NLP for Social Engineers
October 5, 2009
Anybody in the industry who has talked to me about NLP has understood my utter frustration about the state of NLP learning and its application to social engineering. It got me riled up enough to do a post on NLP and science a few months ago.
And, for the past few months, I’ve been pondering the idea of doing a free education series for the industry on what NLP is and how to use it as a social engineer. But, as anybody who knows me knows, I’ve been a bit busy. Foreground is taking off, having made the INC 5000 due to the phenomenal amount of growth (and corresponding amount of work for each of us). And my own projects (Connected Career, Information Security Leaders, and the projects we do through Michael Murray and Associates) have added an even bigger load.
But I got really riled up when I read the NLP section of the new Social Engineering framework. Because, while true, it doesn’t teach the reader anything useful about how to use NLP in SE. (That shouldn’t be taken as a criticism – I believe strongly in the project and will be helping to edit and correct deficiencies and gaps over the coming months… the guys over there are doing the community a phenomenal service).
So, I sat down and started recording the material I had been putting together over the previous months. It’s going to come out to about 10 hours of audio, video and a whole pile of exercises. I even did a video to explain what you’re going to get.
Check out the video and sign up here.
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Obama and Hypnosis
April 18, 2009
I was on the Altered Egos radio program from Nanaimo, BC this morning, and we were talking about hypnosis, NLP and influence as it relates to political speech, advertising, etc.
I mentioned an awesome paper about Obama’s use of hypnotic language and patterning – the paper can be found here. In most of its moral conclusions, the paper is far right and ridiculous (e.g. “Obama’s actions are far more than simply lying”).
However, in its analysis of Obama’s use of language, the paper is worth a read. It’s an excellent description of many hypnotic language patterns and how they can be used artfully to influence a large audience.
At Hypnoticon
January 31, 2008
Well, here we are at Hypnoticon. Melina and I flew in from Chicago today and were, of course, delayed. We missed the majority of tonight’s networking reception, but managed to pick up our badges and are looking forward to getting an early start tomorrow.
The schedule is pretty cool. We’re looking forward to checking out Wendi, Brian David Phillips, and Kim & Tom.
Not to mention tomorrow’s “Walkabout Hypnosis” – it’s social engineering at it’s true finest. This is a group of people who can really do all of the things that I’ve been talking about.
I plan on continuing to post entries throughout the weekend, as well as keeping up on twitter. If you’re at the conference, send me an email or a twitter DM and we’ll sync up.