Napoleon had a great scriptwriter and bad barber
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
– Napoleon Bonaparte
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…
Nine times out of ten, your audience will be made up mostly of your peers. Even if you’re presenting to young, uneducated or mixed audiences, they’ll probably be somewhat as intelligent as you. Treating them as such will make them like and listen to you. Leave Things Unsaid There’s no hard and fast rule to…
Role models, free lessons, blogs and other ways of keeping you sharp. 1. Watch the way that TV news (anything but CNN where there’s just too much going on) tells a story with graphics, text and voice. 2. Look at the structure of a story in a newspaper, notice the headline, the grabber first paragraph…
Whether you are new to presenting, or an old hand, the structure of your presentation is the key to its success! Of course there are many other elements to creating a great presentation, but if you have your structure right, you are much more likely to make a winning one. I feel a little evangelical…
First read How to Structure a Speech or Presentation for an understanding of how to approach your speech or presentation structure. Introduction – Frame the customer ‘need’ that the product, service, or idea addresses If you’ve been charged with giving a sales presentation, chances are you already know what to do here. Your introduction needs to create…
For people like me, who fail to be funny and original at the same time, here’s a set of great quotes from the UK’s ‘Total Politics’ blog. You’ll find political quotes, anecdotes and one-liners from around the Western world that the ethical among you will quote, and the rest of us will simply errr- recycle….