From iconic actor and bestselling author Alan Alda, an indispensable guide to communicating better-based on his experience with acting, improv, science, and storytelling
ALAN ALDA has earned international recognition as an actor, writer and director. He has won 7 Emmy Awards, has recieved three Tony nominations, is an inductee of the Television Hall of Fame, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Aviator. Alda played Hawkeye Pierce on the classic television series M*A*S*H, and his films include Crimes and Misdemeanors, Everyone Says I Love You, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies, and many more. Alda is an active member of the science community, having hosting the award winning series Scientific American Frontiers for eleven years and founding the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University. Alda is the author of two bestselling books, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed- And Other Things I've Learned and Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself.
“Alan Alda is a man with a mission. He began with a passion to help
scientists communicate with a lay audience, then realized that the
skills and insights of improv that he’d learned as an actor could
be transformative for everyone for whom communication is essential.
And that is who will find his book invaluable: everyone.”—Deborah
Tannen, #1 New York Times bestselling author of You’re the Only One
I Can Tell and You Just Don’t Understand
“Alda’s curiosity, intelligence and desire to wipe out baffled and
bewildered faces make a compelling case for clarity, communication
and, always, empathy.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“Bright, breezy, and upbeat . . . In writing this book, Alda
follows his own advice: Communicate through
storytelling.”—Washington Independent Review of Books
“A swift and enjoyable journey.”—PopMatters
“Alda uses his trademark humor and a well-honed ability to get to
the point, to help us all learn how to leverage the better
communicator inside each of us.”—Forbes
“[Alda] was frustrated that men and women of science were not able
to get their points across—to the public, the media, the
government. Turned out they had never been trained to do so. So
Alda set out to do something about it . . . Aided by his warm,
conversational style, Alda’s message shows that the lessons also
apply to the rest of us—and at a time when we could really use
it.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“Alan Alda breaks down the importance of face-to-face interaction
in his new book, If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look On My
Face? Alda developed this compelling conversation technique to help
scientists distill down complex scientific principles for a general
audience.”—Entrepreneur Magazine
“A distinguished actor and communication expert shows how to avoid
‘the snags of misunderstanding’ that plague verbal interactions
between human beings. . . . A sharp and informative guide to
communication.”—Kirkus Reviews
“An enlightening and thoughtful combination of shared experience
and advice.”—Booklist
“In this charming, witty, and thought-provoking book, full of rich
anecdotes, Alan Alda describes some of the tools of communication
that he teaches in his work with the Alan Alda Center for
Communicating Science and shows how everyone—from lovers to
politicians to scientists—can benefit from being better
communicators.”—Lawrence M. Krauss, author of The Greatest
Story Ever Told . . . So Far
“I’ve spent a lifetime trying to understand and use the art of
communication. And then comes this fellow Alda—actor, interviewer,
academic, and, mostly, student—who teaches me new, useable ideas.
Communicating is at the heart of connectedness. Alda, with his
laudable curiosity, has learned something you and I can use right
now.”—Charlie Rose
“Sit back and enjoy Alan Alda’s scientific journey of
communication.”—Barbara Walters
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