Who is Scott Berkun?

Scott Berkun is the best selling author of The Myths of Innovation and Making Things Happen. His work as a writer and public speaker have appeared in the The Washington Post, The New York Times, Wired Magazine, Fast Company, Forbes Magazine, and other media. More about Scott >

Recent Blog Posts

Moving to scottberkun.com

by Scott | 9/19/2011 | No Comments »

Hi there. I’m writing to let you know I will no longer be posting to speakerconfessions.com. You probably noticed it eons ago, as I haven’t posted here in some time.

I strongly recommend you head over to scottberkun.com, where I do post regularly about public speaking and other topics.

Hope to see you there.

The four minute presentation

by Scott | 8/19/2010 | 1 Comment »

We like to think the world moves faster today than ever, but sometimes we’re surprised by how fast things moved in the past, including presentations.

Enter the four minute presentation – a set of great techniques from 1917.

How speakers prepare

by Scott | 5/3/2010 | 3 Comments »

New research on how speakers prepare, based on a study I did for ignite events.

Ignite: How speakers prepare

Talk at Google HQ, on Confessions

by Scott | 1/26/2010 | No Comments »

On tour last month I was in Mountain View, and spoke at Google HQ.

You can read about it and watch the full video here.

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