The Quantified Election

Three days after Obama was elected in 2008, the NYTimes and many political experts declared the 2008 election to be “The Social Media Election”:

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Press Release: Quantifying the Second Presidential Debate

Press Release Quantifying the Second Presidential Debate: New Science of Quantified Communications Objectively Compares Candidate’s Performances AUSTIN, October 18, 2012 – Did Barack Obama really improve in the second debate? Did Mitt Romney continue to communicate effectively at this critical stage? According to new data just released by personal communications analytics company Quantified Communications, President…

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Slides: Presidential Debate Analytics

The following is our proprietary analysis of the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney from October 3, 2012. We have analyzed voice, video, and semantic content data extracted from video of the debate using over 30 metrics with proven significance to public presentation impact. The results of this effort are…

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Learning How to Speak Extemporaneously from Bill Clinton

Most experienced and professional presenters know how to speak extemporaneously—by altering their prepared remarks on the fly—but few do it as well as Bill Clinton. As you can see in the transcript analysis below comparing what Clinton wrote vs. what Clinton said, from a purely rhetorical standpoint nearly all of Clinton’s changes enhanced the text…

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How to Develop Executive Presence

We often get asked “How do I develop my executive presence?” We turned to our database and analyzed what leadership communication characteristics create the most impact for executive presenters, and what we found, overwhelmingly, is that the most important characteristic of executive presence is self-confidence. Looking into the data, self-confidence is driven by the following…

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Quantified Communications Top 10 Financial Spokespeople Ranking

After analyzing the 120 top financial communicators from 60 leading asset management firms, the following 10 spokespeople rose to the top due to their impact and communications effectiveness: Richard Davis (US Bancorp), Michael Mauboussin (Legg Mason), Sandy Lincoln (BMO Harris), Joseph Keating (RBC), P. Brett Hammond (TIAA Cref), Lisa Shallet (Merrill Lynch / BofA), Sam…

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