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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
His fundraising on-line, using his organization skills to create OFA (Obama For America - now known as Organizing For America) and his bevy of volunteers helped propel him to the Presidency. In 2008, Bert Decker had him as the top communicator in his annual best and worst communicators, Obama accepted the Democratic nomination for President in Denver at a football stadium in front of a massive audience and I was lucky enough to be one of the millions to watch him be sworn into office in January of 2009.  In 2008, then candidate Barack Obama revolutionized the way campaigns were done.
 
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
As part of a “Public Speaking and the New Year” blog carnival organized by Angela de Finis, I’ve identified what I see as the major challenge or trend for each presentation type in 2010 and given you my best presentation tip to overcome it. Related posts: 15 ways to improve your presentations in 2009 How public speaking makes you richer, thinner and better in bed How to prepare a Pecha Kucha or Ignite presentation ...Tags: Every type of presentation has its own challenges. Best presentation tip for a training session
 
Monday, January 11, 2010
Since 1988, NSA President Phillip Van Hooser, CSP, CPAE, has spoken, written, coached and consulted on leadership and service professionalism issues with groups and organizations around the globe. On Saturday January 9, 2009, he presented at the NSA Northern California Chapter meeting. “We must always remember that the act of speaking professionally is only a part of our individual journeys. It is not a destination.” -
 

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In fact, visitors searching our site for the phrase “content marketing” increased by 85% in 2009 over 2008. In fact, in 1997 when we started our small business magazine in Southwest Florida, few owners had websites, let alone an online marketing strategy. In 2009, most small businesses do have websites and the term, ‘content marketing,’ has gone from obscure to fashionable. Because you want your organization to be here for the long haul as well, you need It’s been a very good year for content marketing. Social media certainly loomed larger in the past 12 months
"What would you like to see in PowerPoint design in 2009?" That's what Olivia Mitchell, who writes the fantastic Speaking About Presenting blog, asked me last month. Now, Olivia didn't ask just me: she also acted as community organizer, posing the question to a plethora of presentation bloggers. Olivia promises to organize these posts at her blog later this month, for your finding & reading She asked us to write one post on this topic. Many have already posted replies at their blogs. (Olivia When you visit her blog, subscribe, and you'll be alerted!
Then use the results to prove your credibility in the market. Content marketers realize that understanding what is most important to your current and prospective customers is vital to your success as an organization. Proving again that our readers like to dig into a variety of topics under the broad content marketing umbrella. The topics range from :
But what does that mean PowerPoint slides should look like in 2009? say if you must use PowerPoint, in 2009, use it to further the discussion with your audience. In that scenario, speakers in 2009 could use PowerPoint to: Ask questions of the audience: Instead of loading your slides with bullets or pictures, try posing relevant--and thorny--questions about your issue. Olivia Mitchell of the Speaking About Presenting blog sent me this provocative post by Laura Bergells on the Maniactive blog: It notes the backlash against bullet-filled PowerPoint slides, which led to simple art-filled slides.
Learn more about Twitter for business in our “Wednesdays at 1″ webinar series : Twitter for Business 101 February 25, 2009, 1PM EST Advanced Twitter for Business March 11, 2009, 1PM EST Twitter for Business resources: Twitter for Business reading list Follow @touchbase on Twitter for posts and our link blog Subscribe to the TouchBase blog via RSS or email Category : Touchbase Blog Bookmark : Digg del.icio.us Stumbleupon Redit it
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After you decide on a theme, you may want to adjust the relative value of some of the colors — that is, make them lighter or darker — to make sure you have good contrast.   Above: Using three colors from a theme called "organic" plus white to create this slide. Not crazy about it, but perhaps it could be used in a presentation on organic farming, etc. Experiment and play with the tool You can spend hours playing around with Kuler, but this is not wasted time if it helps you see how color harmonies can be created by adjusting hue, value, and saturation. Although scores of good books on color theory have been written — many even for non-designers — most working professionals just do not have the time to delve deeply into a study of the complexities of using color .
Give a presentation, run a seminar, teach a class, or volunteer to run a small internal workshop to teach others in your organization what you are learning. Kaizen (??) means "improvement" — "kai" (?) means change/make better, and "zen" (?)
Home Presentation eBook Blog About Best Posts Content PowerPoint Nervousness Delivery Audience Contact Browse > Home / Audience / 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool 8 things I learnt about using twitter as a participation tool March 1, 2009 by Olivia Mitchell Welcome to this blog - my aim is to make a difference to the success of your presentations. If you found this post useful, subscribe to my RSS feed. Related posts: Is Twitter a good
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