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Lisa Braithwaite said,         
October 12 2009

Thanks for reiterating this, James. I think we’ve all been guilty of quoting statistics at one time or another without following up on the research. Now, I’m a huge stickler for looking up EVERYTHING, whether it’s for a presentation or a blog post. Credibility is all we have, after all.

I wrote a post about this here: http://tinyurl.com/yful65q

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Rowan Manahan said,         
October 12 2009

Yep – I fell into the trap of relying on previous mentions/publication of this story. Harvey McKay had it in one of his books and I saw him speak in the U.S. many years ago and he referenced it. I used it myself as an indication of the importance of clarity and long-term thinking. But then I went looking for it online and couldn’t find it. I ended up writing to Harvey, who responded that he had lost the original reference in the mists of time himself …

Nowadays, people will check your facts and references during coffee break (or even while you’re speaking) so it really does pay off to drill down on the reference and make sure of your facts. Great post James – if that’s really your name! :)

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Your Pre-Speech Checklist: Ten Things to Do Before a Big Speech | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development said,         
October 28 2009

[...] you want to make sure that you do your due diligence. A classic example of this is the story of a study of the Yale Class of 1953 which states that the three percent of graduates with written goals out earned the 97% without [...]

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Three Stages of Presenting with Twitter said,         
November 22 2009

[...] Stories with unknown origins — they could be urban myths [...]

 

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