Category Archives: Presentation Ideas

Shakespeare is an inexhaustible source of presentation themes and ideas, including starters, epilogues and quotes that can revive the spirit of the audience. A well placed quote at the beginning of a presentation catches the attention and at the end it may be what triggers the applause. Relatively few people realize that in a presentation you cannot have form without substance, but substance without form can kill the effect. In the book “Your Daily Shakespeare” there are more than 10,000 instances of how to adapt a Shakespearean quote to any situation, including, of course, hundreds of examples usable in presentations.

Shakespeare on How to Get to a Girl’s Heart

Posted on September 27, 2012 by jimmie

 “Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces, Though ne’er so black, say they have angels’ faces.” (Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 3, sc. 1) Comments. On flattery there is general consensus, it works. Oscar Wilde succinctly proclaimed that “flattery is the infantry of negotiations.” And Ovid, in his ‘Art of Love’, vol. 2 writes, “…each Read More

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Shakespeare on Appearances, Deceit and the Presidential Elections

Posted on September 26, 2012 by jimmie

 “Who makes the fairest show, means most deceit” (Pericles, act 1, sc. 4) Comments. Which it is the ‘fairest show’ we cannot say. Certainly the pantomime-show of the presidential elections is, by any measure, spectacular. As for deceit, it is most extraordinary that so many still hold any credence on anybody and anything connected with Read More

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Shakespeare on Zero Tolerance

Posted on September 25, 2012 by jimmie

“I will be deaf to pleading and excuses; Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses” (Romeo and Juliet, act 3, sc. 1) Comments.  Interesting expression, “Zero Tolerance”. It projects absolute and unyielding determination. That ‘zero’ brings the precision of mathematics into human affairs. Determination to stamp-out Tolerance and, by inference, to carry out Intolerance. Read More

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Shakespeare and Illusions on the Improvements of Society

Posted on September 24, 2012 by jimmie

“And here we wander in illusions; Some blessed power deliver us from hence.” (Comedy of Errors, act 4, sc. 3) Comments. The so-called social media is filled with information about the political and social issues of the moment. Wars running and/or pending in the Middle East and Asia – economic depression, economic recessions, budget deficit, Read More

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Shakespeare on the End of the Shuttle Era

Posted on September 23, 2012 by jimmie

“Thou know’st ‘tis common – all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity.” (Hamlet, act 1.2) Comments. Appropriate lines to accompany the end of the Space Shuttle Era, with the spectacular return of the Shuttle Endeavour to Los Angeles – while the B-747 that carried it made passes on some classic American icons Read More

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Shakespeare, Romney and Shamelessness

Posted on September 22, 2012 by jimmie

O, shame, where is thy blush? (Hamlet, act 3, sc. 4) Comments and Tips for Use. Comment on any action, words or proposal with which you strongly disagree. In the instance, as we know, Republican presidential nominee Romney just released his 2011 tax returns, showing he paid 14% in taxes on $14 million of income Read More

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Shakespeare on Anger and a Desire for Rebellion

Posted on September 21, 2012 by jimmie

“O, that my tongue were in the thunder’s mouth! Then with a passion would I shake the world.” (King John, act 3, sc. 4) Tips for Use and Comments. A most appropriate quote when you feel helpless about a series of events on which you have no control or power. You feel only anger and Read More

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Shakespeare on the Waste of Time

Posted on September 20, 2012 by jimmie

“The clock upbraids me with the waste of time.” (Twelfth Night, act 3, sc. 1) Tips for Use and Comments. Change ‘me’ to ‘us’ when you wish to convince your companions to stop wasting time. Time is a commodity, it is the inexplicable raw material of everything and it is extraordinary that it has not Read More

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Shakespeare on Men like Bees and Bees like Men

Posted on September 19, 2012 by jimmie

Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions, Setting endeavour in continual motion; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience: for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts…  Read More

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Shakespeare and how Lobbying Works

Posted on September 18, 2012 by jimmie

“Comest thou with deep premeditated lines, With written pamphlets studiously devised Humphrey of Gloucester?” (King Henry VI part 1, act 3, sc.1) Comments.  In the instance, the bishop of Winchester accuses the duke of Gloucester of using “studiously devised” documentation so as to deprive the bishop of his rights, whatever they may be. Today, the Read More

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