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Mon, 12 May 2008 03:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en © ian.griffin@exec-comms.com () ian.griffin@exec-comms.com() 1440 A forum for professional excellence in public speaking, speechwriting and executive communications. ian.griffin@exec-comms.com No no http://www.exec-comms.com/Pictures/exec_comms_144.jpg http://www.exec-comms.com/blog 144 144 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/culture-shock/boston-in-the-springtime/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/culture-shock/boston-in-the-springtime/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 03:18:36 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/culture-shock/boston-in-the-springtime/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/culture-shock/boston-in-the-springtime/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/keynotes/top-motivational-speaker-reveals-her-fees/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/keynotes/top-motivational-speaker-reveals-her-fees/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:16:52 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/keynotes/top-motivational-speaker-reveals-her-fees/ 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http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/nsa-presentation-and-performance-lab-report/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/nsa-presentation-and-performance-lab-report/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:28:06 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/nsa-presentation-and-performance-lab-report/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/nsa-presentation-and-performance-lab-report/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/leadership-communications-web-seminar/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/leadership-communications-web-seminar/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:51:24 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/leadership-communications-web-seminar/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/leadership-communications-web-seminar/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/bill-clinton-multi-millionaire-professional-speaker/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/bill-clinton-multi-millionaire-professional-speaker/#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:53:25 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/bill-clinton-multi-millionaire-professional-speaker/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/bill-clinton-multi-millionaire-professional-speaker/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/eight-tips-on-public-speaking-from-the-new-york-times/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/eight-tips-on-public-speaking-from-the-new-york-times/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:20:00 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/eight-tips-on-public-speaking-from-the-new-york-times/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/public-speaking/eight-tips-on-public-speaking-from-the-new-york-times/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/speechwriting/freelance-speechwriters-three-proven-ways-to-land-new-clients/ 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http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/speechwriting/how-to-change-minds/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/speechwriting/how-to-change-minds/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-inspiring-video/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-inspiring-video/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:25:31 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-inspiring-video/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-inspiring-video/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-top-executives-discuss-whats-next/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-top-executives-discuss-whats-next/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:49:50 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-top-executives-discuss-whats-next/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-labs-top-executives-discuss-whats-next/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-strategy-shane-robsion/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-strategy-shane-robsion/#comments Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:42:30 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-strategy-shane-robsion/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/hp-strategy-shane-robsion/feed/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-hp-retiree-zvonko-fazarinc/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-hp-retiree-zvonko-fazarinc/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:32:34 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-hp-retiree-zvonko-fazarinc/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-hp-retiree-zvonko-fazarinc/feed/ 5:03 Just after I finished talking with Art Fong, my colleague Barbara Waugh introduced me to another distinguished HP retiree - Zvonko Fazarinc. Dr. Fazarinc emigrated from ... Just after I finished talking with Art Fong, my colleague Barbara Waugh introduced me to another distinguished HP retiree - Zvonko Fazarinc. Dr. Fazarinc emigrated from Yugoslavia and started working at HP Labs in 1965. He remembers clearly the impact that Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett's management style had on Labs - which they used to visit every morning when arriving at work. Listen to the podcast to hear some amazing stories - such as the time he tried to convince Dave Packard that he found more socialism in action with the HP Way than back home in Yugoslavia! Podcasts ian.griffin@exec-comms.com no No http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-art-fong-who-joined-hp-in-1946/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-art-fong-who-joined-hp-in-1946/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:23:35 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-art-fong-who-joined-hp-in-1946/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/podcasts/interview-art-fong-who-joined-hp-in-1946/feed/ 5:00 One of the unexpected delights in the HP Labs event in Palo Alto today was the opportunity to meet many of the retired employees who ... One of the unexpected delights in the HP Labs event in Palo Alto today was the opportunity to meet many of the retired employees who were invited to attend. It was a great honor to talk with Art Fong. He was recruited to the company back in 1946 by Bill Hewlett over a home-cooked spaghetti dinner. He was one of the first 100 employees at what is now a 172,000 person company. He shared some stories of his years at HP and how inventions he created helped change history. His opinion of the research being done today? "Real cool!" To hear Art discuss unique moments in HP history, click on the podcast icon below. Podcasts ian.griffin@exec-comms.com no No http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/uncategorized/interview-nelson-niranjan-pluribus/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/uncategorized/interview-nelson-niranjan-pluribus/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:22:01 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/uncategorized/interview-nelson-niranjan-pluribus/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/uncategorized/interview-nelson-niranjan-pluribus/feed/ 4:02 E Pluribus Unum - Out of One, Many HP Labs Pluribus - Out of Many projectors, One super-screen Super-bright, large-scale, and very high-resolution digital projectors are indispensable ... E Pluribus Unum - Out of One, Many HP Labs Pluribus - Out of Many projectors, One super-screen Super-bright, large-scale, and very high-resolution digital projectors are indispensable tools of modern communication. They help CEOs wow audiences of analysts. They make rock concerts intimate. They turn computer gaming into a spectator sport. And they can make digital cinema an instant reality. They are also very expensive. Prices for high-end projectors run into tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, which keeps these devices from being widely used. HP Labs' Nelson Chang and Niranjan Damera-Venkata had a hunch they could make a much cheaper projection system by combining the outputs of several smaller projectors to create a single, high-quality image. They work in the Multimedia Interaction and Understanding Lab in Palo Alto on a project code-named Pluribus. Seeing Pluribus in action, it's easy to be overwhelmed by the huge, crystal-clear picture it creates. Hook a 16-foot screen up to a game of Madden NFL Football, for example, and the players are life-size - putting you front row and center at the same scale as the real thing. Although Pluribus looks great, its true appeal lies in the cost savings it offers anyone in the business of projecting large images. How so? For example, Pluribus can combine ten off-the-shelf projectors costing $1,000 each to project an image as bright and sharp as that created by a single high-grade projector costing $100,000. Once this technology reaches your local Best Buy it will cause the prices of what is possible with high-end home theatre to be reset to a new price-point. You'll just have to be patient. Hear Nelson and Niranjan discuss their work in the podcast. Business,Communication,,Podcasts,,Uncategorized ian.griffin@exec-comms.com no No http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-bernardo-huberman-social-computing/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-bernardo-huberman-social-computing/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:15:05 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-bernardo-huberman-social-computing/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-bernardo-huberman-social-computing/feed/ 3:54 Bernardo Huberman is one of only four Senior Fellows at HP Labs - the most distinguished technologists in the company. He runs the Social ... Bernardo Huberman is one of only four Senior Fellows at HP Labs - the most distinguished technologists in the company. He runs the Social Computing Lab. His research focus is on the behavior of millions of people using the internet and how this can be analyzed and predicted. He is recognized around the world as an authority on how people communicate and collaborate on the Internet. His lab has recently developed Cloudprint, which lets you store documents in the cloud so you can retrieve and print them on any printer using a mobile phone. One amusing way of illustrating his research in everyday terms is the choices people make when they place bets. Using the patters of behavior that the bookmakers need to understand to make a living, he looks at predictions we can make in corporate purchasing departments and other business settings. To hear Bernardo's remarks click on the podcast icon below. Business,Communication,,Podcasts ian.griffin@exec-comms.com no No http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-chandrakant-patel-sustainable-it/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-chandrakant-patel-sustainable-it/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:12:23 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-chandrakant-patel-sustainable-it/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-chandrakant-patel-sustainable-it/feed/ 6:25 I blogged on Chandrakant's work measuring lifetime energy use last December. He runs the Sustainable IT Lab at HP. In this podcast, he expands on ... I blogged on Chandrakant's work measuring lifetime energy use last December. He runs the Sustainable IT Lab at HP. In this podcast, he expands on the issues he's researching on least use of energy, the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and using Joule's as a measurement of energy consumption. In our discussion, Chandrakant refers to the following sketch he created to show 'cradle-to-cradle' energy use. Business,Communication,,Podcasts ian.griffin@exec-comms.com no No http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-stan-williams-nanotechnology/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-stan-williams-nanotechnology/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:09:51 +0000 Ian http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-stan-williams-nanotechnology/ http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/interview-stan-williams-nanotechnology/feed/ 6:32 Stan Williams is one of the four Senior Fellows at HP Labs - the most distinguished technologists in the company. He runs the Information ... Stan Williams is one of the four Senior Fellows at HP Labs - the most distinguished technologists in the company. He runs the Information and Quantum Systems Lab and his research focus is on what is called CeNSE - the Central Nervous System for the Earth. Stan is looking over the horizon to developments in nanotechnology - the control of matter on the atomic and molecular scale, where dimensions are measured in nanometers. One nanometer is one billionth of a meter - way smaller than the proverbial width of an antrsquo;s leg. In fact, the comparative size of a nanometer to a meter is the same as that of a marble to the size of the earth. Or another way of putting it: a nanometer is the amount a man's beard grows in the time it takes him to raise the razor to his face! I asked Stan to describe his research interests in the terms that my Mum could understand. Click on the podcast icon below to hear what Stan says about his research. It could revolutionize human interaction with the earth as profoundly as the Internet has revolutionized personal and business interactions. Hear him describe a possible future world where trillions of nanoscale sensors and actuators are embedded in the environment, monitoring every breath we take, every move we make. And how concerns for our privacy in this world are addressed. Business,Communication,,Podcasts ian.griffin@exec-comms.com no No