Here is another question from LinkedIn… “Could anyone give me a few tips for an excellent performance at an academic foreign policy presentation next week?” My advice to the requester: First, don’t use Powerpoint for text. I know, I know. Most of the business and educational world will tell you to put together a good PowerPoint…
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Do you practice Personal Branding?
I recently came across the following question on LinkedIn: “I am a specialist in the area of Personal Branding, working with some individual clients and corporations to develop Personal Brading strategies. Well, I need feedback from you on this: what comes to mind when someone talks about Personal Branding?“ Personal branding is, simply put, what…
How do you handle disappointment?
How do you handle your disappointments? If you have children, how do you teach them to handle disappointment? I had a disappointment on last Friday, November 9th. I am a Toastmaster and I had made plans to attend the District 13 Fall Conference in State College Pennsylvania. It did not happen. I could see the…
Excercise your humor muscles… Practicing humor helps your presentations
If you are a presenter or speaker as I am, you may have learned the value of injecting humor in your presentations. Humor can lighten up your audience, relieve tension, or (as Randy Pausch would say) teach with a “head fake”. So when you take the time to learn about humor, how do you practice?…