This year marks three decades of working in leadership communications. And to celebrate, I'm launching a new podcast: Leadership Communications with Rob Cottingham. It's going to be 30 short episodes with some of my best advice on crafting and delivering great speeches, drawn from 30 years of helping leaders tell their stories from the stage. You can check it out on my personal website, or subscribe on Apple/iTunes or Spotify. I'd love to hear what you think!

This year marks three decades of working in leadership communications. And to celebrate, I'm launching a new podcast: Leadership Communications with Rob Cottingham. It's going to be 30 short episodes with some of my best advice on crafting and delivering great speeches, drawn from 30 years of helping leaders tell their stories from the stage. You can check it out on my personal website, or subscribe on Apple/iTunes or Spotify. I'd love to hear what you think!

Mitchell Beer has been a leader in conference communcations for more than a quarter of a century. His firm, The Conference Publishers, reports and repackages conference content - keeping it useful and relevant long after the closing gavel. How does that change in the social media era? In this episode, Mitchell tells me how conference reporting is evolving to take advantage of everything from YouTube to Twitter. And along the way, we gain some insights into how speakers and speechwriters can help their messages find a prominent place in those reports... and in the ideas participants take home with them.Mitchell Beer on Twitter and LinkedInThe Conference Publishers on the web and LinkedIn

Mitchell Beer has been a leader in conference communcations for more than a quarter of a century. His firm, The Conference Publishers, reports and repackages conference content - keeping it useful and relevant long after the closing gavel. How does that change in the social media era? In this episode, Mitchell tells me how conference reporting is evolving to take advantage of everything from YouTube to Twitter. And along the way, we gain some insights into how speakers and speechwriters can help their messages find a prominent place in those reports... and in the ideas participants take home with them.Mitchell Beer on Twitter and LinkedInThe Conference Publishers on the web and LinkedIn

Maddie Grant of DC-based SocialFish has done a lot of thinking about connecting online audiences with speeches, panels and presentations. More to the point, she's done a lot of doing, including convening one of the most ambitious online conference approaches I've seen: NTC Online, the digital version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference held every year by NTEN. In our conversation, she offers some great advice for event organizers, speakers and anyone who wants to use digital tools to help online and offline audiences learn. And after you've heard our conversation, check out these links:Maddie Grant on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and FacebookSocialFish on Twitter, LinkedIn and FacebookMaddie has cowritten two books: Open Community (disclosure: I cartooned for it) with Lindy Dreyer, and Humanize with Jamie NotterHere's a terrific post from Maddie's blog on hybrid (i.e. online and offline) eventsTodaysMeetStorify

Maddie Grant of DC-based SocialFish has done a lot of thinking about connecting online audiences with speeches, panels and presentations. More to the point, she's done a lot of doing, including convening one of the most ambitious online conference approaches I've seen: NTC Online, the digital version of the Nonprofit Technology Conference held every year by NTEN. In our conversation, she offers some great advice for event organizers, speakers and anyone who wants to use digital tools to help online and offline audiences learn. And after you've heard our conversation, check out these links: Maddie Grant on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Facebook SocialFish on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook Maddie has cowritten two books: Open Community (disclosure: I cartooned for it) with Lindy Dreyer, and Humanize with Jamie Notter Here's a terrific post from Maddie's blog on hybrid (i.e. online and offline) events TodaysMeet Storify

This episode features Holly Ross from NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. She's a great speaker in her own right – and every year, NTEN hosts the Nonprofit Technology Conference. It's a huge gathering (but remarkably relaxed and collegial), and we talk about what it takes to connect that many people online at a conference - and how speakers can make the most of a connected audience. Some links and resources:Holly Ross on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedInNTEN on the web, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ – if you work in nonprofit technology, you have to check these folks out. Graphic notes from this year's NTC (with thanks to Rally.org)Evernote, Holly's tool of choice for organizing information for a presentation (and possibly the flashpoint for a robot revolution)

This episode features Holly Ross from NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. She's a great speaker in her own right – and every year, NTEN hosts the Nonprofit Technology Conference. It's a huge gathering (but remarkably relaxed and collegial), and we talk about what it takes to connect that many people online at a conference - and how speakers can make the most of a connected audience. Some links and resources: Holly Ross on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn NTEN on the web, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+ – if you work in nonprofit technology, you have to check these folks out. Graphic notes from this year's NTC (with thanks to Rally.org) Evernote, Holly's tool of choice for organizing information for a presentation (and possibly the flashpoint for a robot revolution)

When you want solid advice on social media, backed up by years of experience with both non-profits and businesses, you go to JD Lasica. And so did I, for a half-hour conversation that touched on everything from why letting your audience see your slides in advance may not be a bad idea, to how speaking and community-building go hand-in-hand. Listen to JD, then explore these links for some terrific resources: JD Lasica: home page, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Flickr, Slideshare - and his Wikipedia entry Darknet, JD's book on Hollywood's assault on digital-age freedoms Socialmedia.biz, the business-focused social media consulting firm JD founded Socialbrite, JD's firm focusing on non-profits and social enterprises  The Socialbrite sharing centre, a learning hub for non-profits and changemakers Creative Commons and Creative Commons search on Flickr

When you want solid advice on social media, backed up by years of experience with both non-profits and businesses, you go to JD Lasica. And so did I, for a half-hour conversation that touched on everything from why letting your audience see your slides in advance may not be a bad idea, to how speaking and community-building go hand-in-hand. Listen to JD, then explore these links for some terrific resources: JD Lasica: home page, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Vimeo, Flickr, Slideshare - and his Wikipedia entryDarknet, JD's book on Hollywood's assault on digital-age freedomsSocialmedia.biz, the business-focused social media consulting firm JD foundedSocialbrite, JD's firm focusing on non-profits and social enterprises The Socialbrite sharing centre, a learning hub for non-profits and changemakersCreative Commons and Creative Commons search on Flickr