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Fear of Public Speaking, Pt. III

Fear doesn’t just exist for the days and hours prior to an event. In Pt. III of this series, I am going to address tips and tactics when the nerves kick in within minutes of your presentation actually beginning (although every ...READ»

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Fear of Public Speaking, Pt. II – Breathing Techniques

In Pt. I of this series I went over a number of tips and tactics to deal with the fear of public speaking.  One of the tactics was breathing, which sounds so simple, and is often anything but the night before, or the hour ...READ»

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Fear of Public Speaking, Pt. II – Breathing Techniques

In Pt. I of this series I went over a number of tips and tactics to deal with the fear of public speaking.  One of the tactics was breathing, which sounds so simple, and is often anything but the night before, or the hour ...READ»

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Fear Public Speaking? No More!

Man, I wish it was that easy.  I speak publicly often, and I still get nervous prior to every speech or presentation. Every single one. That being said, I’m in pretty good company — it has been noted that Sir Winston ...READ»

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IT Executives - Protecting Your Turf

Whether you are a CIO or a front line IT professional, if you can not explain to other professionals, either in IT or on the business end of your organization, exactly what you do and what you deliver for the organization, you will ...READ»

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Tiger Woods is Right

This is a private matter and I want to keep it that way. Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are irresponsible. – ...READ»

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Message Development 101

Developing and communicating an effective message is not easy. That being said, I have always found three questions to be extremely useful in the identification and development of a message:1. What am I/are we trying to ...READ»

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Entrepreneurs Behaving Badly...

Breaking news….If you are a startup pursuing funding, you have more in common with a politician or athlete caught behaving badly then you might think. READ»

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How to Communicate with Teenagers, Pt I...

When you figure it out, please tell me. In all seriousness, in order to effectively communicate with someone, you need to have a basic understanding of that person’s frame of reference. Through extensive lecturing at high schools and universities (as well as my niece torturing me by continuously friending and de-friending me on Facebook) it is very clear that the experiences for a teen growing up now is very different than it was for me. How different?READ»