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Building bridges through language and culture — Mandela continued
November 20, 2014In the last post, we saw the importance of Nelson Mandela’s ability to interact with Afrikaners in their own...
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Touching the heart with language
November 6, 2014Last week, I wrote that narrative-based discourse is more effective than rational argumentation for convincing any audience. One of...
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The passing of Nelson Mandela
December 6, 2013This week, I had prepared a sequel to last week’s blog. However when I learned last night of Nelson...
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Thoughts on Nelson Mandela
July 5, 2013Some reports out of South Africa in recent weeks have called Nelson Mandela’s condition “critical”. The thought that we...
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An interesting quote about Mandela
April 20, 2010I was watching Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN last weekend, and I heard commentary on Nelson Mandela, and a...
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Nelson Mandela: processing the experience of being in prison
March 29, 2010Leaders and heroes find meaning in events that would devastate others. In 1964, when Nelson Mandela went to prison...