Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

TJ Walker, leading media trainer, speaking expert and author of the #1 national best seller, “TJ Walker’s Secret to Foolproof Presentations”, on President Obama’s 2011 State of the Union Address

Friday, January 28th, 2011

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Doug Simon, President and CEO of D S Simon Productions, spoke with TJ Walker on his thoughts on the 2011 State of the Union Address after Doug and TJ completed a one hour live discussion on the topic hosted by CommPro.biz.


Some of TJ’s VlogViews:

“For technical aspects of his (President Obama) delivery, fantastic, I give him an A+. His ability to read a teleprompter, which is by the way not an easy thing, is without question. He is very, very strong, his delivery is good, he uses full range of his voice, there is the emotion, the hands are moving, the face is moving; huge, huge improvement over George Bush, Jimmy Carter, not being partisan here today. He (President Obama) is simply a much better speaker than most. He’s more in the league of Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton. So when people look at him in terms of Head of State, I think he really solidified his reputation as someone people can point to and say, ‘I’m proud of him as a leader of our country.’”

“He is trying to make himself more popular and advance support for his legislative initiative and his policies and his philosophy. It’s important for people to realize all presidents feel that they are constantly attacked by the media and vilified and caricatured. This administration is no different.”

“There were very few magical phrases. One area where I would fault him is he and his staff don’t quite have that ear for the magical phrase that really resonates and stays with you, the way Ronald Reagan often did. He certainly had no clunkers; you didn’t hear things where you think, ‘I can’t believe he said that’ so it was consistent good level but not great level.”

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Some excerpts from the live discussion:

President Obama and the Power of Soundbites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkqYpNkBGNM

President Obama Shows the Proper Way to Use Stories During a Speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yTRDT-ZoMw

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Bob Notenmeier, Clinical Professor of Public Relations and Corporate Communications at New York University, on the 2011 State of the Union Address

Friday, January 28th, 2011

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Doug Simon, President and CEO of D S Simon Productions, spoke with Bob Notenmeier, Clinical Professor of Public Relations and Corporate Communications at NYU, after their live online discussion on the 2011 State of the Union Address hosted by CommPro.biz. Bob shares his main takeaways from the President’s speech.



Some of Bob’s VlogViews:

“From a speech writing standpoint there wasn’t really any memorable phrase, there wasn’t any memorable language. That may have been deliberate. He (President Obama) didn’t really want to antagonize everybody, especially during this era of the bipartisanship that we’ve just come through; the shooting in Tucson, the repeal of the healthcare bill. He’s setting the stage for a positive attitude and a positive atmosphere so let’s go forward from here and let’s cut out some of the distress that’s been going on. That said, I think it would have been more effective if he has some kind of memorable language there.”

“Many people really felt it was too long, it was boring and they actually did turn it off. I think that tells us something from a speech writing standpoint. Even though he had the Congress in mind as the audience, and the American people, somewhere along the line, at least anecdotally in New York, he apparently disconnected with the American people or at least the New York audience from what I can tell.”

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Rob Prazmark, Founder & CEO, 21 Sports Marketing

Friday, November 20th, 2009


Talks about his role assisting the International Olympic Committee (IOC) with their sponsorship efforts

The $3 Billion man (in sports marketing deals), Rob Prazmark, Founder & CEO, 21 Sports Marketing talks about the Obama’s and Chicago’s Olympics bid; the Olympics marketplace and how sponsors can get the most from the Olympics partnership. Olympics. Recorded at Marketing the Olympics: Vancouver 2010 and Beyond event at The Samsung Experience.

Some of Rob’s VlogViews:

On the Obama’s and Chicago’s Olympics Bid:
“I think it was a great idea for [The Obama’s] to be there. It was a no win situation for them.”

On The Next Olympic TV Rights Bidding War:
“I think it’s going to be a fist fight. I think it will be fun to watch.”

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