The Wall Street Journal April 8th featured an article by Matthew Futterman "The importance of being angry" about Tiger Woods. The article described his displays of anger in previous tournament play such as tossing a club and other displays of anger. It quotes Tiger as saying he is turning over a new leaf in his first tournament since his return to golf and wonders if a lack of anger will hurt his playing edge. The writer observes that popular belief…
Eric Oliver has been a trial consultant since the 1980’s. His consulting business is MetaSystems of Canton, Michigan www.eric-oliver.com. His latest book is Persuasive Communications: 25 Years of Teaching Lawyers. Eric publishes a news letter News From the Mental Edge and this last issue has articles I enjoyed reading. Here are a few thoughts taken at random from the issue. In an article about spotting lies, Neely Tucker quotes Dr. Paul Ekman, who has spent his life studying non verbal…
Today I want to share two more "rules" for communication. The first deals with how you should strart your story to the jury and the second deals with the order or sequence of telling your story. Here are some thoughts for you to consider: START THE STORY WITH THE DEFENDANT & NOT THE PLAINTIFF When a series of focus studies were done across the country the outcome confirmed what was already an accepted fact. That fact is that people apply…