{{Short description|English author and speaker}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Nicholas Boothman | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Nicholas Boothman Photo.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1946 | birth_place = England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=yes|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Author, speaker | years_active = | employer = | agent = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | height = <!-- {{height|m=}} --> | television = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | movement = | opponents = | boards = | spouse = | partner = <!-- unmarried life partner; use ''Name (1950–present)'' --> | children = | parents = | relatives = | callsign = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = {{URL|nicholasboothman.com}} | footnotes = }} '''Nicholas Boothman''' is an English author and speaker living in Toronto.<ref name=NYT/>
In 1982, Boothman started Corporate Images, an advertising company. Later, he started Persuasion Technology Group.<ref name=KPBS>{{cite web|title=We Own The Years Ahead With Nicholas Boothman|date=21 June 2012 |url=http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/jun/21/we-own-years-ahead-nicholas-boothman/ |publisher=KPBS|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref> After a 25-year career in fashion and advertising photography, Boothman switched careers and became a promoter of neurolinguistic programming,<ref name=HC/> a controversial technique that the National Academy of Sciences concluded is lacking in terms of a scientific basis.<ref name="Druckman & Swets 1988">{{cite journal|author2=John A. Swets|title=Enhancing human performance: Issues, theories, and techniques|journal=Human Resource Development Quarterly|year=1988|volume=1|issue=2|pages=202–206|doi=10.1002/hrdq.3920010212|author=Daniel Druckman|publisher=National Academy Press|location=Washington, DC}}</ref>
In 1999, he wrote his first book titled ''How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds on Less''.<ref name=HC>{{cite web|url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Author-says-key-to-winning-friends-is-body-2002738.php|title=Author says key to winning friends is body language|work=Houston Chronicle|accessdate=20 December 2013|first=Daniel|last=J. Vargas|date=27 February 2001}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/17/nyregion/the-big-city-this-image-will-self-destruct.html|title=The Big City; This Image Will Self-Destruct|work=The New York Times|date=17 August 2001|accessdate=20 December 2013|last1=Tierney|first1=John}}</ref> ''Publishers Weekly'' reviewed the book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7611-1940-1|title = Nonfiction Book Review: How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas Boothman, Author Workman Publishing $15.95 (171p) ISBN 978-0-7611-1940-1}}</ref>
Boothman's 2004 book ''How to Make Someone Fall in Love With You in 90 Minutes or Less'' was published by Workman Publishing Company.<ref name=CI>{{cite web|url=http://cosmo.intoday.in/story/make-him-fall-in-love-in-90-minutes/1/8028.html|title=Make him fall in love in 90 minutes|publisher=Cosmopolitan India}}</ref>
In 2010, he published a book titled ''Convince Them in 90 Seconds or Less: Make Instant Connections That Pay Off in Business and in Life''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-persuade-people-in-90-seconds-or-less/ |title=How to Convince People in 90 Seconds or Less?|date=27 May 2010 |publisher=CBS|accessdate=20 December 2013}}</ref>
== Bibliography == *''How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less'' (2000) {{ISBN|978-0761149460}} *''How to Connect in Business in 90 Seconds or Less'' (2002) {{ISBN|978-1593160753}} *''How to Make Someone Fall in Love With You in 90 Minutes or Less'' (2004) {{ISBN|978-0761151623}} *''Convince Them in 90 Seconds or Less: Make Instant Connections That Pay Off in Business and in Life'' (2010) {{ISBN|978-0761158554}}
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