We all have attended presentations. I’m sure you will agree most were terrible – boring, redundant, and/or visually offensive. I am guilty of giving a few myself. You too? To improve my knowledge base and skills, I started studying the product launches of Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, Inc. I then began listening and reading Carmine Gallo, columnist with Businessweek.com. Gallo teaches presentation skills to top executives. He is also a self-proclaimed expert on the techniques and genius of Steve Jobs. I read his book “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs” and looked over press releases of Apple. I must admit, I learned the most from watching Steve on YouTube. What I came to understand caused me to throw out almost every guideline, format, and template I was ever given or used. [Read more…]
Manage Time to Fit the Challenge
Everyone is trying to manage time. When you hear them talk, you would think it could be manipulated — stretched or duplicated. It isn’t possible and for those who think they can, it’s more of a game than a solution.
Knowing there are but 24 hours in a day, the challenge becomes more about how we plan, schedule, and utilize our minutes than it does with attempting to find more. [Read more…]
It’s Energy Management, Not Time Management
For nine consecutive years, info marketing guru Dan Kennedy had been a presenter at the #1 seminar tour in the US. You only have to be around Dan an hour to observe his certain kind of genius as well as understand that maverick is not an understatement. Despite his eccentric behavior he manages to hold on to some very sensible pearls of wisdom. [Read more…]
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