If you’re interested, my talk about what I’ve learned from my son with autism has been posted online. If you can’t see the embedded video, please click here.

  Some random thoughts from the inaugural TEDxMU that took place on Saturday morning: I learned about the hidden side of innovation. I learned about working together. I learned about respect. I learned about Bono. And that dudes play guitar in outer space. I witnessed grace. I witnessed curiosity. I witnessed kindness and openness and [...]

(Tomorrow morning around 10:30 (CDT) I speak at the inaugural TEDxMU event at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on the University of Missouri campus. If you’re interested in watching the event stream, you can find it - starting at 9 a.m. at tedx.missouri.edu.) I asked readers and colleagues to share one tip about public speaking, presentations [...]

(If you’ve been following this series, you know I’m working on building a TED talk about what my son - with a communications disorder - has taught me - a communications professional - about communication. I’m delivering the talk this Saturday at TEDxMU. I’ve been chronicling the presentation process here on The Daily Blur in the hopes [...]

(If you’ve been following this series, you know I’m working on building a TED talk about what my son - with a communications disorder - has taught me - a communications professional - about communication. I’m delivering the talk this Saturday at TEDxMU. I’ve been chronicling the presentation process here on The Daily Blur in [...]

(If you’ve been following this series, you know I’m working on building a TED talk about what my son - with a communications disorder - has taught me - a communications professional - about communication. I’m delivering the talk this Saturday at TEDxMU. I’ve been chronicling the presentation process here on The Daily Blur in the hopes [...]

(If you’ve been following this series, you know I’m working on building a TED talk about what my son - with a communications disorder - has taught me - a communications professional - about communication. I’m delivering the talk this Saturday at TEDxMU. I’ve been chronicling the presentation development process here on The Daily Blur [...]

(If you’ve been following this series, you know I’m working on building a TED talk for TEDxMU on April 14th. I’ve been chronicling the process here on The Daily Blur in the hopes that - by watching me deconstruct the process I’ve gone through many times - you’ll begin to look at public speaking with [...]

While I was putting him to bed, I realized the fourth thing I learned from our son about communication. Will likes me to lie with him until he falls asleep at night. It’s my favorite time of day, and it’s the best time for two things: Interesting questions from him like, “Daddy, do ducks and [...]

For the first ten years of my communications career, I used the tools of language as smoke and mirrors to blind and misdirect you from my lack of confidence about a topic or a client. I was a clever fellow, I tell you. I made words dance. I made similes, like, sing. I made metaphors [...]