Prezi gets better and better everyday. Here’s a short video on how you can add Flash images and movies to Prezi to get those great results. The basic rules- Keep the movies short and simple Loop them if you want them to keep playing as you speak Link them with a path to help you…
Here’s a great post from the ever interesting ‘Idea Transplant’ blog by Jan Schultink, consultant, pitch guru and design enthusiast. It’s a post about the kind of things that inexprienced pitchers for finance do with their pitches and it has resonance for all of us doesn’t it? It’s relevant because mostlywhen we stand up to…
I met Sunil Bali at an event last month. He’s a great guy and writes an interesting and challenging blog, called ‘Adventures in Awesome Living…’ Here’s a great thought starter from him. Half aphorism, quote and truth (I know the maths doesn’t work). ”Three little birds are sitting on a branch of a tree. Two…
What do you do when you’re stuck in an airport hotel, with 15 hours to kill, and no inclination to do anything immoral, illegal or unwise? Switch on the TV and surf the waves of effluent. ‘Anywhere Idol?, No.’ ‘Al Jazeera? No.’ ‘CNBC? I’m not that desperate… And here it is, a shaft of sunlight…
I made a speech a few weeks ago to a business group in Cambridge, UK. I had a great time and met some really interesting people, as usual. One of the people I met was a guy called David Smallman, a business consultant, entrepreneur and radio host of some renown. We chatted for a few…
I wrote a post the other day about how I remember people’s names, and how the ability to do it is a really simple way to help you stand out from the crowd. It’s powerful because remembering people’s names is a sign that you’re bothered about them. And we all know why forgetting someone’s name…
I was doing a short session for RBS in London the other day, and the question about how to remember people’s names came up. I learned the skill from my first boss, who had this amazing knack of walking into a room, shaking hands with everyone there and knowing their names as if by magic. …
I work abroad a lot, and I spend 50 day plus a year in Barcelona that beautiful, hot, dripping in culture city in Catalunya, Spain. I love Barcelona, and I know it pretty well, so I was asked to speak about the city at my son’s school as a part of their ‘different cultures’ week….
In a previous post I talked about the tools you can use to help you stay in touch with people you meet in work and life. In this post we’ll explore what can you share using these tools? It’s a dilemma for even experienced networkers. The common questions that I get asked are- What should…