online business, authors, presentations, inspiration

‘easy’ does it! - online business Imagine if setting up a money-making Internet business went like this:
Step 1: Click HERE.
Step 2: Now click HERE.
Step 3: Do this (NO, not like that… like THIS.)
Well, thanks to Derek Gehl and his team of Internet wealth experts, it really is that easy!

Writers and Australia Day Honours
Writers Largely Missing from Australia Day HonoursAustralia’s writers were notable by their very limited representation in the Australia Day honours list announced on 26 January 2008.

How to write a presentation - start listening
Graham Jones really gets doqwn to the nitty-gritty …
It’s amazing how many people try to write a presentation without having really listened to any other presenters. Not just having “heard” another presenter, but truly listened.

A Cinematic Spiritual Experience
Do Something Extraordinary!
“Discover For Yourself Something Meaningful and Everlasting!

book review, public speaking, goals

Shadow Bridge
Gregory Frost’s Shadowbridge, just out from Del Rey, seems poised to intrigue both readers who like traditional fantasy and those who are into cross-genre or interstitial fiction,

Theme Development
We can sometimes become so bound up in what we have to say that we forget to weave in the other factors that we can achieve in a presentation. Scott from Ethos 3 has called it “Theme Development” in this post


Making 2008 a better year
There are many blog posts around at the moment about new Years resolutions, goal setting and generally making 2008 a better year. this one is just a ittle bit different. I really liked Sri Chinmoy’s way of looking at things, and his simple but powerful list …

Library Collection development, Hugo Awards, Eve Bunting, Pen Faulkner Award, Powerpoint, sales, marketing, negotiation

Who’s selecting now?
As Phoenix Public Library boldly passes on selection responsibilities to its vendors, some libraries follow—and others dig in

Hugo Awards Coverage: This Year, Japan
The Hugo Awards were announced at WorldCon in Yokohama, Japan, on September 1st.

Book of the Week

"Sales, marketing and negotiation"
Discover situations, ideas and questions designed to immediately spark your imagination and enhance your success through powerful business skills.

$14.97 to download this audio book - play it in the car or on your ipod
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Eve Bunting interviewed
It’s not easy growing up. Besides reading, writing and arithmetic, there are life lessons to learn and emotions to deal with.

PEN Faulkner Award to Philip Roth

More on Powerpoint

Read it here >>> Don’t.Read.Your.Dumb.Slides

Storytelling, mentoring, concentration, visual aids in public speaking, sales, marketing, negotiation

Australian Storytelling Guild workshops

http://liblogger.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/australian-storytelling-guild-workshops/

Use visual aids in your next presentation
Professor Albert Mehrabian did a lot of research into how we take in information during a presentation. He concluded that 55% of the information we take in is visual and only 7% is text.
There are some important conclusions that we can take in from this information
Read on …

Caffeine and concentration

If you’re like me, sometimes you feel as if you couldn’t get anything done at all if it weren’t for coffee. I’m sipping from a cup right now as I write this (a double Americano, in case you’re curious). Caffeine seems to perk me up just enough to organize my thoughts into a coherent whole.
But Hugo at AlphaPsy points out that caffeine’s effects aren’t all good.

http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/caffeine-and-concentration/

Implementing a Mentoring program in your biz

Scott Allison, 41, knows the value of mentors for recruiting, retaining, developing and motivating his 44 employees. “Every time we’ve done an employee survey, mentorship has popped up as an interest and a need,” says the president and CEO of San Francisco-based national independent communications firm Allison & Partners.

http://groworganisation.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/implement-a-mentoring-program-in-your-biz/

Sales, marketing and negotiation

Discover situations, ideas and questions designed to immediately spark your imagination and enhance your success through powerful business skills. $14.97 to download this audio book - play it in the car or on your ipod

» More Info

Baseball, reading Harry Potter, work, presentations

Do you follow baseball?

Then this little item from The Scout Report, [Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/ ] may be of use to you ...

Baseball Widget 2.5
http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/DashBoard.html
From the Beloit Snappers to the Boston Red Sox, this powerful little widget can keep baseball aficionados in the know. After installing this widget, visitors can view the current scoreboard, check out results from previous days, and even look at the schedule for the upcoming week. This version of Baseball Widget is compatible with computers running Mac OS X 10.4.3 and newer.

Blog posts today:

Using cartoon and humour images in presentations at http://communicationedge.blogspot.com/2007/07/using-humour-images-and-cartoons-in.html

A Reading list of books like Harry Potter http://pivotal.wordpress.com/2007/07/28/books-like-harry-potter/

Book of the Week:

We've all faced relational challenges in the workplace. Whether working with an exacting boss, insensitive teammate, or forgetful follower, the behavior of those around us trigger emotions that threaten our well-being.
Contentment at work is tied to our emotional health in the office. Human relationships generate emotions, and people are imperfect. At some point, a coworker will irritate or infuriate us with their behavior. How we respond affects our joy on the job.
In a recent release, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster attempt to steer us away from the emotional black holes in the workplace. Their book, Working with You is Killing Me gives suggestions for controlling our feelings and avoiding the traps of negative emotions. Review by John Maxwell