Catalyst for Collaboration—Achieving Astonishing Results.
Last week, I attended the National Speakers Association’s Keynote Lab in Las Vegas, NV. With 146 people in attendance at the technologically sophisticated Meet Las Vegas, Rory Vaden and his faculty, Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE; Bruce Turkel; Mary LoVerde CPAE’ Jane Atkinson; Dan Maddux; Mike Rayburn, CSP; and special surprise guest Brian Tracy, CPAE; rocked the house – which is only fitting for the city …
Most presenters stand behind a lectern if it is in the room. Don’t do it! Although a handy place to put your notes, the lectern creates a physical barrier between you and your audience. Stand to the side of it, or put your talking points on one sheet of paper.
You can’t connect with your audience if you are standing behind a lectern, table, chair, or …
I hope you are enjoying the holidays! It is freezing here in Scottsdale, Arizona, so I’m tempted to pour a cup of steaming hot chocolate and pull out my latest book – Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth – read the sequel, World Without End a few months ago!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for all the wonderful reviews, press and good …
I hope you are enjoying the holidays! It is freezing here in Scottsdale, Arizona, so I’m tempted to pour a cup of steaming hot chocolate and pull out my latest book – Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth – read the sequel, World Without End a few months ago!
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for all the wonderful reviews, press and good words about …
So here’s my request of you, dear readers. When you prepare your presentation, keep in mind:
1. Your presentation is about them, not about you.
2. Engage early, even before your presentation begins.
3. Be relevant and unique; more than what they can find on the Internet.
4. Remove any physical barriers between you and the audience.
5. Use PowerPoint to complement your presentation, not supplant it.
6. Create a handout …
I have been doing a fair number of presentations to different chapters of the National Speakers Association. Some fill up the meeting room (Go Ohio and Northern California!) and some are more intimate (Yeah Pittsburgh and Tennessee!). Like most people, I like the more intimate conversations and don’t want to be bothered with a microphone. HOWEVER, if you are presenting to more than 75 people, do us all a favor and …
With the gift-giving season fast approaching, there are lots of fun and creative ways to celebrate the holidays with your team mates:
Food. Nothing builds teams better than food. Whether you come together for a traditional pot-luck lunch, go to a restaurant on a special day or bring holiday cookies, food is a great excuse to get together, laugh and enjoy each others’ company.
Secret Santa. Pick …
In the early days of staged performances when there was no electricity, the light on the performer was cast by burning chalky lime in pots at the front of the stage. When performing downstage close to the pots, you were considered to be in the “limelight.”
While we have electricity these days to power the lights, sound systems, and multimedia projectors, never forget that the audience is coming to hear …
It’s Christmas Day and family and friends are gathered around to enjoy each other and celebrate the birth of our Lord. Even within a typical family celebration, you can see the team dynamics occur with the following roles emerging:
Task Leader focuses on the tasks that need to be done. They make the list and check it twice. They orchestrate the meal preparation, the opening of the …
I am often asked, “what’s the best number of people to put on a team?”
Basketball teams have five, baseball nine, and soccer 11. But when it comes to the workplace, what is the optimal number?
According to Evan Wittenberg, director of the Wharton Graduate Leadership Program, while the research on optimal team numbers is “not conclusive, it does tend to fall into the five to 12 range, …
