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It’s December, and the time is coming for the Top Ten (and Worst Ten) Communicators of the year. Each year I pick those folks in the public eye who have created communications experience(s) that have had an impact – for good or ill.
But I need your help – this year I’d like to have some audience participation so I can include someone I might otherwise miss. Who do YOU think is deserving of your applause, or boos as the case may be. Although subjective, there are some basic criteria:
- Behavior
- Content
- Impact
- Results
Here is a short summary to get your juices flowing of the Top and Bottom Five:
Top Five
Steve Jobs
Oprah Winfrey
Pope John Paul
Condoleezza rice
Patrick Fitzgerald
Top of the Worst
Michael Chertoff
Jeannine Pirro
Michael Brown
Mark McGwire
Marth Stewart
To see all of last year’s winners and losers, here is the post, also published in the San Francisco Examiner. Let me know who think is most deserving in the year 2006, and who might return or jump to the other list from last years picks.
Results on January 1st – so please give me your comments soon…
Bert:
In the good impact category I would nominate: John Roberts (I don’t agree with many of his policies but I was impressed with his hearings – and listening to his questions on the supreme court on radio).
In the good or ill category I would nominate Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (the decisive impact by this “effective communicator” is extraordinary).
Thanks Avinash, will be considered. Stay tuned…
Bert