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A Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds
ByJim Harvey December 12, 2012March 27, 2019

Seven Part Personal Branding Series: The Importance of Branding Personal Brand Building: Niche Personal Brand Building: Differentiation Personal Brand Building: Branding Personal Brand Building: Affiliation Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds Personal Branding Litmus Test There are four aspects which work together to form any brand image. They are: niche, differentiation, branding and affiliation. Today’s…

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Personal Branding – The Litmus Test
ByJim Harvey December 12, 2012March 27, 2019

Seven Part Personal Branding Series: The Importance of Branding Personal Brand Building: Niche Personal Brand Building: Differentiation Personal Brand Building: Branding Personal Brand Building: Affiliation Personal Branding Case Study: Garr Reynolds Personal Branding Litmus Test So far in this series, we’ve discussed why personal branding is so important for professionals, whether you stand up to…

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Just Get Out There (Guest Post)
ByJim Harvey December 11, 2012March 27, 2019

Craig Strachan joins us today to tell us the best way to improve your skills. Two of my interests are photography and public speaking, which is why I follow the blogs of Both Darren LaCroix, who won the world champion of public speaking in 2001, and Jared Polin (aka the Fro), who is the most amazing photographer…

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3 Ways to Better Engage Your Audience with Questions
ByJim Harvey November 30, 2012March 27, 2019

Use these three types of questions to better engage your audience throughout the presentation. Answer questions from the audience This traditional method is often handled poorly. Typically the presenter delivers the presentation and then feebly asks, “Are there any questions?” What’s wrong with this approach? The end of the presentation and the question period…

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Make your point powerfully in a speech- 5 simple ways
ByJim Harvey November 21, 2012March 27, 2019

Emphasis, the great speaker’s skill. Proper emphasis helps an audience remember those things that the speaker thinks will be most useful to them out of everything h/she says. Every line that you say will have words that carry the meaning of that sentence or phrase. The stress that you place on those words will change…

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3 good reasons why poor public speakers won’t get laid
ByJim Harvey November 20, 2012March 27, 2019

I know that getting laid is not the only measure of success, but it’s translatable for everyone isn’t it? Whether you want the doubtful charms of an audience member, or business for the long-term from a corporate client, it’s opportunities we want isn’t it? So as a metaphor, let’s use the ‘getting laid’ idea as…

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3 Near Fatal Diseases for the Corporate Presenter- How sick are you?
ByJim Harvey November 19, 2012March 27, 2019

There’s an epidemic of near-fatal speaker’s diseases to be seen in corporate life. Here’s a quick outline of three of them, with the key symptoms for each to help you decide if you know anybody who’s suffering. If you do, there’s a simple cure. Outlined at the end of the article. Abstraction poisoning: This occurs…

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Garr Reynolds on Stories, Videos and Keynote
ByJim Harvey November 14, 2012March 27, 2019

On Tuesday evening, I experienced two firsts: I went to the Apple store on Oxford Road (enormous, trendy and grand), and I saw the brilliant Garr Reynolds speak. If you’re not familiar, Garr is the author of the ‘Presentation Zen’ books – a must read for anyone who ever makes slides, writes speeches, or presents…

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Making Your Presentation Fit Any Audience- 3 simple questions to use
ByJim Harvey November 12, 2012March 27, 2019

I had reason to sit in on a brief, fifteen minute lecture recently, where an SEO specialist was setting out Search Engine Optimisation tactics to a group of amateur Mum bloggers. He started off well, giving a quick round-up of what SEO actually means – it’s about improving where your website gets ranked in Google search results….

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