Presentation
High Definition (HD) in Conferences and Events
HD stands for High Definition (HD) and is a digital video format and offers the promise of sharper, clearer pictures and sound than currently available using analogue video and television formats using the PAL / SECAM or NTSC system. Read more →Hocus Pocus Focus (Part 1)
?The first impulse of people is to believe.? Dr. Harlan TarbellThe magician, stands center stage as various assistants enter and exit. Usually a piece of exotic apparatus is introduced. Read more →Hocus Pocus Focus (Part 2)
?When we are absorbed in anything we are unaware of time; and so it seems to pass quickly.? Magician Sam SharpeThis is part two of a two-part article that focuses on magicians and trainers. Read more →How Do You Make Sure Your Elevator Speech Hits the Mark?
The ?elevator speech? has become the essential tool for savvy business owners, entrepreneurs, and other professionals who use networking and building relationships as key strategies in their marketing efforts. Read more →How Not to Present: Top 3 Presenting Don'ts
Yesterday I had the singular displeasure of sitting through a particularly bad presentation, so bad that I had to write this article as a form of catharsis (see: Aristotle). Read more →How Storytelling Can Grow Your Business
People love stories. We love to hear about other people, and stories help us to learn, remember and put to use new concepts. Aesop knew this. His fables help us to learn life lessons through tales about others, without having to learn them the hard way. Read more →How to Attract New Business Like George W. Bush Wins Elections
THE LITTLE-KNOWN SPEECHWRITING SECRETS THAT WON GEORGE W. BUSH THE US ELECTIONHe's been accused of "mangling the language, destroying its meaning by avoiding the use of verbs, twisting nouns into verbs, and endlessly repeating phrases until they become zombified" (Source:'Bush and Blair accused of mangling English' by Kate Kelland, Reuters. Read more →How To Be An Emcee
There are 12 things I have learned over the years as an emcee at hundreds of pageants, fairs, award ceremonies of every description, the annual International Retailer of the Year Awards in Chicago, and the Positive Thinking Rallies. Read more →How To Be Professional
What is being professional? Do you think you measure up? What separates a professional from an amateur? In days gone by, the definition was simply this -- if one was paid for something regularly, one was professional. Read more →How to Begin a Lesson Plan
DEVELOPING LESSON PLANS: In developing lesson plan formats, two things are paramount: extraordinarily careful documentation and room left for possible changes. Read more →← Previous Next →
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Aphorism
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein