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Word Music

David Booth performing at Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 1977....

23 November, 2025 / 0 Comments
DON’T GO IT ALONE

Sometimes heroes are just ordinary people with outsized intentions. They inspire us and fuel our ambitions. Killian Jornet is 5’7” and weighs 128 pounds. He is trim but otherwise unexceptional. Jornet recently climbed seventy-two 14,000+ ft peaks in 31 days and cycled his route between...

02 November, 2025 / 0 Comments
Inner Monologue

Deborah went in for her annual physical, preceded by the blood draw. We’ve all experienced that unpleasant but straightforward procedure. Except in this case, the nurse couldn’t find Deborah’s vein and said “Darn, that’s not it” followed by “This won’t work.” Since Deborah turned away...

26 October, 2025 / 0 Comments
Roadmaps and Guardrails

At Eloqui, we train clients to work off an outline when preparing and delivering their presentations. Some resist, wanting to be “polished and perfect” or get every word just right-- which can create presentation train wrecks. Backing us up is the recently published book What...

05 October, 2025 / 0 Comments