A bit off my beaten track today, at least for this blog, but I’ve got a personal note: Llama Packing with the kids, from MommyCEO, which is about where I was earlier this week, delightfully outside of cellphone and email…
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From the category archives:
Personal Productivity
Once upon a time I worked for Larry Wells at Creative Strategies. He was president and founder. He was good to work for, a smart person, a fair and honest boss. I’ve fallen out of contact. In the last two…
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If the best part of your presentation is in the beginning when you thank the conference organizers, then ignore this post. And if you’re one of those last-minute types (like me, I’m afraid), almost late to the room and the…
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Consider this: In my experience, it’s not the lack of software that causes frustration for small business owners, rather the frustration stems from the over-abundance of software and features available. That’s Bill Brelsford over at Small Business Marketing Tips &…
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Pop quiz: what do these 10 various occupations have in common with each other? Police Firefighter Long-distance truck driver Pilot Musician Blogging Motorcycle racing Construction worker Nurses aide Dancing I see some of them as the five-year-old’s dream — police,…
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Good advice? In the first few weeks of my first real job, I was heading out to cover a student demonstration in Mexico City when my then boss, the bureau manager of UPI in Mexico City, told me: “Come back…
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I found a really nice post on BNET today with a good list of tips, great graphics, and solid presentation. I’m impressed with BNET, it’s an excellent resource. Here’s a link to that article: How to Present Like Steve Jobs,…
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When I was a boy, back in the 1950s, my mother would read to us from Emily Post. She was the etiquette lady of those times. And that was really boring (a 3- or 4-syllable boring, which might be spelled…
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Thanks to Pamela Slim of Escape From Cubicle Nation for posting this video interview with Garr Reynolds, author of Presentation Zen, via YouTube. I don’t know Garr but I bought his book and I think everybody in business should read…
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Choices. Trying to say too much. Trying to do too much with a presentation. Tradeoffs. In The Craft of Scientific Presentations Michael Alley touches on a similar idea. In this book he suggests that you can go deep (depth) or…
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