: Spock! Can...you...explain why?
Spock: Western Civilization is committing economic suicide, they have elites/politicians who are driving them under. Apparently the population is drugged in many ways, then there is a distracting box called Television that was outlawed after the second dark age ended that drove progress back 100 hundred years, it eventually lead to world war 3.
Kirk: Why...don't...the ...people do something?
Spock: Other than the things I mentioned it would be very hard because this was before the second enlightening, people believed in long discredited theories like Free trade, globalism, and Austerity. Basically they believed in the race to the bottom and the minority where ridiculed for having common sense, kind of like intelligent people were burnt as witches in the middle ages. Its hard to talk sense to these people.
Kirk: Can..we do something?
Spock: We could beam up every crook on the planet but that would go against the prime directive captain, we cannot, the whole future would be changed.
KIRK: Damn!
posted by telstar at 1:22 AM on November 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
Kirk: No..doc...is...there..anything..we...can...do?!
Dr McCoy: It would take an economic Genesis device but even that will be useless.
KirK: Spock! Can...you...explain why?
Spock: Western Civilization is committing economic suicide, they have elites/politicians who are driving them under. Apparently the population is drugged in many ways, then there is a distracting box called Television that was outlawed after the second dark age ended that drove progress back 100 hundred years, it eventually lead to world war 3.
Kirk: Why...don't...the ...people do something?
Spock: Other than the things I mentioned it would be very hard because this was before the second enlightening, people believed in long discredited theories like Free trade, globalism, and Austerity. Basically they believed in the race to the bottom and the minority where ridiculed for having common sense, kind of like intelligent people were burnt as witches in the middle ages. Its hard to talk sense to these people.
Kirk: Can..we do something?
Spock: We could beam up every crook on the planet but that would go against the prime directive captain, we cannot, the whole future would be changed.
KIRK: Damn!
posted by telstar at 1:22 AM on November 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
I always wondered where they got those gleeful con men as "inspirational speakers" at high schools. A circle jerk of self-links will do the trick.
"You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused about public speaking. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist."
posted by benzenedream at 1:25 AM on November 29, 2010
"You're right, actually. I am pretty- I'm, I'm pretty troubled and I'm, I'm pretty confused about public speaking. But I... and I'm afraid. Really, really afraid. Really afraid. But I... I... I think you're the fucking Antichrist."
posted by benzenedream at 1:25 AM on November 29, 2010
Hi Matt. Your own blog tells readers to "Remember the audience" as a key part of being media savvy. You ignored countless bold warnings not to post self links and clearly had no interest in learning the slightest thing about the website you're trying to communicate with. Maybe you should try taking your own advice sometime.
posted by zachlipton at 1:25 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by zachlipton at 1:25 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
I took the shells off my racing snails in the hopes it would make them more aerodynamic and zippy, but if anything it's only made them more sluggish.
/stolen joke
posted by Abiezer at 1:26 AM on November 29, 2010 [3 favorites]
/stolen joke
posted by Abiezer at 1:26 AM on November 29, 2010 [3 favorites]
Ah, but he does speak some truth:
Degradation of values seems now a days.We cannot make this earth a better living place any more.
Different figures come and also vary from time to time due to lack of ethics which fails to build a better society and culture.
You practice as you preach, oh wise one.
posted by kaspen at 1:32 AM on November 29, 2010
Degradation of values seems now a days.We cannot make this earth a better living place any more.
Different figures come and also vary from time to time due to lack of ethics which fails to build a better society and culture.
You practice as you preach, oh wise one.
posted by kaspen at 1:32 AM on November 29, 2010
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posted by First Post at 1:33 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by First Post at 1:33 AM on November 29, 2010
Carruthers, take $5 from the marketing budget for the year - I've been engaging in some social communication! Well spent, don't you agree?
posted by Happy Dave at 1:35 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by Happy Dave at 1:35 AM on November 29, 2010
Princeton Public Speaking uses a different transition on every PowerPoint slide.
posted by zota at 1:35 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by zota at 1:35 AM on November 29, 2010
Princeton Public Speaking uses a different transition on every PowerPoint slide.
I was feeling a teeny bit of sympathy for the goof until you mentioned that. Some things cannot be forgiven. Release the adorable rabid chinchillas!
posted by maudlin at 1:39 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
I was feeling a teeny bit of sympathy for the goof until you mentioned that. Some things cannot be forgiven. Release the adorable rabid chinchillas!
posted by maudlin at 1:39 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
entrepreneurs behaving badly !!! what a complete turd this dude is.
posted by Brent Parker at 1:41 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by Brent Parker at 1:41 AM on November 29, 2010
with a sweep of a Occam's Razor wielding mafioso.
it was was a contrail,
But that lead me to the evidence that Garrison was a disinfo stooge for Carlos Marcello and the New Orleans mob
Guy Bannister looked nothing like edward asner.
posted by clavdivs at 1:43 AM on November 29, 2010
it was was a contrail,
But that lead me to the evidence that Garrison was a disinfo stooge for Carlos Marcello and the New Orleans mob
Guy Bannister looked nothing like edward asner.
posted by clavdivs at 1:43 AM on November 29, 2010
Upon further investigation, this rather does look like a smear job - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27476450/ns/business-careers/ - he seems to be an actual real expert - not someone that needs metafilter advertising for him at all.
posted by Brent Parker at 1:45 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by Brent Parker at 1:45 AM on November 29, 2010
I have never had the pleasure of posting in a deleted thread before. So exciting!
If it's a smear job, it seems pretty weak, tbh, given the nofollow and lack of indexing in the end.
posted by gemmy at 1:50 AM on November 29, 2010
If it's a smear job, it seems pretty weak, tbh, given the nofollow and lack of indexing in the end.
posted by gemmy at 1:50 AM on November 29, 2010
Well if I had ill intentions against the guy, I could post something like this and wait for a bunch of mean comments to show up on my target's blog as a result.
posted by Brent Parker at 1:54 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by Brent Parker at 1:54 AM on November 29, 2010
> "Matt is the co-author of “History’s Greatest Leaders and You,”"
>
> I love that title.
> posted by HopperFan at 3:57 AM on November 29 [+] [!]
Me too. You know, there's history's greatest leaders. And then there's you.
posted by jfuller at 1:54 AM on November 29, 2010
>
> I love that title.
> posted by HopperFan at 3:57 AM on November 29 [+] [!]
Me too. You know, there's history's greatest leaders. And then there's you.
posted by jfuller at 1:54 AM on November 29, 2010
Thanks for sharing the pictures. Every photos shows the photography skills and photos tell unique stories.
posted to MetaFilter by ppspeaking at 5:13 AM on November 20, 2010 [+]
posted by clavdivs at 1:56 AM on November 29, 2010
posted to MetaFilter by ppspeaking at 5:13 AM on November 20, 2010 [+]
posted by clavdivs at 1:56 AM on November 29, 2010
If it's a smear job, it seems pretty weak
I know, right?
But! If it was a missile, then there'd be like, a thousand photographs! And yet local news, local SoCal news, got people to speculate on the President's weakness in the face of a Chinese missile right off the coast!
We are in some difficult times, in terms of the evidentiary basis of society and knowledge and also, anything. Take video game high scores for instance.
How Do You Really Know???
posted by zota at 1:57 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
I know, right?
But! If it was a missile, then there'd be like, a thousand photographs! And yet local news, local SoCal news, got people to speculate on the President's weakness in the face of a Chinese missile right off the coast!
We are in some difficult times, in terms of the evidentiary basis of society and knowledge and also, anything. Take video game high scores for instance.
How Do You Really Know???
posted by zota at 1:57 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Guy Bannister looked nothing like edward asner.
But I bet he sounded exactly like Ed Asner's character on the Boondocks.
posted by zota at 2:00 AM on November 29, 2010
But I bet he sounded exactly like Ed Asner's character on the Boondocks.
posted by zota at 2:00 AM on November 29, 2010
guy bannister was rough cookies and milk ask clay shaw.
posted by clavdivs at 2:05 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by clavdivs at 2:05 AM on November 29, 2010
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posted by iamck at 2:08 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by iamck at 2:08 AM on November 29, 2010
Aha. So this is where those weird comments in the NYT Bingo thread were supposed to go.
posted by rjs at 2:10 AM on November 29, 2010
posted by rjs at 2:10 AM on November 29, 2010
Guy Bannister was blood pudding and a sock full of pennies.
Clay Shaw was herbal tea and sterling silver nipple-clamps.
posted by zota at 2:11 AM on November 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
Clay Shaw was herbal tea and sterling silver nipple-clamps.
posted by zota at 2:11 AM on November 29, 2010 [2 favorites]
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Degradation of values seems now a days, indeed.
posted by xil at 12:38 AM on November 29, 2010 [1 favorite]