Archive for February, 2010

Why Bad Meetings Happen to Good People

A colleague of mine, stuck in yet another meeting-of-small-consequence decided not to doodle this time. On this day, he drowned out the usual corporate yammering by penning the following:
 Too many meetings
in working america
too much, stop it now
If you work in an organization of more than 20 people, communicating with each other by way of meetings is sometimes a necessity. […]

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How to Speak like Steve Jobs

In almost every presentation training session, I hear this:
“I want to speak like Steve Jobs.”
I’m sorry, you can’t - but please read on.
Steve Jobs is Steve Jobs because there is only one of him. He is absolutely authentic in his approach to speaking.  If you are trying to learn to speak like him, you have probably studied […]

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The Elevator Speech: Going Down

I find myself troubled today by the classic concept of “The Elevator Speech”.  If you are unfamiliar with the concept, it goes like this:
You step into an elevator, and realize that your dream customer is in there with you. The doors close, and you have thirty seconds of his undivided attention.  You have the opportunity to […]

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