The outline formula to bail out your talk or article

[@nicolaskrusek3703]

Very wise advice here. Many of us focus so much on informing and persuading that we forget the importance of motivating and inspiring an audience. In particular, humor can be a powerful tool for winning over a skeptical or indifferent crowd. I thought Ben Bayer and Robert Mayhew did a great job of enlivening their recent OCON talks with levity and wit.

[@nikossotirakopoulos6876]

And let's not forget that talk that began with The Ride of Valkyries...THAT was motivation!

[@ANascente]

Another great example to see this formula in action is to read the book The Ayn Rand Column.

[@nikossotirakopoulos6876]

Which reminds me I still haven't read it!

[@sot11cat]

Nice rhetoric moves