The ability to communicate effectively and make persuasive presentations can have a huge impact on your career. Irrespective of a small closed door meeting or a speech in front of a large crowd, a ...

Available exclusively through HBR.org: Ebook + Video Case Study! The “HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations” Ebook is filled with useful tips and examples from communication expert Nancy Duarte, ...

How many of us realize that giving a presentation or making a speech is all about persuasion, influence, and emotional intelligence? Impactful presenters understand the power of empathy to understand ...

B. J. Fogg called it captology, the science of how you get computers (think apps) to persuade people to do things. Fogg and his compatriots at Stanford have raised captology to a fine pitch, making it ...

When you need to sell an idea at work or in a presentation, how do you do it? Five rhetorical devices can help — Aristotle identified them 2,000 years ago, and masters of persuasion still use them ...

Persuasiveness is the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty. One of the mistakes salespeople make when doing sales ...

Abhijit Bhaduri is a talent management expert and an executive coach to leaders. He is a certified Independent Director and one of the most followed writers on how technology is changing the world of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Esther Choy covers leadership with a focus on business storytelling. Here’s a story about two people who are persuaded to make two ...