Powerpoint, Library, Creativity, publicity for non-profits, gestures in public speaking, gender in employment, boys and education, leadership, shynes

Doonesbury on Powerpoint
http://pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com/2007/09/23/doonesbury-on-powerpoint/

No Cookies in the Library
New library video - classic Sesame Street
http://liblogger.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/no-cookies-in-the-library/


Book of the Week

Imagination Engineering: Your Toolkit for Business Creativity (Paperback)
by Paul Birch

One of the most difficult questions facing managers and executives today is how to manage creativity. They must constantly re-create the fundamental nature of their businesses. This book provides an excellent review of some of the best cutting edge creativity technologies, as well as many useful new tools.

http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/09/24/imagination-engineering-your-toolkit-for-business-creativity/

For Families ... My wonderful World

The “My Wonderful World” site is intended for young people, but anyone will benefit from the numerous interactive activities, quizzes, and such offered here. http://resourcesforfamilies.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/my-wonderful-world-macromedia-flash-player/

Publicity Strategy for your organisation
I have taken this strategy from a suggestion made by John Stanley, a conference speaker and retail consultant. He was writing to encourage publicity for libraries, but the idea would work just as well for many organisations. http://groworganisation.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/publicity-strategy-for-your-organisation-2/

Seven Key Ways to Gesture Effectively
Gestures are reflections of every speaker's individual personality. What's right for one speaker might not necessarily be righ for another ...
http://pivotalpublicspeaking.blogspot.com/2007/09/seven-key-ways-to-gesture-effectively.html

Exploiting the Gender Gap
By WARREN FARRELL

Carlsbad, Calif. — Nothing disturbs working women more than the statistics often mentioned on Labor Day showing that they are paid only 76 cents to men's dollar for the same work.
http://pivotalpersonalbest.blogspot.com/2007/09/exploiting-gender-gap.html

Boys learning
... If a boy prefers to sit on the floor, he can lower his desk to accommodate that preference as well. Stahler told me that the performance of her boys improved “200 percent” when she eliminated the requirement that students sit quietly in the classroom.
http://ednewsbytes.blogspot.com/2007/09/if-boy-prefers-to-sit-on-floor-he-can.html

Create That Winning Feeling
by Bob ProctorI believe we would all agree that having a winning feeling is prerequisite to achieving outstanding results
http://pivotalinspirationmotivation.blogspot.com/2007/09/create-that-winning-feeling.html

Three things to improve your writing rhythm
By Michele Pariza Wacek
As a professional copywriter, not only do I do a lot of writing but I also look at a lot of writing. One of the things I've noticed that sets the good/great writers from the so so is rhythm.
http://communicationedge.blogspot.com/2007/09/three-tips-to-improve-your-writing.html

Overcoming shyness to become an excellent leader
"Don't let timidity stop you from being an excellent leader. Get over your shyness and get your company on the path to success." http://groworganisation.blogspot.com/2007/09/overcoming-shyness-to-become-excellent.html

short story competition, word of mouth, happiness

Short story competition
It is limited to 500 entrants. Contestsusually fill up, so don’t delay if you want to participate.
http://pivotal.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/the-writersweeklycom-fall-2007-24-hour-short-story-contest/

Word of Mouth Transformation
I just got off a live webcast Mark did where 1,800 peoplefrom around the world (including some from Turkey, Iran, China,and India!) listened to him teach some of the basics of his newWord of Mouth technology.
http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/word-of-mouth-transformation/

What do you have to do to find happiness?
Are we wired up to be cheerful, or are some of us destined to languish in abject misery?
http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/so-what-do-you-have-to-do-to-find-happiness/

writing, productivity, maths, parenting, filing

Free writing resources and writing links in a database filled with international writing websites. http://pivotal.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/free-writing-resources/



A productivity tip

Today’s power thought is a productivity tip that very few people use, but which can be an invaluable habit to get into.

http://pivotalpersonalbest.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/productivity-tip/

and for the parents and teachers - "Figure This - Maths challenges for families
http://ednewsbytes.blogspot.com/2007/06/figure-this-math-challenges-for.html

This week's free set of tips is more in the series on Taking control of Your Paper, and this week it is - Sorting and Filing. Ask for it now

Do you want to improve your writing? Visit WritingFix

Where getting your daily writing "fix" is more important than fixing your writing. Learn how to write every day.

http://pivotal.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/writing-fix/

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Useful concept I thought ... Using the sounds in your PowerPoint

Who else hears the sounds made by the pictures in your PowerPoint Presentation? No, I am not suggesting that you are hearing things. But you can add more interaction to your PowerPoint presentations without folks thinking you
are crazy.

Read on ...

And for the armchair traveller .... I just love web cams. This one is focussed on Paris.

[Via Resource Shelf]

http://www.paris-live.com/paris_webcam/