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Why I'm ignoring the 'pin it' on pinterest WordPress plugin
Pinterest may be the 3rd largest social media network, but here are three reasons why I'm ignoring the pin it on pinterest WordPress plugin for now. I'm sure you'll have your own take. Come share it with me...
Preparing your PowerPoint Presentation
Before you even open up PowerPoint, there are some things you need to think about, to make sure your presentations have the kind of impact you want. Here's my ten things to think about as you prepare.
Infographics don't need to take forever: Use an infographics generator software package
You've seen infographics on Pintrest, right? Want a behind the scenes look at how to create quick infographics, even if you're not a graphic designer?
Free Sticky Teaching Poster
One of the most common requests was from teachers who wanted a poster to put it up in a resource location, or place like that. So I created this version of the poster. I was going to sell it, but I decided to give it away for free.
Sticky Teaching for Presentations
I regularly give presentations on giving presentations (I know, so meta). Today I'll be delivering a private webinar to a group of software professionals who will be presenting technical information next month at a conference. Here's the deck.
Seven Habits I picked up from Covey
This morning Mr. Covey, of Seven Habits fame, passed away. Whether you liked him, his books, his management or organizational style or not, there's no question he had an impact with several of his books in the Seven Habits pack. So here's my take on the seven things I learned from Stephen Covey.
Better Presentations: Three Tips for Tour Guides
I think all tour guides should be vetted before being given 20-40 paying passengers. Why? Because some of them have truly sucked this week! So here are my three tips to tour guides and see if they don't apply to you when you give presentations (of any kind) as well.
Misleading Fonts & the Results
Almost every week I'm involved in creating a deck (PowerPoint set of slides) of some sort. Because I'm regularly cleaning up slides designed by others, it's not surprising that one of the first things I do is clean up the fonts. Normally, however, I don't explain why I'm doing what I'm doing. Here's why.
Your Outbound Marketing Sucks!
I've visited more than once. We've seen each other a few times. But let's be clear - we're not friends or family. I have no loyalty to you. So let's get one things straight: me getting a lot of emails from you doesn't constitute a relationship.
Sticky Teaching
In early March I'll be presenting some material to teachers who volunteer at North Coast Church. Coaching those who present information - in or outside the church - always comes back to what we now know about the brain. So I decided to create an infographic to help communicate some of the main information. I call it sticky teaching.
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