Nicholas Boothman

{{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_place =

| death_cause =

| resting_place =

| resting_place_coordinates =

| monuments =

| nationality =

| other_names =

| citizenship =

| education =

| alma_mater =

| occupation = Author, speaker

| years_active =

| employer =

| agent =

| known_for =

| notable_works =

| style =

| height =

| television =

| title =

| term =

| predecessor =

| successor =

| party =

| movement =

| opponents =

| boards =

| spouse =

| partner =

| 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.

In 1982, Boothman started Corporate Images, an advertising company. Later, he started Persuasion Technology Group.{{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}} After a 25-year career in fashion and advertising photography, Boothman switched careers and became a promoter of neurolinguistic programming, a controversial technique that the National Academy of Sciences concluded is lacking in terms of a scientific basis.{{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}}

In 1999, he wrote his first book titled How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds on Less.{{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}} {{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}} Publishers Weekly reviewed the book.{{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}}

Boothman's 2004 book How to Make Someone Fall in Love With You in 90 Minutes or Less was published by Workman Publishing Company.{{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}}

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.{{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}}