We often think of persuasion as a bit of a dirty word. While it may have that connotation, Jason Harris sees it differently. He says that persuasion is something we all do day in and day out to get ...

Most of us engage in some form of persuasion several times every day. Relationships require persuasion, as do politics, Santa letters, and of course advertising and marketing. Stacy Cornay / ...

There is something that has been sorely missing in the United States in the last decade — soaring rhetoric. We are lacking leaders who, like Abraham Lincoln, appeal to our better angels through their ...

Once, we understood words as sufficient weapons. We needed no convincing that rhetoric, or the art of persuasion, when wielded by a gifted practitioner, unleashed more power, more lasting pain, than ...

Do you have a good idea to share with your boss? Maybe you’ve solved a thorny problem or discovered a way to shortcut a process. Well, this should be easy: Just tell your boss and get started on ...

Persuasion plays a critical role in personal relationships. Whenever two or more people get together, they will inevitably try to persuade one another to engage in a preferred activity or go to a ...

Artists need buyers, and patrons need artistic objects that reflect their status. Historically, the great patrons have been powerful individuals in societies whose dynamism created surplus wealth: ...

Predicting the future is a thankless effort, but tech leaders regularly find themselves in the role of prognosticators. Given the significant amount of technical debt building up with aging ...

The students in Dillard University's second-level newswriting course will soon be taking their first stab at punditry. They will choose a topic, take a side and write an editorial or column expressing ...

About 32 years ago, I attended a downtown big shot awards dinner. My networking model is a simple one. I buy the ticket, I get there 15 minutes before it is supposed to start, I work the room, and ...