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MAJKA BURHARDT

Home on the African Road

Majka Burhardt

December 12, 2011 | I feel bad for my seatmate on the plane the other day. I'd like to issue an apology but I never got their name. The woman had harmlessly asked me where I was coming from and where I was going. I tried to keep it simple at the start. I told her Malawi and Cape Town. But then she asked me why I'd been in Malawi.  Read more

JOSH LINKNER

Josh Linkner

Five Disaster Moves to Botch Your Pitch

December 8, 2011 | In this highly competitive environment, a strong pitch can be the difference-maker between securing millions in funding and completely missing the mark. Avoid these disaster moves when pitching just about anything.  Read more

DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT

Social Media ROI Hypocrisy

David Meerman Scott

December 8, 2011 | New research proves that executives who demand that Social Media ROI be calculated are hypocrites. It's ridiculous that executives require marketers to calculate ROI (Return on Investment) on one form of real-time communications: Social media like Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube. Yet they happily pay for other real-time communications devices for employees like Blackberrys, iPhones, and iPads without a proven ROI.  Read more

LISA MERLO-BOOTH

When It Comes To Speaking, Less Is Often More

Lisa Merlo-Booth

December 6, 2011 | I often watch couples in my office struggle with the ripple effect caused by using a "wall of words." A wall of words is when a person speaks on and on about an issue, complaint, story, idea or piece of information to such a degree that they lose the attention of the person they are speaking with. Women, in particular, struggle with using a wall of words. As a result, the men in their lives end up tuning the women out.  Read more

MITCH JOEL

Is PowerPoint Making Us Stupid?

Mitch Joel

November 30, 2011 | How many numbing slides have you had to endure of pie-charts or ones littered with hundreds of words? How many times have you sat through a presentation where the speaker was, literally, reading aloud the content on the slides that are right in front of you? How many times have you sat there while someone read (poorly) a speech while stammering behind a podium. The amount of content (both in traditional media and online) about death by PowerPoint is staggering.  Read more

SALLY HOGSHEAD

The fascinating Harvey Mackay

Sally Hogshead

November 1, 2011 | This week, Harvey launches his new book: The Mackay MBA of Selling in the Real World. I had the pleasure of interviewing Harvey for his book launch, and I’m excited to share this with you. In our conversation, Harvey cracks open his secret vault of insights. It feels like he’s giving us a personal tour of his real-world insight on how to sell more by becoming more fascinating.  Read more

TIM SANDERS

Tim Sanders

Wanna rock your next presentation or speech? Tell a story that people will follow and act on.

November 1, 2011 | A few years ago, I discovered speech coach guru Nick Morgan and his fantastic book. In it, he talks about what it takes to move an audience to action with your talk. The key, he points out, is to write a speech that follows the plot line of one of the archetypal stories we are all familiar with.  Read more

PAM SLIM

How getting laid off twice in two years got Joshua Waldman a book deal

Pam Slim

September 26, 2011 | I had the pleasure of working with Joshua Waldman last year, and was very impressed with his tenacity and creativity. He had a dream to write a book about his passion for using social media in job search, and he moved this into reality when he secured a deal from Wiley to write Job Searching with Social Media for Dummies.  Read more

STEVE FARBER

What If You Don't Love Your Work?

Steve Farber

September 20, 2011 | The emotion of love is often considered to be out of place or simply inappropriate in the world of business. Many even believe that good business people keep their hearts out of their work, but the opposite is true. It's the heart that brings the fire of creativity to bear on the day-to-day. It's the heart that inspires drive, loyalty and leaps of innovative brilliance.  Read more

GLENN LLOPIS

Is Your Organization’s Leadership Internally or Externally Motivated?

Glenn Llopis

September 1, 2011 | Is your company's leadership motivated by external deadlines – what other people request from them? Or are they motivated by their own internal deadlines – expectations and demands they place on themselves? Unfortunately, we have all witnessed too many leaders who are externally motivated.  Read more

ADAM HARTUNG

Status Quo Police – Innovation Killers

Adam Hartung

May 25, 2011 | Nobody admits to being the innovation killer in a company. But we know they exist. Some call these folks "dinosaurs that won't change" Others blame "the nay-saying 'Dr. No' middle managers." But when you meet these people, they won't admit to being innovation killers. They believe, deep in their hearts as well as in their everyday actions, that they are doing the right thing for the business. And that's because they've been chosen, and reinforced, to be the Status Quo Police.  Read more

TIM WASHER

5 Questions: Royal Wedding Planner Video

Tim Washer

April, 2011 | Five questions you haven't asked yet about the royal wedding planner video because you are afraid to or possibly not interested:  Read more

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