“Now, without further ado…” Does that trite introduction make your eyes glaze over if you aren’t already half asleep from listening to a preview of the speaker’s obituary? On and on and on. The host endlessly reads every word of a biography submitted by the speaker or his PR Department. Or, the introducer has done
You’ve worked hard at making your presentation convincing with key messages and pictures. Let’s be honest, however. Even the most interested audience will wander off mentally at least once during your presentation. Many won’t be able to fight the compulsion to take a look at their smart phones. So how should you keep your audience
Lights . . . Camera . . . Zoom! Zoom, with a capital “Z”, has become a verb in the American English language, almost as quickly as the word “pandemic” became part of our daily vernacular. Overnight and out of nowhere, “Zoom” the app became a fixture in the “new normal”, even after social distancing
If you wonder why so few women are running Fortune 500 companies, it’s because they lack “executive presence.” That’s not our opinion, but the results of a revealing study that’s summarized in a special @WORK supplement in Marie Claire magazine. Looking and Acting the Part In the view of Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founder of Center
In the past, people used the pejorative four eyes for people who wore glasses. Name-calling is never appropriate, especially when someone has poor vision or a serious disability. Today eyeglasses have become a popular fashion statement. Glasses are an accessory to your wardrobe that can enhance – or detract — from your overall appearance especially
You’ve worked hard at making your presentation convincing with key messages and pictures. Let’s be honest, however. Even the most interested audience will wander off mentally at least once during your presentation. Many won’t be able to fight the compulsion to take a look at their smart phones. So how should you keep your audience
The holiday season is always hectic — closing down the year, buying holiday gifts and celebrating with friends and family. The writer and poet Maya Angelou has always had a magic touch with words and expressions that get to the heart of the human experience. On the occasion of her 70th birthday, Oprah Winfrey interviewed
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