22. Presentation Advice from a Politician: Audience Advocacy

Karl Rove, who served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush during 2000–2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff during 2004–2007, was widely known as “The Architect” because he was considered to be the power behind the throne of the 43rd president. After he left office, Mr. Rove wrote his autobiography, Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight, in which he offered political advice analogous to presentations.

The advice was called out in a review of the book in the New York Times written by Mark Halperin. As the editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time magazine, and coauthor with John Heilemann of the bestselling Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, ...

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