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Nan Russell of Work Matters Interviews Dr. Rick Kirschner

September 17, 2008

Nan Russell, of the Internet radio show Work Matters, recently interviewed Dr. Rick Kirschner on the Insider’s Guide To The Art of Persuasion. You can listen to the interview by following this link.

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What Can You Do When A Political Opponent Attacks You? Pt 1

September 14, 2008

I would love to see an end to the negative campaigning. An intelligent campaigner can make that happen, and earn the respect and appreciation of voters. This post is the first of three posts about how to deal with the opposition when the opposition launches negative attacks.

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Will Americans Be Fooled Again?

September 12, 2008

With less than two months before our fateful election day, it seems increasingly likely that the smears and jeers that accentuate our fears will continue to raise cheers from the people sitting on their rears blithely watching us tumble further towards oblivion. It’s the effective use for the sake of abuse of the art of persuasion. I wrote my book to warn you, prepare you, train you and encourage you to put these tools into good use for good cause, instead of leaving them in the hands of people who are only up for no good to bring us all down. Well, consider the who, the where, the when and how of it, and here is what you’ll find.

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9-11 Is A Good Day To Hold Candidates Accountable

September 11, 2008

In honor of the memory of those harmed by the terror attacks of 9-11 (which includes all Americans and anyone in the world that cares about the future of humanity) Barack Obama and John McCain have called a so-called truce in their televised ad campaigns. But on a day off from the advertising blitz, it seems a good day to take on the distortions and lies of one campaign in particular. The shamefully dishonest McCain-Palin Presidential Campaign.
I’m a political moderate, conservative in some things, progressive in others, just like most people in America I think. I was excited to see a campaign between McCain and Obama,

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Ron Ross WJBC Interviews Dr. Rick Kirschner

September 11, 2008

Ron Ross, of WJBC, the Voice of McClean County in Bloomington, Illinois, interviewed communication skills expert Dr. Rick Kirschner recently in his ‘interview of the day’ segment. They discussed the persuasion strategies of the candidates and their skills and weaknesses.

You can hear the interview by subscribing to his WJBC Interview of the Day podcast

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About The Pig and Political Persuasion Skill

September 10, 2008

Just back from a trip to Cincinnati. Along the way, I heard tell of Barack Obama telling a crowd in Lebanon, Virginia, that “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig,” and how the McCain campaign then demanded an apology for this ‘smear’ on Sarah Palin, who herself had made a joke involving the word lipstick at the Republican National Convention during her very unlady like attack speech against Obama.

This is a slang expression, long in use, for the fact that when you dress some things up, they’re still what they are, only dressed up. Apparently, McCain has used the expression as well, in reference to one of Hillary Clinton’s ideas, and Dick Cheney used it about John Kerry a few years ago, and McCain’s press secretary wrote a book with this idiom in the title, but now that he has a female running mate who used

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How Persuasive Are Political Ads? (pt 3)

September 7, 2008

In the previous two posts in this series on Political Advertising, I talked about aspects of the formula that make ads compelling, including location, and a few guides. In this next and final part of this series, I’ll talk about the three kinds of political ads, and using the right ad at the right time for maximum persuasive effect.

Political persuasion experts have a catalog of options when it comes to making their candidate look good and the other candidate look bad. And there are three specific ad forms that they can use to package this message.

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Marc Pearlman Interviews Dr. Rick Kirschner

September 7, 2008

Monday, September 7, Marc Pearlman of Your Money Matters will air his interview with Dr. Rick Kirschner on The Art of Change – The Power of Persuasion. You’ll find the interview here:

http://www.yourmoneymattersradio.com

or on iTunes Radio (search Talk/Spoken Word: Your Money Matters)

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