Tag Archives: Marketing & Advertising

Have you ever had PPS?  PPS is Post Party Syndrome. My friend Kathleen coined the term to describe the experience of having a fabulous time at a party, laughing and talking easily and openly with your friends only to wake … Continue reading →

Do you think the ability to speak effectively is important in your career? Whatever your job, be it working for someone else or starting your own company, presentation skills today are at the top of the ladder when it comes … Continue reading →

What is the one thing that you can do to make your presentation more powerful and effective? Pause – more often and more dramatically. The most difficult thing to do is often the one thing that separates the masters from … Continue reading →

Father’s Day would have to be a perfect day in the perfect world. Families reunited. Sons that are now taller than their parents back with their mom and dad having a wonderful one day holiday. This is how the 20th … Continue reading →

Presentation skills are some of the most valuable skills one can bring to the job market. Most employers place a huge premium on such skills and are always on the look lot for candidates who posses the skills in abundance. … Continue reading →

Ever duck into another room or reject an incoming call to your cell phone when you see a certain person or name because you know if you talk to this person, they will monopolize the next 20 minutes of your … Continue reading →

The good news is that IT managers are often able to quickly wrap their heads around the concept that a dollar (or a euro, or a rand, or a… ) in an IT budget that they are given today is … Continue reading →

It is 7:00 in the morning and it’s freezing outside, but I’m at my Wisconsin lake house and the view is beautiful. As I gaze out the window all I see is white; even the lake has a white cast … Continue reading →

Recently, a presentation skills coaching client asked about Shu Ha Ri, the cycle of training used in the Japanese martial art of Aikido and sometimes applied to software development and used as a model for other learning. As I understand … Continue reading →

Here is how to make a Professional (and successful) PowerPoint Presentation To Your Boss (your customer or a potential client): When you are creating that special presentation for your boss you need to STOP THINKING OF THEM AS YOUR BOSS … Continue reading →