by Eric | Dec 29, 2011 | communication, communications, lecture, presentations, speeches, Steve Jobs
The Gettysburg Address (President Abraham Lincoln).”I Have a Dream” Speech (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.).President John F. Kennedy Inauguration address.These speeches are recognized as some of the greatest in history. These speeches moved people...
by Eric | Dec 23, 2011 | presentations, small business
Recently I gave a presentation and did not tell my audience what the agenda was.The sacrilege of it all!! No agenda??!! That’s the first rule of presentations:”Tell Them What You Are Going to Tell Them.”It wasn’t that I didn’t have an...
by Eric | Dec 22, 2011 | communication, presentation, presentations, visual aid, visual aids
Your presentation enemies are:1) Clip art2) Bullet points (like this one) 3) Your computer (like the laptop you are using)But when you are asked to do a presentation, what do you do?Grab the laptop and dive into PowerPoint.The business community, however, uses...
by Eric | Dec 21, 2011 | career, personal development, Shaquille, small business
“Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.” – Shaquille O’NealI am not normallya quoter or Shaquille O’Neal, but in this case he was right on point (plus he got the quote from Aristotle).I frequently ask myself if...
by Eric | Dec 19, 2011 | small business
Who has the most power: the President or the people who put him / keep him in office? There is power in being the leader of the free world, but he relies on people to give him information that keep him in office. Think tanks, research centers and the cabinet all...
