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The Power of Polished Technical Demos and Why I Love My Work
DeFinis Communications | November 20th 2009 by Angela DeFinis
Last week I was in Charlotte, NC teaching a technical presentation skills program for one of my favorite clients, Autodesk. Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) is an American mulitnational corporation that focuses on 2D and 3D design software for use in a read more
Hey Baby, Come Here Often?
The Accidental Communicator | November 16th 2009
Image Credit What's A Nice Girl / Guy Like You Doing In A Place Like This? Just like a cheesy pick-up line, the first words that come out of your mouth when you are giving a speech will determine if you are going to get lucky with this audience. read more
For Professional Speakers: How Can You Convert a Seminar to a Key…
Market Yourself as a Speaker | November 13th 2009 by Susan Levin
by Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE In the speaking world, the media stars are the keynote speakers. A lot of seminar leaders and trainers ask me how they can adapt their material to this intense, high-profile, and often lucrative specialty. “The keynote read more
The Art of Deconstruction: Building Better Speaking Skills
DeFinis Communications | November 11th 2009 by Angela DeFinis
My husband and I have a summer house in Sedgwick, Maine with a big, 200-year-old dilapidated barn on the property. Its roof is caving in, several huge hand hewn beams have collapsed and the heavy front doors recently blew off in a windstorm. Saving i read more
Job Seeker: 10 Things I Know About You
Spin Strategy™ - Tools for Intelligent Job Search | November 9th 2009 by Tim Tyrell-Smith
If you are currently looking for work or have been in transition before, I know a few things about you. You are part of a vital crowd that has been through something difficult to get somewhere important and necessary. And you are better for havin read more
Ten Things That Will Guarantee Your Speech Will Bomb
Overnight Sensation | November 9th 2009 by James Feudo
There are endless tips out there to help you give a successful speech so I thought I’d take a different approach with this article. Instead of giving you tips that may or may not help you give a great speech, I figured I’d point out ten t read more
What to Do When You’re Asked to Give a Speech
Overnight Sensation | November 8th 2009 by James Feudo
Not everyone has the luxury of time when they’re asked to give a speech. Perhaps they’re working on an important project at work and then asked to make a presentation to “sell” it to other parts of the company. Or maybe they a read more
The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 6, 2009
Smart Lemming, Manage your career or it will manage you | November 6th 2009 by Lori Grant
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business: 5 ways to become more intelligent. My favo read more
Perfect Your Sales Presentation to Win in a Down Market
DeFinis Communications | November 5th 2009 by Angela DeFinis
Today’s sales environment is like navigating a 60-foot sailboat in a thunderstorm. New demands of a global economy, the immediacy of the internet, increased and hungry competition and most of all a ubiquitous down market make it a treacherous clima read more
The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 4, 2009
Smart Lemming, Manage your career or it will manage you | November 5th 2009 by Lori Grant
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business: How to start your career change at retirem read more
Presenting Your Solutions Effectively
Paul Castain's Sales Playbook | November 5th 2009 by paulcastain
There comes a point in every sales process where we must present our solutions as they relate to the challenges/opportunities we've discovered during the needs analysis step. Say it first, better or exclusively and we can set ourselves apart. Fail to read more
Sales Tip of the Day
Drew Stevens Consulting | November 4th 2009 by Drew Stevens Phd
Quote of the Day Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ~ Lao-tzu Quotes from Tao te Ching Thought for the Day During times of recession the first item cut from read more
Enhance presentation skills by learning from Steve Jobs
Andrea Ciolini | November 4th 2009 by Andrea Ciolini
I just read a interesting Business Week article on a new book entitled The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to be Insanely Great in Front of Any Audience by Carmine Gallo, communication skills coach and BW columnist. I really liked the slid read more
4 Methods to Deliver a Great Speech
DeFinis Communications | November 3rd 2009 by Angela DeFinis
When it comes to delivering your presentation, you actually have many choices. Public speaking involves so much more than just standing in front of a crowd and talking. How you deliver your thoughts and message can depend on a number of factors, such read more
The Night I Almost Quit
Overnight Sensation | November 1st 2009 by James Feudo
I’ll never forget that night. It was several years back and I was sitting in a hotel lobby preparing for a talk I was about to give. I opted to skip dinner that particular evening because the nervousness set in and my stomach wasn’t up to any foo read more
Your Pre-Speech Checklist: Ten Things to Do Before a Big Speech
Overnight Sensation | October 28th 2009 by James Feudo
Part of the reason that even experienced speakers feel a bit nervous before a speech is that there is a lot that must be done before you even walk on stage. If you don’t have a pre-speech checklist, here are some things for you to do before your sp read more
The Magic Formula for Overcoming Communication Fears
Overnight Sensation | October 27th 2009 by James Feudo
Communication fears can limit us more so than anything else. They prevent us from meeting new people, strengthening relationships, moving ahead in our career and achieving financial abundance. While the internet and social media give us the opportuni read more
Speaker Alert: Make Me Laugh — Or Else
The Accidental Communicator | October 26th 2009
Make Your Audiences Laugh And They'll Remember What You Say Stop. How funny was the last speech that you gave? What – you were talking about how best to diversify a 401k basket of investments in order to incorporate more foreign exchange read more
Muscle up Monday with Dr. Drew
Drew Stevens Consulting | October 26th 2009 by Drew Stevens Phd
Quote of the Week Branding is no longer for Fortune 500 companies and Madison Avenue agencies with excessive budgets and inadequate tracking. Personal branding is about managing your name — even if you don’t own a business — in a world of misin read more
A Speaker's Lesson Learned
Get Paid to Speak | October 23rd 2009 by Mike Moore
No matter how long you have been speaking there are still lessons to be learned and I learned a huge one earlier this month in the province of Manitoba. I was booked to do two, one hour presentations to the Eastern Manitoba Dairy Farmers annual confe read more
Can You Hear Me Now? Three Tips to Rise Above the Crowd
Resources for Training, Presenting, and Facilitating | October 22nd 2009 by Guila Muir
WOW, the pressure on public speakers is great. Speakers and audiences realize that PowerPoint won’t save anyone anymore. The focus now shines on YOU more than ever before. How can you be heard above the crowd? 1. Do your homework. What are your a read more
Tune Up Tuesday with Dr. Drew
Drew Stevens Consulting | October 20th 2009 by Drew Stevens Phd
Quote of the Day In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. Peter McWilliams Thought for the Day While sitting awaiting a meeting to begin I ran int read more
How Boys Can Talk To Girls (And Visa Versa)
The Accidental Communicator | October 20th 2009
Reaching An Audience Of The Opposite Sex Can Be Difficult (c) - 2008 by Steve Hopson Man, as though giving a speech wasn’t hard enough already, then you go ahead and throw that gender thing in there and all of a sudden it gets that much tough read more
Agency Leadership: Can you be a great leader and not be a great p…
FUEL LINES | October 16th 2009 by Michael Gass
I was reading an excellent article written by Dan McCarthy, a manager of leadership development and author of the blog Great Leadership: Opinions and information on leadership and leadership development. Dan points out that (ad agency) leaders can't read more
How to Handle a Spontaneous Response Successfully – as an Intro…
Business Sales Coach for Introverts, Shy and Reluctant | October 15th 2009 by Patricia Weber
Have you ever been called on in a meeting to give your thoughts about the discussion but felt unprepared? Or maybe a brainstorming session is almost impossible for you? Even though we know an introvert’s brain works differently than the extrovert read more
Public Speaking Success: Four Speaking Experts Worth Checking Out
Overnight Sensation | October 13th 2009 by James Feudo
Let’s face it, there’s a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to public speaking and presentation skills. In recent months, I’ve discussed a number of myths related to public speaking – ideas, stories and advice that either doesn’t read more
The Road to Understanding
One Minute Pause - Sales Training Newsletter & Articles | October 12th 2009
A good few years ago I cut my teeth in training working for a brilliant trainer who had a simple mantra: “When training people, just help them to understand.” He then drew a road on a piece of paper. There was a big billboard down the end of th read more
Lend an Ear to Get Great Returns
Zoe Training & Consulting Blog | October 11th 2009 by Linda Anderson
by Don Cooper, The Sales Heretic™ Most of us believe we’re good listeners, when in fact, most of us are lousy. (If you don’t believe me, ask your spouse.) Yet listening is a critical skill that we all need to be better at. Listening allows you read more
Public Speaking Success: A Lesson From the Yale Class of 1953
Overnight Sensation | October 8th 2009 by James Feudo
A number of speakers, books and other motivational programs talk about a famous study done with Yale’s class of 1953. The study states that only 3% of the graduating class had written goals. When the class was surveyed again 20 years later, they fo read more
When Presenting: Who’s Your Audience’s Audience?
One Minute Pause - Sales Training Newsletter & Articles | October 8th 2009
The best presenters and communicators consider not only their immediate audience, but also their audience’s audience. Consider this: When you watch an average presentation, you leave the room feeling that it has in no way affected your life. Wh read more
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